Government ready to provide interim funding to RTÉ, says McGrath 

Finance Minister Michael McGrath said Government has a decision to make in the months ahead in relation to the long-term sustainable funding model for public service broadcasting. Picture: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision

The Government stands behind public service broadcasting and is ready to provide interim funding in the budget, the Finance Minister has said, as the RTÉ funding crisis continues.

But Michael McGrath said wider consideration must be given to the future sustainable funding of public service broadcasting in the longer term, and said it should not be entirely publicly funded from the central exchequer.