Ireland

[IE] Broadcasting Priorities for EU Presidency

IRIS 2004-3:1/23

Marie McGonagle

School of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway

As Ireland currently holds the presidency of the EU, the Minister for Communications has indicated that the protection of minors in the area of broadcasting will be one of his main priorities. The EU Commission is due to publish an update to the Recommendation on the Protection of Minors and Human Dignity in March with a view to a policy discussion on it at the meeting of the Council of Ministers in May. An informal Ministerial Council to be held in Ireland in early March will also discuss the future role of broadcasting in promoting and maintaining cultural diversity in an enlarged Europe.