Revenue tapped to collect TV licence fee

An Oireachtas committee has recommended that the TV licence fee should be collected by Revenue instead of An Post, and redesigned as “a non-device-dependent public service broadcasting charge” payable by all, including those who do not have a television.

The Oireachtas committee on communications, climate action and environment yesterday launched its report on the future funding of public service broadcasting.

Chairwoman Hildegarde Naughton of Fine Gael said the current funding model “is not fit for purpose in today’s highly technological advanced society where TV sets are no longer the only source of media contact viewing”.