Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 141:

In page 59, lines 6 and 7, to delete “as soon as practicable” and substitute “within 30 days”.

The amendment ensures that when a complaint about a broadcast has been dismissed, the complainant is notified "within 30 days". The amendment seeks to ensure that we do not see situations whereby complainants are left waiting for months to hear back about their complaint being dismissed where a decision may already have been made swiftly. It is to ensure that even if one's complaint is unsuccessful and the commission disagrees with the complaint, that it at least notifies a person, so as not to leave him or her in a limbo that a complaint has been dismissed.