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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: In regard to the €100 million yielded from the sale of the land, RTÉ outlined to the committee previously that it was being used as capital investment to improve infrastructure on an annual basis. How much of that €100 million is left at this stage?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: I saw that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: I am pleased to hear that an increase in the licence fee is not being sought because it would be unfair to those who are paying it. As I said to Ms Forbes last April, some of them are in low-income households and are dutifully paying that €160 every year. The licence fee makes up 57% of RTÉ's funding. The fee is not being collected from 14% or 15% of households and then there...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: Approximately 14% of households that should pay a television licence fee are not paying it. The documentation supplied indicates that a further 15% of households are without a television. I was surprised at how high that figure is. Is it correct that 29% or 30% of households in the State are not paying a television licence fee?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: I am delighted to hear that RTÉ is not seeking an increase in the television licence fee because it would be unfair to those households that are paying, particularly the low-income households. I know the fee is collected by the Department and collection is contracted out to An Post. Is RTÉ in favour of improving the database? I have suggested this a number of times over the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: The proportion of households that have a television but which are not paying the licence fee has reached 14%. Regarding the figure of 15% we are being given for what are described as non-television households, how has that been reached? How has the information been gathered to be enable it to be stated that 15% of households do not have televisions? That is more than one in seven.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: The public, and particularly those people who are paying the television licence fee, and, as I said, especially households that are stretched to pay it because they are on low incomes, would be surprised to hear that more than one in seven households do not have a television set. Ms O'Shea stated that this is a recognised measurement, but the public would have a job accepting it. I...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: I accept that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank Ms Forbes. Some Deputies have indicated that they wish to come back in a second time. I ask anyone else who wishes to contribute again to indicate. To be fair, I will call Deputy Devlin first because he has just joined the meeting and has not had the chance to comment yet.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: You have two minutes left.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: I call Deputy Carthy. He has four minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: I hope that the Deputy heard that Cork will be looked after.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: A sum of €13 million was allocated for the orchestra in 2019 and funding was reduced in 2020, presumably due to Covid. What level of revenue is generated by the orchestra? Does the orchestra generate revenue?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: To date, have they generated any revenue?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: How many employees are engaged in both orchestras?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: Yesterday, I heard the news that one orchestra will be transferred from RTÉ. What is the total debt combined for RTÉ at the moment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: Is that the sum total?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: I have a question on the centenary coverage for Ms Forbes. By and large, there was some good coverage and the programme was informative, particularly for a young audience. There was fairly balanced coverage but I have two little criticisms. First, on the re-enactment of the media coverage around the signing of the treaty, I query the setting. Mr. David McCullagh did very well but he was in...