Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

All of this was considered by the Future of Media Commission in its report, which was concerned with changing trends and different ways of accessing information. We accepted 49 of the report’s 50 recommendations. It was just the commission’s recommendation on the funding model that we did not accept because we were afraid of the connection between the Government and public service broadcasting.

Long-term funding is something we are discussing. User-generated content cannot be treated the same as editorial media. I have introduced strong legislation in the Online Safety and Media Regulation, OSMR, Act.

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