Broadcasting Act 2009
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Chapter 5 Allocation of Public Funding to RTÉ and TG4 | ||
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Allocation of public funding. |
123.— (1) The Minister, with the approval of the Minister for Finance, may pay to RTÉ out of monies provided by the Oireachtas in respect of each financial year after the passing of this Act, an amount equal to the total of the receipts in that year in respect of television licence fees less— | |
(a) any expenses certified by the Minister as having been incurred by him or her in that year in relation to the collection of those fees, and | ||
(b) any amount paid under section 156 (2). | ||
(2) The amount paid to RTÉ in each financial year under subsection (1) of this section, shall be used by RTÉ solely for the purposes of— | ||
(a) pursuing its public service objects, and | ||
(b) paying amounts levied on RTÉ under section 33 . | ||
(3) The Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may from time to time, pay to RTÉ such an amount as he or she determines to be reasonable for the purposes of defraying the expenses incurred by RTÉ in the pursuance of its public service objects. | ||
(4) The Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may from time to time, pay to TG4 such an amount as he or she determines to be reasonable for the purposes of defraying the expenses incurred by TG4 in— | ||
(a) pursuing its public service objects, and | ||
(b) paying amounts levied on TG4 under section 33 . | ||
(5) The Minister in making a determination under subsection (4) shall consider the multi-annual funding needs of TG4. |