Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 January 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting

9:30 am

Mr. Richard Collins:

Good morning to all. I am the chief financial officer. In note 2 on page 110 of the annual accounts, we set out how the licence fee is allocated. In summary, the licence fee is first allocated to cover the cost of the activities that are not capable of generating commercial revenues. It is then spread across the other channels that are capable of generating advertising or other commercial income. For instance, the cost of running Lyric FM is approximately €5 million per year and €5 million of licence fee funding is allocated to it instead of-----

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.