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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: The code is within the remit of the ASAI.

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 regulates that?

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 would be helpful to us to clarify that.

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 seems to be a very grey area and a challenging one. People watch these programmes and want to make the right choice, and then the show is sponsored by some company and they go off and make purchasing decisions they think are the right ones but which may not be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: Senator Boylan, did you want to come in briefly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: Thank you for that, Ms Twomey. Mr. White, did you want to comment on sponsorship of programming or our print media?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: Thank you for that, Mr. White. It is after 2 o'clock. I do not know if anybody else wishes to ask a quick question or make a brief comment before we finish.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: That is good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: Maybe we could have a bit more information than the average time because that can be misleading. Perhaps we could have an analysis 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: Great. Thank you, Ms Twomey. We will finish up. I thank Ms Costello, Ms Twomey and Mr. Lee for attending and Mr. White for joining us from London. We very much appreciate their time and expertise. It has been a very interesting discussion and it will certainly help us as we grapple with a very difficult issue. We hope to produce a report in the new year. If the witnesses have...

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 call Senator Alice-Mary Higgins.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: If a precedent is set, and those advertising breach that precedent because it suits them, and they can get their advertising out to millions of people which sells their products, what happens then?

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 would be helpful if Ms Costello could find a breakdown. It would help the committee in its formulation of a report and recommendations to have those figures. In our previous session, representatives of the public service broadcaster, RTÉ, were before the committee. They were clear that advertising is separate from content creation. Towards the end of the session, they conceded...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact Assessments (8 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: 175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his Department's review of the environmental impact assessment regulations; when he expects to bring an updated statutory instrument before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61362/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Schemes (8 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the retrofit budget on a local authority basis to date in 2022, in tabular form; the quantum of money drawn down on a local authority basis; the houses retrofitted on a local authority basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61478/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Schemes (8 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: 235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the retrofit budget allocation and housing retrofit target on a local authority basis for 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; the quantum of money drawn down in 2019, 2020 and 2021 on a local authority basis, the houses retrofitted in 2019, 2020 and 2021 on a local authority basis; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: The meeting today will be split into two sessions. The purpose of the first session is to have a discussion on the role of communications in acting on climate change. Our second session at 1 p.m. is with the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, to discuss a motion on the Sustainable Energy Act, which has been referred to us. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the following witnesses from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank Ms Craig. I ask members to indicate if they wish to come in. I suggest we take seven minutes for questions and answers. We have a bit more time because, as I said earlier, one of our invitees opted not to come in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: They just got in touch with the secretariat yesterday morning and said they could not usefully contribute to the discussion we were having.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: Yes, I understand that was the language used. I disagree fully. It is very important we have bodies like the Press Council, which oversees a code of practice in the print media space. It is a self-regulating area and we could have a useful discussion with the council, especially around its code of practice. Its counterpart the BAI obviously saw fit to come in and has produced a very good...