Bill entitled an Act to provide for the disclosure and divestment by members of Coimisi\u00fan na Me\u00e1n 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 Coimisi\u00fan na Me\u00e1n; to provide, for the purposes of its functions, for a power for Coimisi\u00fan na Me\u00e1n 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 RT\u00c9 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.<\/p>","longTitleGa":"
Bille d\u00e1 ngairtear Acht do dh\u00e9anamh socr\u00fa maidir le comhalta\u00ed de Choimisi\u00fan na Me\u00e1n do nochtadh agus do dh\u00edfheisti\u00fa leasanna iomchu\u00ed i sol\u00e1thraithe \u00e1irithe; do thabhairt l\u00e1n\u00e9ifeacht d\u2019Airteagail 5 agus 6(3) de Rialach\u00e1n (AE) 2024\/1083 \u00f3 Pharlaimint na hEorpa agus \u00f3n gComhairle an 11 Aibre\u00e1n 2024 lena mbuna\u00edtear creat comhchoiteann le haghaidh seirbh\u00eds\u00ed me\u00e1n sa mhargadh inmhe\u00e1nach agus lena leasa\u00edtear Treoir 2010\/13\/AE (An Gn\u00edomh Eorpach um Shaoirse na Me\u00e1n); do dh\u00e9anamh socr\u00fa breise maidir le coist\u00ed de Choimisi\u00fan na Me\u00e1n; do dh\u00e9anamh socr\u00fa, chun cr\u00edocha a fheidhmeanna, maidir le cumhacht a bheith ag Coimisi\u00fan na Me\u00e1n chun faisn\u00e9is \u00e1irithe a \u00e9ileamh \u00f3 shol\u00e1thraithe \u00e1irithe; do leathn\u00fa cur chun feidhme dualgas agus c\u00f3d, agus do leathn\u00fa na for\u00e1la maidir le 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