Newly Formed Responsible Government Department
We have recently seen completion of the transfer of
responsibility for broadcasting regulation from the former
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment to the
newly formed Department of Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sports
and the Gaeltacht.
The new Department is continuing to focus on implementation of
new legislation which will significantly extend the scope of Irish
broadcasting law and establish a new regulator, the Media
Commission, namely the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (the
"Bill").
The Bill is currently subject to pre-legislative scrutiny by a
Joint Oireachtas / Parliamentary Committee, and is expected to come
into force in the second half of 2021.
