Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 September 2023
87. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide, in tabular form, the monthly or, if available, weekly amount of funding for public service media provided by TV licence payers in 2022; and the equivalent projected figures for 2023. [41876/23]
View answerNet revenues from TV Licence Sales are distributed to RTÉ and the Broadcasting Fund in accordance with the provisions of Section 123 and Section 156 of the Broadcasting Act 2009. Net revenues exclude the fees paid to An Post in its statutory role as the TV Licence issuing Agent.
The table below sets out the disbursement of total Public Service Media funding (i.e. to RTÉ and the Broadcasting Fund) for 2022 and for January to August 2023 from An Post TV Licence sales, exclusive of An Post’s fee. The table also sets out TV licence funding provided by the Department of Social Protection in respect of licences issued under the Household Benefits Package, which currently amounts to €69.8m per annum. It is not possible to accurately the revenue which may arise during the remainder of 2023.
The figures are broken down on a monthly basis as this provides a better overview of trends in the issuance of TV licences, and also allows for the consolidation of direct debit payments which is carried out by An Post on a monthly basis.
|
Month |
2022 Net TV Licence PSM funding from TV Licence Sales by An Post |
DSP TV Licence Funding (HBP) |
2023 Net TV Licence PSM funding from TV Licence Sales by An Post |
DSP TV Licence Funding (HBP) |
|
January |
€11,804,000 |
€5,815,718 |
€11,840,240 |
€5,815,718 |
|
February |
€10,612,205 |
€5,815,718 |
€10,863,865 |
€5,815,718 |
|
March |
€11,184,524 |
€5,815,718 |
€11,952,636 |
€5,815,718 |
|
April |
€11,157,391 |
€5,815,718 |
€10,251,960 |
€5,815,718 |
|
May |
€11,070,420 |
€5,815,718 |
€11,087,730 |
€5,815,718 |
|
June |
€11,193,799 |
€5,815,718 |
€10,979,439 |
€5,815,718 |
|
July |
€11,452,837 |
€5,815,718 |
€7,839,700 |
€5,815,718 |
|
August |
€11,646,386 |
€5,815,718 |
€8,169,183 |
€5,815,718 |
|
September |
€13,919,988 |
€5,815,718 |
N/A |
N/A |
|
October |
€13,987,902 |
€5,815,718 |
N/A |
N/A |
|
November |
€13,178,593 |
€5,815,718 |
N/A |
N/A |
|
December |
€10,551,144 |
€5,815,718 |
N/A |
N/A |
