Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 July 2025
Public Accounts Committee
2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management
2:00 am
Mr. David Moloney:
That is a conversation that has been had. On the one hand, there is the sectoral decline in the number of households with televisions, so this is reducing the taxpayer base. On the other hand, there were issues impacting RTÉ that were perceived to have affected people's confidence and willingness to pay the TV licence. In our view, the licence is an important stream of income and we have been in conversation with the relevant Department in this regard. Our view, though, is that the licence fee continues to be an important stream of income.
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