Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 October 2013
331. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the mechanism that will be in place for future decisions by his Department in relation to the annual transfer to RTÉ in respect of the television licence. [44653/13]
View answerUnder Section 123 of the Broadcasting Act, 2009, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources may, with the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, pay RTÉ in respect of each financial year an amount equal to the total television licence fee receipts in that year less (i) any expenses incurred in relation to the collection of those fees, and (ii) an amount being equal to 7% of these net television licence fee receipts which is paid under Section 156 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) in respect of the Broadcasting Funding Scheme. The Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011, which was enacted on 2 August 2011, gives legal effect to the Government decision to distribute some of the net television licence fee monies to TG4. This figure for 2013 is determined to be €9.245m. There is no proposal at present to amend this arrangement.
