Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In terms of the cost base of the total revenue streams and the future of RTÉ, it is very clear that something has to change radically, and it is going to change very quickly. There is an opportunity with what has been set out by Government in terms of realising savings and-or improving the model. What I would like to know, as somebody who is hugely supportive of what RTÉ does, particularly its news media, is that Irish taxpayers have certainty over this. The 10% efficiency in terms of the collection of the licence fee, for instance, does not even come close to plugging the gap. Through the actions of these Houses, are taxpayers looking at moves to give this collection role to Revenue to bridge the gap? Are they looking at an increase in the licence fee? How is it going to work for the consumer of RTÉ's stations or of its product?