Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The issue of the television licence will be considered by Government in the wider context. Last year, €131,884,000 was raised through the television licence. It is really important we maintain that. It is very important for public service broadcasting that people pay the licence fee and we support journalism at a time of disinformation and fake news. An Post is the net beneficiary of 7% of the licence fee with regard to collection, with €1.9 million per year going to postmasters. A decision has not been made regarding what the future revenue system for RTÉ and other media organisations will be but the role of An Post will be one of the issues we consider within that.

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