Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport

Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Adam Larragy:

The funding will ultimately be a political decision. There is, however, provision for three-yearly reviews of public service content, which will be undertaken by Coimisiún na Meán. It will see if there are any gaps in the current provision of public service content in the country and then recommend potential schemes to close the gaps. They will be undertaken every three years. Any decision on multi-annual funding for the media fund will be a political decision but there will at least be a set of recommendations coming from Coimisiún na Meán on where the gaps are for every three years. It allows a little bit of looking forward to what future schemes could be in every three-year period.