TV licence to stay but Government to top up RTÉ funding
Decision will put Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael on collision course with the Green Party
26/01/'24 Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD pictured this afternoon at Government Buildings wgere she addressed matters pertaining to RTE .....Picture Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin
The TV licence fee is set to remain in place combined with annual top-ups from the Government, the Sunday Independent understands.
The decision will put Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael at odds with their coalition partners, the Greens, who want the contentious €160 charge scrapped in favour of funding through the Exchequer.
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