Mr. Declan Gibbons:

Community radio needs a more reliable and adequate funding approach. We believe the introduction of the public service broadcasting charge is an opportunity to put in place a dependable and adequate funding model. The report of the value for money policy review group on the public service broadcasting charge shows that all options will provide a surplus on the current licence fee collection. Therefore, without any effect on the funding of RTE, a portion of this sum should be used to support community media. This is the other public service media sector that is not-for-profit.