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RTE Finances

  • 28-03-2015 02:25PM
    #1
    Nokia 2630
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭


    What state are RTE's finances in at the moment ? Should the government reinstate the 5 million cuts to the free tv licence ?


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  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 96,053 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    They could save a lot more than 5 million by not farming out the collection to AnPost


  • #3
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 20,504 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    They could save a lot more than 5 million by not farming out the collection to AnPost

    Doing that would adversely affect An Post. The broadcasting charge failed to appear, could be for that reason.


  • #4
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 96,053 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Sam Russell wrote: »
    Doing that would adversely affect An Post. The broadcasting charge failed to appear, could be for that reason.
    Over the last ten years I've spent more on An Post's commission and the extra 10-15% on the licence necessitated by An Post's inability to collect the fee from license evaders than I have on my TV and Satellite receiver.

    Yes An Post does need a subsidy to support rural deliveries as part of the USO. But not a stealth tax based on their incompetence level.

    And don't get me started on the cost of an An Post stamp. I can get crap from China put in an envelope and delivered to my door by An Post for 45c.


  • #5
    MarkK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭MarkK


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    And don't get me started on the cost of an An Post stamp. I can get crap from China put in an envelope and delivered to my door by An Post for 45c.

    Depends on what you choose to compare:

    To send a 25g Birthday card from England to Ireland costs £1.52 via the Royal Mail

    To send a 25g Birthday card from Ireland to England costs €1.00 with An Post


  • #6
    Banjoxed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭Banjoxed


    Sure doesn't Denis O'Brien own RTÉ? An anti-Water Charge campaigner told me that, so it must be true.


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  • #7
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 20,504 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    In the fifties, it cost 2.5d to send a letter from the UK to Ireland and 3d to send one the other way. That was the way things were then.

    Ireland was broke then, as now.


  • #8
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,461 ✭✭✭✭watty


    TEN F-connector barrels from China, €2 inc post. Maplin has the same Chinese connectors rather more expensively. EACH!

    AnPost IS expensive, Royal Mail worse.

    It's cheaper to get stuff from Germany than UK.


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