Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

Amendment No. 53 in group 10 will enable the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to co-operate and engage with persons or groups in the development by them of codes and standards and the establishment of self-regulatory systems. This recognises the role that self-regulation and self-regulatory bodies such as the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland have and can play in the future to complement statutory regulatory mechanisms, especially in addressing the challenges posed by cross-jurisdictional services and by non-linear media services.