Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 July 2023
330. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media 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. [32171/23]
View answerRTÉ operates under a dual funding model, receiving proceeds from revenue generated through the TV Licence system and its own commercial income.
The table below details payments made to RTÉ from TV licence revenue and from additional exchequer funding since 2003. The TV licence revenue comprises funding from licence sales and in respect of free licences.
An additional allocation of €15m in current funding was provided to RTÉ in 2022 in line with the recommendations of the Future of Media Commission.
Payments to RTÉ
|
Year |
TV Licence Revenue |
Additional exchequer funding |
|
€m |
€m |
|
|
2003 |
€158.5 |
|
|
2004 |
€160.5 |
|
|
2005 |
€172.4 |
|
|
2006 |
€194.8 |
|
|
2007 |
€194.8 |
|
|
2008 |
€201.1 |
|
|
2009 |
€204.3 |
|
|
2010 |
€195.0 |
|
|
2011 |
€182.4 |
|
|
2012 |
€179.2 |
|
|
2013 |
€181.5 |
|
|
2014 |
€178.8 |
|
|
2015 |
€178.5 |
|
|
2016 |
€179.3 |
|
|
2017 |
€184.8 |
|
|
2018 |
€188.6 |
|
|
2019 |
€196.5 |
|
|
2020 |
€197.6 |
|
|
2021 |
€196.1 |
|
|
2022 |
€196.2 |
€15.0 |
|
2023 (to June 25th) |
€96.6 |
