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

Appropriations-in-aid are income receipts into my Department other than from the Exchequer. The vast majority of receipts - €222 million of the total of €238 million - are a pass-through of the television licence funds to RTÉ, TG4 and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland along with a collection fee to An Post. The balance is made up of mining and petroleum income accounting for €8.8 million of the total receipts, some €4.6 million in pension levy and pension contributions relating to my Department and agencies, and €2.6 million in other miscellaneous income.