Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2026

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the disclosure and divestment by members of Coimisiún na Meán of relevant interests in certain providers; to give full effect to Articles 5 and 6(3) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1083 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market and amending Directive 2010/13/EU (European Media Freedom Act); to make further provision about committees of Coimisiún na Meán; to provide, for the purposes of its functions, for a power for Coimisiún na Meán to require certain information from certain providers; to extend the application of duties and codes, and provision about complaints, in relation to public service content published by the corporations; to make further provision about the appointment and functions of the board and the director general of a corporation and the appointment and functions of the audience council of a corporation; to provide for the auditing of the accounts of RTÉ by the Comptroller and Auditor General; to require the publication of information about the remuneration of staff and contractors of the corporations; to provide for appraisals and reviews of funding and performance of the corporations; to make further provision about the commissioning of independent programmes by the corporations; to provide for the renaming of the Broadcasting Fund and for public service content schemes to be funded from the Fund; to amend the provision relating to the European Works Levy; for those purposes to amend the Broadcasting Act 2009 and the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993; and to provide for related matters.