Ministerial Consent for new public service broadcast channels and services

Section 103 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 provides the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with responsibility to consider requests by RTÉ or TG4 for new channels and services and to make a determination on whether to consent to these channels. This section also sets out the procedure to be followed by the Minister in considering whether to consent to any proposed new services or channels and sets out the criteria for measuring the public value of these services or channels.

The Broadcasting Act 2009 can be accessed below:
The Broadcasting Act, 2009

Public Value Decisions and associated Documents

Consultation Doc and other docs associated with the Ministers Analysis and consideration of new RTE Service and Channel Proposals, February 2011 are available below.

New RTÉ Services (Channels) Proposal Consultation Document

Consultation on new RTÉ service proposals - Public submissions document

RTÉ Response on Public Value Test

Ministers Decision

Sectoral Impact Assessment and Public Value Review 

RTÉ response - Summary of Public Value & Further Information

An Assessment of the Sectoral Impact of RTÉ's Proposed Channels and Services

Guidance on the Public Value of RTÉ's Proposed Services