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

RTÉ and TG4 are funded through a mix of commercial revenues obtained largely from advertising, Exchequer grant payments and licence fee revenues.

Broadcasting licensing fee receipts are estimated to be €222 million in 2018. The broadcasting programme provides for €190.7 million in television licence fee receipts to RTÉ to enable the company to meet its statutory obligations as a public service broadcaster. In addition, the programme provides €4.2 million in television licence fee receipts and €31.5 million in grant payments to TG4 to produce a comprehensive range of programming in the Irish language.

Programme B also funds new television and radio programmes through the broadcasting fund, operated by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The fund receives 7% of the net television licence fee receipts, which amounts to €14.7 million in 2018.

Expenditure on the broadcasting programme to the end of June was €124.6 million, representing 99% of profiled expenditure.