RTÉ has begun a five-week public consultation process asking members of the public to comment on how it is fulfilling its public-service commitments.
As a public-service broadcaster, which is funded in part through television licence fees, the station is required to publish a public-service statement every five years.
The statement should outline the principles RTÉ will observe and the activities it will undertake in order to execute its commitments. RTÉ will be asking people to complete a questionnaire, available at rte.ie/about.
Questions include how the station might improve its services and better meet the needs of its audience.
The public consultation period will close on April 12th. The new statement will be published later this year.
Meanwhile, groups protesting about the coverage of the water charges issue marched to RTÉ’s campus in Donnybrook, Dublin, on Saturday.
Campaigners on social media were critical of what they described as scant coverage of the march by the station, as well as of a recent interview by Ryan Tubridy with Socialist Party TD Paul Murphy on The Late Late Show.
