Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 July 2021
115. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the breakdown of the funding distribution from the television licence fee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38381/21]
View answerTotal Licence Fee Receipts comprises monies from TV licence sales and exchequer funding from the Department of Social Protection for the operation of the free TV licence Scheme.
Part 10 of the Broadcasting Act, 2009 makes provision for the disbursement of 7% of the net television licence fee (i.e. total receipts less commission to An Post) to the Broadcasting Fund administered by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI). The Broadcasting Fund supports both the Sound and Vision (S&V) and Archiving Schemes.
The balance of net licence fee receipts is paid to RTÉ. The breakdown of funding for 2020 is set out in the table below:
|
2020 |
|
|
Broadcasting Fund |
€14,876,525.02 |
|
RTÉ |
€197,645,260.94 |
|
An Post |
€10,029,834.00 |
|
Total |
€222,551,619.96 |
It is not possible to calculate total receipts and their breakdown for 2021 until year end.
