Written answers
Wednesday, 2 February 2022
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Television Licence Fee
Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of television licences that have not been paid; the number of legal proceedings initiated by An Post in the past two years; the number of persons charged for non-payment of a television licence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5283/22]
Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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An Post act as issuing agent for TV Licence fee collection. The estimated TV Licence evasion rate is 15.2% and while An Post make every effort to bring TV Licence evaders into the licensed pool, a considerable amount of time and resources are spent in dealing with this issue, with prosecution of evaders being a last resort.
Details of legal proceedings initiated by An Post for non-payment of TV Licences in 2020 and 2021 are detailed in the table below.
TV Licence Legal Proceedings 2020 and 2021
Year | Number of Summons applied for | Number of cases brought to court |
---|---|---|
2020 | 9,555 | 4,581*[1] |
2021 | 7,507 | 4,328 |
Prosecution for non-payment of TV licences is a matter for the Courts Service. Where a fine is imposed, this is collected by An Garda Síochána. Statistics of fines imposed and non-payment of fines are not provided to An Post or my Department.
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