Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding allocated to the Sound and Vision Fund in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020. [17552/20]

Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if community radio receives funding from the Exchequer; if so, the details of the allocation for each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17553/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 70 and 71 together.

Part 10 of the Broadcasting Act, 2009 makes provision for the disbursement of 7% of the net television licence fee receipts to the Broadcasting Fund administered by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI). The Broadcasting Fund supports both the Sound and Vision (S&V) and Archiving Schemes. Total Licence Fee Receipts comprises monies from TV licence sales and Exchequer funding from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection for the operation of the free TV licence Scheme.

The total of licence fee revenues allocated to the S&V Scheme Fund is detailed in the table below;

Sound and Vision Scheme

The newly launched fourth round of the S&V Scheme provides for funding for the community radio sector in respect of their social benefit obligations. Under this ancillary round the BAI have put in place additional funding of €750,000 for community radio in 2020 which is now open for applications. Further information is available on the BAI's website at .

The table below details the previous funding rounds under S&V 3, awarded to programming either to be produced by a community broadcaster, or by an independent production company in association with a community broadcaster.