Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport

General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Mr. John Purcell:

No. When radio is competing with television for funding, it is disproportionate, given that an hour of TV is eight times more expensive. I would say it is even a multiple of that. It is probably 80 times more expensive to produce than an hour of radio. That is why we call for ring-fenced funding for radio.