Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport
Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion
2:00 am
Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North-Central, Fianna Fail)
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On the Irish-language strategy, I see that under the transformation plan, the strategy is going to be reviewed. I hope that will not lead to a diminishing of any existing service provided by TG4 or on RTÉ. I am a former Irish teacher and to be fair, RTÉ coverage of Irish-language material has come on in leaps and bounds. I just hope that will not be reduced in any future review. Reference is also made to the issues of disinformation and climate. Specifically on disinformation, and this is not meant in jest, is that to monitor news or online traffic? Some here might suggest that a disinformation unit should be set up permanently to monitor some of the stuff that is said in the Chamber from time to time. I ask the witnesses to elaborate on the disinformation unit.