Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Technology is changing dramatically and has changed over the past number of years. The Deputy is correct in that regard and I am quite willing to hear the committee's views if it wants to come back with a proposal and we can explore it. It is important to remember that the fall in income from the television licence does not just affect RTE. It affects TG4 and the independent broadcasters through the sound and vision fund and that leads directly to job losses. People up and down the country are not being employed and there have been job losses over the past number of years because budgets have been tightened. There is an opportunity to stimulate the sector if there is compliance with the law.