Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I can certainly say we have no plans to increase the licence fee. I cannot make that commitment for the duration of the Government but there are certainly no plans at the moment to increase it. I appreciate that it is de facto a compulsory charge. Anyone who has a television has to pay it, although, in fact, people who do not have a television even though they are watching the services, perhaps on an iPad or different device, do not have to pay it but are still availing of those services. The main thing we want to do is find a way to increase collection. I understand about 10% or 15% non-payment is the current issue, plus the cost of collection. What I would like to see is a better means of collection-----

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