Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 115 would delete lines 16 and 17 which read with "due sensitivity to the convictions or feelings of the audience" and substitute it with the phrase "due sensitivity to the subject matter and the audience". It is noted that the text that is proposed to be deleted and-or replaced reflects similar language in the extant Broadcasting Act which has not, to date, been flagged as an issue in any public or stakeholder consultations carried out by my officials. In my view, the proposed wording seems to broadly achieve the same effect as the original wording and, therefore, I propose to reject the amendment on that basis.