As disagreement over the future funding of the State broadcaster continues, Catherine Martin said that she wants “ring-fenced” money set aside for RTÉ for a five to seven-year period.
Media Minister Catherine Martin has disputed suggestions from Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe that RTÉ would have to compete for money in the annual budget if direct Exchequer funding is introduced.
There has been disagreement in Government over how it would be funded. Ms Martin is in favour of Direct Exchequer funding, an idea vehemently opposed by Tánaiste Micheál Martin, Minister Donohoe and outgoing Finance Minister Michael McGrath. “The removal of that revenue stream will have two consequences. Firstly, it will mean the government will have to find tens of millions of euro elsewhere.
However, speaking just hours later, Minister Martin disputed Minister Donohoe’s comments and said she is looking for guaranteed funding for the broadcaster.“What would be proposed, as the Future of Media Commission recommended, is that it’d be multi-annual.
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