Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

The amendments in group 15 develop and clarify the planning and performance measurement framework for public service broadcasters proposed in sections 99, 101, 102 and 124 of the Bill. Amendment No. 177 also requires RTE and TG4 to set out, up front, their programming proposals to meet the social and cultural needs and interests of children in Ireland, including animation and children's programming in the Irish language, that is, their Irish stories for Irish children.