Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The public service charge was mentioned. I work with An Post, which is a collector of the licence fee. Some of the witnesses are not in favour of that. If a charge was payable by every household, it would be easier to collect the fee and the figures would change dramatically. People would not have an issue paying the charge if its funding was available across all sectors – regional newspapers, RTÉ, Virgin Media, local radio stations, etc. – because people would then get good, wide and varied content in return and they would be supporting local as well as national media.

Mr. Coveney stated that the percentage of people watching "Six One" was quite high. That is brilliant to hear. When I look at the RTÉ news, I know it is factually correct, unlike other sources.