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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: Who would like to take those questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: I have a few questions and then we will have a second round of approximately four minutes. My question is for Screen Ireland and RTÉ, because they can be more open in a certain format. They are not the regulatory authority or the Department, in other words. They will get one chance perhaps to say this and I will get one chance to ask it. What do they see as the main weakness of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: Okay, very diplomatic. I fundamentally disagree with the ministerial decision on the levy order. I have said so publicly. Most people who cannot really offer an opinion agree with me. It takes away the independence of Coimisiún na Meán and it is not in the spirit of what was initially sought. It was a retrograde step. Deputy Ó Snodaigh did a bit of toing and froing with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: Basically, the Minister has to ask Coimisiún na Meán to do something and then he or she will then have to approve it when an coimisiún sends it in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: Basically, there are two layers for the same thing. The Minister will have to kick it off as well as finalise it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: I suppose if one was a belt approach, this is a belt and braces approach. I am not sure we needed the braces. There is a weakness here in the sense that it goes against the spirit of this legislation, which all of us in the Oireachtas broadly agree with. It gives an unnecessary power to a Minister over an independent regulator. That is not the case in most other scenarios in Ireland or in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: It is too long. I said that at the meeting with our colleagues Ms Taaffe and Mr. Larragy. Three years is too long. This whole area of media is moving so quickly, but I suppose the review is helpful. I will ask a specific question about local radio and local newspapers. All of us in politics who are from a rural background live and die by them. There are various schemes. The current...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: I am aware of them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: What is the timeline for them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: That is the timeline. Is Coimisiún na Meán confident it will meet all these dates and timelines that have been stated previously, that is, by year end?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: On the schemes' effectiveness, what key performance indicators, KPIs, does an coimisiún have in place? Mr. Ó Domhnaill said they would be reviewed after a year. Presumably, that will be a year from when each one is launched.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: What are the KPIs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: An coimisiún has measurement techniques in place for all this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: Does it have enough resources? Is it happy? Now is the time to ask for more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: Has Deputy Brennan another question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: Will Deputy Gibney put in her question? We could get them all answered in one go.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: They can be answered in the last round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: I know Mr. Carson wants to respond to Deputy Brennan. That is fine. I ask that we keep the replies to Deputies Byrne and Gibney tight. Whoever wants to reply can reply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: I thank all the witnesses for their time today. We hopefully will not see a couple of them for a while, as they have appeared before us two weeks in a row. The committee stands adjourned until members all get back together at 12.30 p.m. tomorrow.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Alan Kelly: The question I asked is what the timeline is.