Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that the media play a critical role in our democracy, that a plurality of media is essential, that there must be diverse articulation of opinion across the board and that an over-concentration of media ownership in a democracy is potentially very harmful. Will the Taoiseach say when he expects the promised Consumer and Competition Bill to be published? Can he confirm that there appears to be some rowing back from the media dimension of that Bill, as I have read recently, and that there will not now be legislation dealing with media plurality and media ownership? It is not on the A, B or C list of proposed legislation.

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