Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 December 2011
48 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is an independent body or person appointed by legislation for a member of the public to turn to to deal with a complaint about RTE, as the national broadcaster, not reporting on a public interest matter on which it was notified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39144/11]
View answerThe Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) is the independent regulator responsible for the oversight of compliance in relation to broadcast content. It has a Compliance Committee which monitors and enforces compliance by broadcasters with various aspects of the relevant legislation relating to fairness, impartiality and enforcement of standards.
The Compliance Committee of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland is an independent statutory body. It is charged with accepting complaints from the general public in relation to a range of issues relating to broadcasting content. The remit of the Committee includes issues relating to content broadcast by the national public service broadcasters, RTÉ and TG4. The grounds and procedures for making complaints are set out in Section 48 of the Broadcasting Act 2009.
