Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

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

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

2:00 am

Mr. John Purcell:

The phrase "baby with the bath water" comes to mind, and what were are in danger of doing with platform neutrality is undermining broadcasting. While platform neutrality is an important part of what we do, it is not the majority of what we do. While platform neutrality is very appealing, I think it is something like the high 80s in terms of percentage of the population that listens to radio, whether it is RTÉ or independent.