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RTE want to double TV licence fee

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,406 ✭✭✭1874


    Mr E wrote: »

    That is the sound of backpedalling,

    Ive no idea what the statement in entertainement.ie means, "that is the sound of digging up"??? I googled it and nothing comes up, but results for exhuming and digging graves, I'm guessing its one of those bluesky meaning/aka bull$hit speak, is entertainment.ie connected to rte?
    I have no traditional tv service. We stream stuff on the laptop and chromecast it to the telly screen. RTE do a couple of things well such as Prime Time Investigates and some radio shows like John Creedon. Most of their "original content" (read poor imitations of hit British shows) is truly dreadful car crash cringeworthy viewing. Joe Duffy's misery porn show is a self parody at this stage. Ray D'arcy is insufferable beyond belief. And yet i pay the license fee....but i wont be paying double. I can only assume that the controller general is aiming high with the ridiculous sum of €320 in the hope of getting some slight increase.

    this is what it is, to make the x figure they pull out of their ar$e more palateable,
    Venom wrote: »
    To the best of my knowledge, yes.

    The TV license is based on your TV having a tuner hence RTE and various political stooges have made noises about changing it to include devices that can access the internet in the past.

    This would be great for RTE but add unwanted expense onto the backs of the general public who could get hit with a bill even if they only have a wi-fi/internet linked heating system, washing machine or fridge nevermind a mobile phone!

    no forward thinking, just watching some programming (not tv, its on bbc.co.uk) with interesting information on the IOT, internet of things and some insight intot the disadvantages, I cant say Im that happy that in the future standalone device like washing machines etc will likely be unavailable in a non connected/networked form, but it seems its coming.
    Im sure RTE will confirm the licence will cover washing machines though, proabaly better watching that than RTE.


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 81,016 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    The current crop in RTE are a bunch of talentless over paid morons, they don't allow people too come up decent original content anymore by the looks of it and if they do and the series is a hit, RTE normally don't bother renewing it, I wish they would go back too the days where rte had some talent like Dermot Morgan, Mike Murphy etc at least they largely let them do what they wanted and the content was good.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,862 ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    kidneyfan wrote: »
    In Japan the license fee is extracted from your bank account once a year and there is no appeal against it.

    Yeah... but Japanese TV is absolutely fantastic



  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭fiachr_a


    The current crop in RTE are a bunch of talentless over paid morons, they don't allow people too come up decent original content anymore
    Wasn't Baz let go from RTE and then he devised 50 ways to kill your mammy?


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,390 ✭✭✭please helpThank YOU


    RTE Can get stuffed.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 694 ✭✭✭Broken Hearted Road


    I wouldn't be too happy about such a large increase in TV licence fee.

    There was talk before of a broadcasting charge to cover other devices aside from TV which I don't think is very fair. I have a budget smart phone and far from watching TV on it I do. I did have the rte player app on my phone before to catch up on things I missed but I deleted it recently to make space on the phone.

    I used to know one person and I could lump a few more into a here too and their main past time was watching TV and drama whores they were/are. Everything that came from their mouths was like a soap opera script and dishing out so much muck and drama and stress. I'd love to know if there's been any studies in relation to this.

    Something else I thought about is cheap American TV filtering down into real life. This evident with some Irish children, never having stepped foot outside from Ireland and into America and speaking with American accents picked up from watching television. I reckon too some television would be to blame for teenage bullying and could be seen from young girls. I see this myself. Young girls behaving as if they are staring in their own movie, hair flicking and looking back at others and having a laugh at those they see are beneath them.

    I would be in favour of some sort of controls over television but I don't know how something like that could be worked.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    animaal wrote: »
    Yes, my understanding is that the relevant law refers generally to devices capable of receiving broadcasts, rather than specifically to a "TV". So a screen or Monitor by itself without a tuner is fine, but a cable box (Sky/Virgin/Saorview) would be considered to be a "device capable of receiving a broadcast".

    I wonder if the current law would stand up to a legal challenge in this day and age, if they tried to prosecute someone who used a Sky/VM box for not paying the license fee.

    While I see how Sky even tho they use such a closed system, could be considered a broadcaster in the general sense would Virgin, as to me there more like a streaming service?
    1874 wrote: »
    no forward thinking, just watching some programming (not tv, its on bbc.co.uk) with interesting information on the IOT, internet of things and some insight intot the disadvantages, I cant say Im that happy that in the future standalone device like washing machines etc will likely be unavailable in a non connected/networked form, but it seems its coming.
    Im sure RTE will confirm the licence will cover washing machines though, proabaly better watching that than RTE.


