Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 July 2023
152. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of public funding, in money terms, the Government has provided to RTÉ in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [32172/23]
View answerTV licence receipts were transferred to RTÉ through my Department’s Vote until the responsibility for RTÉ transferred to the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in 2020.
A sum of just over €330,000 was reimbursed to RTÉ over the four year period 2014 - 2017 to cover the cost of secondment of an RTÉ staff member to the Department. The purpose of this secondment was to support the redevelopment of the Department's website and development of its communications/customer service functions.
My Department does not provide direct funding to RTÉ in relation to advertising, and any advertising with RTÉ is procured via a media buying agency, as part of a package that would generally include advertising across a range of channels and platforms based on target audience, desired reach, and campaign objectives.
