Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 March 2023

Committee on Public Petitions

Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman Annual Report 2021: Press Ombudsman

Photo of Cormac DevlinCormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Ms McKay referred to people who may not be personally affected, yet they have made a complaint because they do not like the statement or utterance of individuals, politicians or so on. The Press Ombudsman's website outlines five or six criteria whereby if someone’s complain fulfils them, the office can proceed. That is good. Ms McKay is new in post and I congratulate her on her new role. I presume she will appear at the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media in the next while to discuss her annual report-----