Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 91: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his response to the surplus of €6.8 million posted by RTE in 2004; the way in which the national broadcaster plans to spend this surplus over the next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19910/05]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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It is positive that the financial position of RTE has improved to the extent that it has achieved modest surpluses in two successive years having incurred significant deficits of €46 million and €22 million in 2001 and 2002 respectively.

Under the Broadcasting Acts 1960 to 2001, it is a matter for RTE to decide how to use the financial resources available to it to best deliver on its statutory mandate.