Coimisiún na Meán
Coimisiún na Meán is Ireland’s agency for developing and regulating a thriving, diverse, creative, safe, and trusted media landscape. Our organisation was established in March 2023, further to the provisions of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022.
We have an Executive Chair and four Commissioners leading a team of over 250 staff across different functional areas.
We are deeply committed to promoting and upholding fundamental rights, ensuring that our media landscape contributes to an open, democratic society. Upholding the right to freedom of expression underpins all areas of our work.
We implement the regulatory regime for online safety.
We are responsible for Ireland’s Online Safety Framework. This important framework will hold digital services accountable for protecting people, especially children, from online harm.
We regulate broadcasters and video-on-demand providers.
We are responsible for overseeing the regulation of broadcasting and video-on-demand services in Ireland. Our regulatory functions include the regulation of Public Service Media, licensing of broadcast services, handling viewer and listener complaints, and developing Codes and Rules.
We support the wider media sector.
We carry out a wide range of activities to support Ireland’s media sector and help develop content for Irish audiences that reflects and shapes Irish society. These include funding schemes and the implementation of sectoral learning and development programmes. We also work with broadcasters to continually advance gender equality, equity, diversity, and inclusion in the Irish media sector.