Ms Tr?ona Quill:

It is important, in relation to broadcasting, to safeguard the independence of public service broadcasting services. There is an independent regulator, formerly the BAI, now Coimisiún na Meán. It is provided for in legislation that it has the role in overseeing those performance commitments, reviewing them and reporting on them to the Minister on an annual basis. It is Coimisiún na Meán, rather than the Department that discusses the commitments that are set by RTÉ on an annual basis, then receives and reviews performance and produces a report on them that is submitted to the Minister. The Minister subsequently publishes that report, and also publishes a response to Coimisiún na Meán.