Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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101. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when it is envisaged the report from the Future of the Media Commission will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2297/22]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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The Future of Media Commission, chaired by Professor Brian MacCraith, held its inaugural meeting on 29 October 2020.  It was tasked with considering the future of print, broadcast, and online media in a platform agnostic fashion.

The Commission engaged comprehensively with stakeholders, including broadcasters, journalists, publishers, regional media and the wider public. The first phase of the Future of Media Commission public consultation resulted in over 800 written submissions from stakeholder groups and the general public on a wide range of themes.

The Commission also held a series of thematic dialogues through online webinars in which panels of experts explored key themes in more depth and answered follow-up questions from the virtual audience and the Commission members. 

The work of the Future of Media Commission has now been completed and their report has been submitted to An Taoiseach and myself for consideration. It will inform media and broadcasting policy in the coming years and An Taoiseach and I are carefully considering the contents of the wide-ranging report.

Following this, the report will be brought to Cabinet for further consideration and agreement on the next steps. The report will not be published prior to consideration of its contents by Government.