Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 July 2020
120. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process by which the licence fee is paid to RTÉ having been collected by An Post; if payment is made on a regular basis such as quarterly or yearly; the way in which the payments were made during 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15305/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraTelevision licence fee receipts are paid to my Department by An Post on the 15th and 30th of each month. In addition monthly payments are made on the 15th of the month by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to my Department for the free TV licences Scheme. My Department subsequently makes payments to RTÉ twice monthly less An Post's fees for collection services and 7% of net receipts which is paid to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland's (BAI) Broadcasting Fund.
The total licence fee payment to RTÉ was €188.57m in 2018 and €196.55m in 2019. Payments to end June 2020 amount to €89.32m. RTÉ publishes details of all TV licence receipts in their annual reports which can be found at https://about.rte.ie/reports-and-policies/annual-reports/.
