Newly Formed Responsible Government Department
As part of the formation of Ireland's new coalition
Government in July 2020, responsibility for broadcasting regulation
is being transferred from the former Department of Communications,
Climate Action and Environment to the newly formed Department of
Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sports and the Gaeltacht. When this
transfer is completed, the Department will focus on the
implementation of new legislation which will overhaul the current
media and broadcasting frameworks and establish a new regulator,
the Media Commission.
New Proposed Legislation
Following a consultation process, the government published the
General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2019
(the "Bill") to address the
transposition of the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive
(EU) 2018/1808 (the "Revised AVMSD") (
as described in our recent article) that will have a
substantial impact on media and broadcasting companies in
