Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party)
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93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if information will be provided on previous and planned actions by RTÉ in response to the Report of the Joint Committee on Climate Action Climate Change: A Cross-Party Consensus for Action March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47475/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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RTÉ is an independent national public service broadcaster whose remit and obligations are set out in the Broadcasting Act 2009, and, as such, the Minister has no role in it day-to-day operations.  Section 98 provides that “subject to the requirements of this Act, a corporation shall be independent in the pursuance of its objects.”

As such it is for RTÉ to note the recommendations from the report and implement them in its own decision making.

Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party)
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94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if information will be provided on previous and planned actions by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland in response to recommendations made in section 4.4.2 in the Report of the Joint Committee on Climate Action Climate Change: A Cross-Party Consensus for Action, March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47476/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has operational independence under Section 24 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 which states that “subject to this Act, the Authority and each statutory committee shall be independent in the performance of their functions.”

As such it is for the BAI to note the recommendations in the report and implement them in its own decision making.