Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 October 2024
207. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide details of progress made by her Department regarding the implementation of recommendations made in the EAC review of governance and culture in RTE; if she will provide a breakdown of each recommendation, stating the status of action on each; which target dates have been missed to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42316/24]
View answerOn 7 May 2024, the Government accepted in principle the 90 recommendations of the Expert Advisory Committee appointed to carry out a review of the Governance and Culture in RTÉ. While the majority of the recommendations require implementation by RTÉ, 15 require measures or actions to be carried out by my Department.
An implementation plan, setting out how my Department would give effect to the relevant recommendations, including 8 that require amendments to the Broadcasting Act 2009, was published in 25 June. Since then, work has been underway within my Department to give effect to these 15 recommendations, and a summary of the progress made is attached.
As set out above, a total of 8 recommendations required amendment of the Broadcasting Act, and on 8 October, I secured Government approval for a General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill, which I subsequently published.
