Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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88. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in relation to Table 5-2 in the report of the Commission on the Future of Media, which sets out recommended public funding levels for 2022 and 2023, she will provide a table with the same line items, setting out the actual provisions in 2022 and the estimates and projected figures for 2023. [41877/23]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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The Future of Media Commission Report, which was published in July 2022, considered the financial needs of public service media and made recommendations in respect of future funding. Recommendation 5-2 sets out interim funding recommendations for 2021-2023 with regard to RTÉ, TG4, and the Broadcasting/Media Fund, pending reform of the public funding model.

The table below sets out both the funding recommendations made by the Future of Media Commission for 2022 and 2023 and the actual funding provided in 2022.

With the exception of TG4’s 2023 funding, which is in the form of a direct Exchequer allocation, it is not possible to compare the FOMC’s recommended funding for 2023 with the actual 2023 funding as the actual outcome will be determined by overall TV licence revenues. However, public funding to RTÉ for 2023 was estimated to be at the same level as in 2022.

With regard to the Future of Media Commission recommendation regarding the Media Fund, this was on the basis of the introduction of six new funding schemes open to all media, which have yet to be rolled out by Coimisiún na Meán. As such the 2022 actual figure below refers to funding provided for the existing Sound and Vision Scheme. A total of €22.885m has been provided for in the Revised Estimates for the Broadcasting and Media Fund for 2023.