'Broken' TV licence system costing €50 million per year, RTÉ tells Oireachtas committee
The committee also heard of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the media industry.
The committee also heard of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the media industry.
RTÉ announced yesterday that it will be availing of the wage subsidy scheme.
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Forbes wants the Government to take action to tackle households evading the licence fee.
As RTÉ restructures its organisation with staff cuts and asset sales, there’s a new focus on Ireland’s high TV licence evasion rates.
Fianna Fáil deputy leader Dara Calleary told the Tánaiste that “Good media is dying on the vine while you whistle by the graveyard”.
An Post has said TV licence payments represent an “essential income stream” for postmasters.
The government said that the TV licence fee should be replaced by a new charging system.
The government plans to pivot to a “device independent broadcasting charge” by 2024.
The State broadcaster had around 100 fewer staff opt for redundancies that it hoped.
A union representing An Post workers made the claims in a letter to ex-minister Denis Naughten.
Ireland’s broadcasting regulator says both RTÉ and TG4 deliver value for Irish audiences.
Leinster House, which has around 1,000 TVs is only required to pay for one TV licence.
Additional temporary inspectors have also been appointed to improve the compliance rate.
But that doesn’t necessarily mean an increase in the fee.
The jump in the figures over the last year is largely attributed to the public awareness campaign rolled out by the Department of Communications.
Calls are being made to transfer the fee collection from An Post to Revenue.
RTÉ has called for the fee to be raised.
RTÉ is to post a deficit in its 2016 annual report due to be published soon.
Ireland’s evasion rate stands at 13.75% – much higher than the EU average.
It costs €160 a year and every premises with a television is supposed to have one.
The idea to extend the TV licence fee to other devices has been scrapped by Denis Naughten.
The financial struggles at RTÉ have been in the news a lot in recent days.
RTÉ director general Dee Forbes suggested the licence fee should be double its current rate yesterday.
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Minister Denis Naughten is bringing forward plans to crackdown on TV licence fee evasion this autumn.
The new communications minister has no intention of bringing in a new charge.
He previously told the court he was against paying due to his grievance with the way RTÉ spends taxpayers’ money.
The comedian has criticised the state broadcaster and refused to pay his TV licence.
The courts say he does, he says he doesn’t.
The government needed to make savings in 1985, and RTE was very much in the firing line.
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Alex White said RTÉ “needs to be vigilant with their costs”.
She was taken by taxi to the Dóchas centre, where she was held for three hours.
Due to the size of the city, Dublin topped new figures on summonses.
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Britain sent 51 people to jail last year for not paying their tv licence – while Ireland imprisoned 411 people.
The broadcaster said that this would enable it to significantly improve its service to audiences.
Pat Rabbitte has expressed some scepticism that there are people in Ireland who don’t access public service content at all.
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