Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am pleased to hear that an increase in the licence fee is not being sought because it would be unfair to those who are paying it. As I said to Ms Forbes last April, some of them are in low-income households and are dutifully paying that €160 every year. The licence fee makes up 57% of RTÉ's funding. The fee is not being collected from 14% or 15% of households and then there are 15% of households without a television. I am surprised to hear that figure is so high. Is it correct that 30% of households are not paying a television licence?