Ms Dee Forbes:

In our annual report, on page 162 if the Deputy has it anywhere nearby, we break down our income from 2015 to 2019. In 2015, for example, television licence revenue was €178.9 million and commercial revenue was €155.4 million. In 2019, our most recently audited set of accounts, television licence revenue was €196.248 million and commercial revenue was €145.837 million. It can be seen from those figures that commercial revenue has declined and that licence fee revenue has increased. There are a number of things here. During the recession, there was an amount of money taken away from RTÉ. In the years from 2016 onwards, a lot of that money was put back into the licence fee, if you like. It was replenishing moneys that were taken away. In the main, that is what we are seeing here. Ms O'Shea can comment on this. That is what has happened really with the licence fee. The licence fee revenue has increased but it has increased because there was a move to make up for moneys that were taken away.