Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 November 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion

5:00 pm

Ms Patricia Cronin:

We do not have the source, just the figure. Opt-out advertising by the digital channels takes approximately €50 million out of the €200 million total advertising revenue for broadcasters. That gives a sense of the scale of competition for the broadcast sector in Ireland. We can go back to the Minister with Deputy Ryan's suggestion. He is always very keen to work with committees and to be as open as possible. Like the Deputy, he appreciates the scale of the challenges facing broadcasters, especially for the future of public sector broadcasting.