Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 11 July 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Retransmission Fees: Discussion
5:00 pm
Ms Aisling McCabe:
It has to be both.
Reference was made to double taxation. People are paying a licence fee as a contribution towards public service media. RTE is a dual-funded organisation. We have obligations to secure commercial revenue. I will go back to the earlier point. These platforms are getting money on the basis of not paying any intellectual property for Irish content. We have seen 83% of RTE revenue going to investment in Irish content and we want to put more into that. That is the point – it is not double taxation.