Board will have 'huge implications' for RTÉ

The Communications Minister Dermot Ahern has said future television licence fee increases won't be granted to RTÉ, unless they perform to a certain standard.

He made the comments as he told the new board of the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland that he is pressing ahead with the implementation of a new Broadcasting Authority.

It is aimed at regulating commercial and public TV and radio in Ireland.

The new board will set the standards for all broadcasters in the country.

Dermot Ahern said it will have huge implications for RTÉ.