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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: It was sponsored in the not too distant past. Is there a policy to prevent greenwashing happening on their programming, both through content and extending to product placement featuring influencers for example? Is greenwashing something they are actively trying to ensure does not happen on their programmes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: Do the guidelines apply to the climate?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: We are out of time and have other guests waiting to come in. I thank the RTÉ representatives for joining us today. It was a very interesting discussion and not as long as we would have liked. I am sure the witnesses would have preferred more time to tease through some of the issues and provide more information. The committee would welcome any further information they would like to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: On behalf of the committee I welcome the following witnesses. Ms Orla Twomey is chief executive of the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland and Mr. Michael Lee is deputy chief executive officer. They are very welcome. Ms Laura Costello is strategy director of Purpose Disruptors Ireland, who is very welcome. Joining us online is Mr. Jonathan White who is a climate lawyer with...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank Ms Twomey. I now invite Ms Costello to make her opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: I will now invite members to indicate to ask questions. I will just go first, if I may. I will go straight to Mr. White and the suggestion of a ban on advertising for fossil fuel products. Will he speak more about that? What jurisdictions have bans already? How do our guests in the room feel about the appropriateness of a ban on fossil fuel product advertising?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: I have a follow-up question before I bring in our other guests. Do we have evidence on the effectiveness of the bans in those various jurisdictions that Mr. White mentioned? I ask him to be brief because I have limited time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: With apologies to members, I would like to follow up on Senator Boylan's line of questioning. In the context of this lengthy process, for which there may be legitimate reasons, an advertiser might be quite happy that an adjudication goes against them a year later because the advertisement will have fulfilled its purpose. What is in place to mitigate against that or to prevent this kind of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: Essentially, a precedent is set.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: Can that can happen very quickly?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: I do not think we should name entities.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: It is on the public record so we have to be fair to them as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: We are way over time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: There may be some time. I thank the Senator.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: Who was the first question for?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: Ms Costello mentioned in her opening statement that the advertising industry will grow to €1.23 billion this year. Do we have a breakdown by sector in that regard? How much of that applies, for example, to the transport sector?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: I imagine the ASAI is challenged in that regard. The sponsor is sponsoring a show for a reason. The show might be all about the importance of climate action and a sponsor that wants to sell its product can creatively disguise the fact that its product does not align with climate action and might, in fact, pull against it. How can the ASAI get around that? Is it resourced well enough to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Brian Leddin: Does Ms Twomey have concerns in that regard? Sponsorship is a challenging area.