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

Ms Aoife MacEvilly:

It is a point which would probably have come up naturally during the detailed drafting. The editorial decision definition is given in respect of public service broadcasters but also probably applies more widely to other public service media or content providers and media service providers. It is looking across some of the other areas, as well as the definition of media service providers. It is a complex legislative framework we operate under and this is just fact testing to ensure the definition does not require amendments to other areas of the legislation as well as ensuring there are no other unintended implications.