'Give me and RTÉ the benefit of the doubt.' TV licence fee renewals dropped 25% in the first week of July.
"I believe in the debate that has unfolded, there is a really important concept for guiding the value of public service broadcasting and the need to fund it," he said.
"We are in an era now of increased polarisation... I believe journalism has a role to play in achieving the right balance."The Hard Shoulder“Give me and the organisation the benefit of the doubt that we are trying to sort this out and we will sort this out and we will rebuild trust,” he said. He said a “device-neutral” fee may be more appropriate in future funding “because a lot of people are not using TVs anymore”.
“Whether that's a sort of household licence fee... I think there's a number of possibilities,” he said.Share this article
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