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

Amendment No. 59 addresses a matter raised by Senators Higgins and Ruane on Committee Stage to explicitly require coimisiún na meán to have regard to the effective use of its resources as well as the economic and efficient use of resources in preparing its statement of strategy and work programme. While section 27(1)(c) of the Broadcasting Act 2009, as amended by the Bill, sets out that the executive chairperson of an coimisiún would be accountable to the Committee of Public Accounts for the effectiveness of its operations, I believe this amendment is useful clarification that an coimsiún shall have regard to all three components of the value-for-money framework for the public service, namely, efficiency, effectiveness and economy.