Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 September 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed)
Mr. Kevin Bakhurst:
We are seeking €34.5 million for 2024. We have set out the reasons for that. The factors include the licence fee shortfall that preceded the current fall-off.
There are also inflationary pressures and a series of special events, including a number of elections next year. We do not know how many elections yet. We are in the hands of all the members for that, but some elections are already planned. We will cover those professionally and properly. On top of that, we have a licence fee shortfall of €21 million that we are looking for at the moment as a result of this crisis.
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