TV licence fee revenue down €58m after RTÉ payment scandal, new figures show
Before the scandals, between July 2021 and June 2023, some 1.9m people paid the €160 annual fee, resulting in revenue of €306m. Picture: Andy Gibson
TV licence fee revenue has decreased by over €58m in the last two years.
New figures confirm that revenue from the licence plummeted following a range of financial scandals engulfing RTÉ in the summer of 2023, which sparked a wave of non-payments.
