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Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (12 Jan 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: ...with the approval of the Minister for Finance, I may pay RTÉ and TG4 in respect of each financial year an amount equal to the total of receipts in that year in respect of broadcasting (TV) licence fees, 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...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (11 Jan 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: .... They are: Digital Hub Development Agency Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland Ordnance Survey Ireland Inland Fisheries Ireland Loughs Agency RTE (funded from Broadcasting Licence Fees) TG4 (part funded from Broadcasting Licence Fees.) The number of board members attending each State agency and the expenses issued for each meeting are an operational matter for each agency.

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: ...a knowledge society by equipping our second level students with the necessary digital skills and, in the process, improving overall competitiveness. For 2012, we have preserved the split in licence fee revenue between RTE, TG4 and the sound and vision fund. During 2012, however, I will have completed the review of funding of public sector broadcasting. The big project next year is the...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (6 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: ...urban areas could not occur. It is also modest enough to avoid the duplication of build-out in low population density areas. While no estimate is available regarding the amount of extra licence fee income that might be generated by the draft condition of 70% of population, I am advised by ComReg that unnecessary duplication of build-out would incur additional costs for industry, would be...

Written Answers — Petroleum Exploration: Petroleum Exploration (29 Nov 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: ...and metals industry, that it evaluates economic indicators as well as market supply and demand price trends, and that it publishes its findings annually which are available to its subscribers for a fee. As neither I nor my Department subscribe to this service, I do not have a copy of the report referenced by the Deputy. I have been advised in any event that the intellectual property...

Television Licence Fee (29 Nov 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: Section 124 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 sets out the mechanism by which increases or decreases of the television licence fee may be determined. In particular, it allows for the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI, to recommend in a report to the Minister an annual licence fee modification. This recommendation is to be based on an annual review on the extent to which RTE has fulfilled...

Television Licence Fee (29 Nov 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: Given the straitened economic circumstances in which we have found ourselves over the past three years, the Deputy is correct that any alleviation of charges, fees or levies on people generally would be helpful but he should not hold out a reduction in the television licence fee as alleviating the pressures under which people find themselves. I am not sure that of itself it would constitute...

Television Licence Fee (29 Nov 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: ...give rise to a challenge for the national broadcaster. When he served as a Minister, the Deputy participated in a decision - it was probably a good one - to devote some €10 million from licence fees to TG4. The sound and vision fund also benefits to the tune of 7%. It must be recognised, therefore, that certain constraints apply.

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (24 Nov 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: The Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill was enacted on the 2nd August 2011. The Broadcasting provisions of this Act give legal effect to the distribution of some of the net licence fee monies to TG4, giving effect to a decision taken in Budget 2011. This figure has been determined to be €9.245m for 2011. The remainder of TG4's €32.75m current funding for 2011 is direct...

Written Answers — Television Licence Fee: Television Licence Fee (22 Nov 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: ...the context of a wider review currently underway. This wider review, which includes a comprehensive examination of both the effectiveness and efficiency of the current model of television licence fee, is being undertaken on foot of the commitment in the Programme for Government to introduce a household based Public Broadcasting Charge. The review, which will include a period of...

Written Answers — Fishing Licences: Fishing Licences (8 Nov 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: ...of a suite of conservation measures for the management of the wild salmon fishery following closure of the mixed stock fisheries at sea, a salmon conservation component was applied to all licence fees. This component was set at the same rate as the licence fee and effectively doubled the cost of the licence to the beneficiaries of the fishery closure. Income generated from that component,...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (25 Oct 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: The Mining Board consists of a Chairman and two ordinary members. The Secretary to the board is not a full time position and is resourced from Department funds. The current fees payable to the Chairman are as follows: Fees per day for public and private sittings €582.97 Fees per full day for any necessary attendance (other than sittings) in discharge of the Board's business €200.93...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (18 Oct 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: An Post acts on behalf of my Department as agent for the collection of the Television Licence fee under Section 145 of the Broadcasting Act 2009. In accordance with An Post's procedures, if a member of the public wishes to make a complaint in relation to an An Post TV Licence Inspector, the member of the public is advised, in the first instance, to contact their local An Post TV Licence...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: I can inform the Deputy that there are 18 State bodies under the aegis of my Department. Of these, 15 bodies have Boards that are currently being paid fees determined by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, one Board receives no fees and two bodies do not have a Board. The following table details the position regarding the payment of board fees to Chairpersons and Directors of...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (13 Oct 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: ...Boards, I publicly sought Expressions of Interest for appointments for vacancies which arise in bodies under the aegis of my Department in 2011. Body Appointee Date of Appointment Annual Board FeeApplicable Vacancy Publicly AdvertisedYes/No Oireachtas Committee AppointmentYes/No An Post Mr Donal Connell 14/08/2011 (CEO of An Post - reappointed to the Board) €15,750 No No Mr James...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (12 Oct 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: ...have been taken. The current cost of a licence for the possession and use of programme making and special event equipment, including radio microphones, for an event is a €12 administration fee and €12 per piece of equipment. The licence fee was established in 1986 and has remained unchanged since that time. As the Deputy will be aware ComReg is obliged to recover its administrative...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (11 Oct 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: ...announced in September 2010 that it would make Channel 38 available on an exclusive basis for radio microphone use in Ireland. I am advised that there will be no increase in the associated licence fees. The current cost of a licence for the possession and use of programme making and special events equipment, including radio microphones, for an event is a €12 administration fee and €12...

Written Answers — Electricity Transmission Network: Electricity Transmission Network (11 Oct 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: ...all supporting documentation as requested, including two signed copies of the EirGrid standard confidentiality agreement and the first instalment of €7,000 (inclusive of VAT) of the application fee. The total application fee is dependant on the size of the plant (taking into account the MEC and MIC values) and whether shallow connection works are involved in dealing with the capacity...

Seanad: Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Statements, Questions and Answers (5 Oct 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: ...organisations play a major part in our information and assistance campaign. My Department is also currently examining the effectiveness and efficiency of the current model of television licence fee collection in light of the programme for Government and the issues surrounding the current licence model. These issues include the current levels of evasion, inequities in the system, the cost...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (4 Oct 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: ...and others who use radio microphones, I am advised that while there will be a cost associated with the upgrade of radio microphone equipment, there will be no increase in the associated licence fees. The current cost of a licence for the possession and use of programme making and special events equipment, including radio microphones, for an event is a €12 administration fee and €12...