The majority of submissions to RTE in response to Liveline discussions featuring ‘gender-critical’ views of transgender issues was positive, while no formal complaints were made to the BAI, according to RTÉ’s head of editorial standards.

In a letter to the chair of the Oireachtas joint committee on media, Brian Dowling said: “RTÉ received approximately 110 contacts (emails and phone calls) regarding the three programmes and around two-thirds were positive and one-third negative. RTÉ responded comprehensively to nine formal complaints concerning the Liveline programmes.”

He added that none of the nine complainants referred their grievances to industry watchdog, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI).

Dowling said RTÉ rejected all the complaints about three Liveline shows on 9th, 10th and 13th June, and insisted the station was “fully compliant with all the broadcast statutory and regulatory obligations”.

Moreover, he confirmed that Dublin Pride did not make any broadcast complaint regarding any of the three Liveline programmes.

In its letter to Ms Smyth, RTÉ contradicted a claim relating to campaign group Uplift, which reportedly stated their members had made over 1,000 complaints to RTÉ. The broadcaster said it had not received any complaints from people who said they were members or supporters of Uplift.