    IOT devices still have to come a huge way before they could be considered mainstream enough for most of the public to get on board. Currently each device needs its own app so an open standard needs to be in place so everything can be controlled from 1 app.

    You also have the issue of companies changing their product line every few years just to get consumers to buy there new toys which is wearing thin for phones and tablets but for things like heating, lights, fridges and washing machines is just a no go.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,825 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    bladespin wrote: »
    If you connect the android box to a HDMI tv, that still has the tuner (even if it's not used), you still have to have a licence? I think yes but open to correction.

    Anything with a television tuner. So you can have an old VCR and no television but would still be required to have a tv licence. If you have a Sky box a licence is also required even if you dont have a television.


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 81,016 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    fiachr_a wrote: »
    Wasn't Baz let go from RTE and then he devised 50 ways to kill your mammy?

    He was wasted at rte anyway.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,412 ✭✭✭bladespin


    lertsnim wrote: »
    Anything with a television tuner. So you can have an old VCR and no television but would still be required to have a tv licence. If you have a Sky box a licence is also required even if you dont have a television.

    Thought that, better get the screw driver out, once that's pulled and in the bin I'll be happy. The other stuff you mention was trashed years back.

    MasteryDarts Ireland - Master your game!



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,439 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    lertsnim wrote: »
    Anything with a television tuner. So you can have an old VCR and no television but would still be required to have a tv licence. If you have a Sky box a licence is also required even if you dont have a television.

    What about having a TV without any kind of reception gear (ie aerial, sky box, freebox, etc) ?

    Just a TV sitting on the table, nothing attached.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,825 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    What about having a TV without any kind of reception gear (ie aerial, sky box, freebox, etc) ?

    Just a TV sitting on the table, nothing attached.

    If it has a tuner then it makes no difference what's connected to it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,412 ✭✭✭bladespin


    Haven't payed a Tv license since
    I was born, so y'all can go suck it!!!!

    Worst thing you can do is to make the mistake of getting yourself on a database, once they have that, they pretty much have you.

    MasteryDarts Ireland - Master your game!



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭masculinist


    bladespin wrote: »
    Thought that, better get the screw driver out, once that's pulled and in the bin I'll be happy. The other stuff you mention was trashed years back.

    Unfortunately the legislation states that if the yoke can be repaired then you're liable for a TV licence.

    So either get a Vizio branded tunerless TV or get a flat screen computer monitor [which never came with a Tuner] with remote control which looks identical to a TV but isnt.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,412 ✭✭✭bladespin


    Unfortunately the legislation states that if the yoke can be repaired then you're liable for a TV licence.

    So either get a Vizio branded tunerless TV or get a flat screen computer monitor [which never came with a Tuner] with remote control which looks identical to a TV but isnt.


    Believe me, unleashing me with a solder iron it'd be well beyond repair ;)

    Just googling Vizio, they're actually quite a bit cheaper than I thought they'd be, not really looking at the 120" unit lol but.......:D

    MasteryDarts Ireland - Master your game!



  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,390 ✭✭✭please helpThank YOU


    I know of a house the TV license inspector called to a Man/homeowner answered the door. to TV license inspector and told him he did not have a TV . and the TV license inspector pointed his finger at his roof TV aerial whats that? so your Man/homeowner you must have a TV? and your Man/homeowner pointed his finger at a point of milk outside his door does that mean I have a cow inside my home?. he slammed the door in the TV license inspector face saying get stuffed.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭fiachr_a


    That story was in this week's Munster or News & Star!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17,388 ✭✭✭✭Jayop


    And as if one of their primary bias wasn't clear enough before, their main evening new broadcast tonight didn't show anything about the McGuiness funeral for 31 minutes. I believe it was after the second ad break.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭Johngoose


    They might change their minds when they sell the land around R.T.E. that they are proposing to sell.Fcukin Cnuts all the same.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 685 ✭✭✭luketitz


    Bring back Kevo and Mary Kingston


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,128 ✭✭✭✭aaronjumper


    Why do some people have such a hard time believing others don't watch RTE at all.

    Last thing I watched on RTE was Perriers Bounty four or five years ago.
    I don't watch sports or Love/Hate or any of the other ****e they churn out on a regular basis.

    Between Youtube, Netflix etc why would I bother?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭Donal55


    Why do some people have such a hard time believing others don't watch RTE at all.

    Last thing I watched on RTE was Perriers Bounty four or five years ago.
    I don't watch sports or Love/Hate or any of the other ****e they churn out on a regular basis.

    Between Youtube, