Reduction of TG4 funding advised in €190m package

AN Bord Snip recommends savings of more than €190 million in the area of communications, including cutting direct funding for TG4.

Overall savings in the area would bring a reduction of €22.1m in current expenditure and €43.5m in capital expenditure.

It also identifies a once-off reduction of €125m in capital expenditure due to the deferment of expenditure on the rollout of the Metropolitan Area Networks over a three-year period.