'Clear reform plan' needed at RTÉ before Harris asks people to spend money on broadcaster

Higher Education Minister said RTÉ must bring forward plans to show there has been a change of culture at the broadcaster

Higher Education Simon Harris said he and his constituents believed in public service broadcasting, but licence-payer funding going towards commercial activities was going too far.

Higher Education Minister Simon Harris has said there needs to be a “clear reform plan” at RTÉ before he asks people to spend money on the public service broadcaster.

Asked if he believed the Government was taking too long to deal with the issue of the future funding model for RTÉ, Mr Harris said there first needed to be concrete reforms within the broadcaster.