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 from a total of €238 million, relate to the transfer of the TV licence funds to RTÉ, TG4 and the BAI, along with the collection fee to An Post.

The balance is made up of mining and petroleum income accounting for €8.8 million of total receipts, some €4.8 million in pension levy and pension contributions relating to my Department and its agencies, and €2.1 million in other miscellaneous income.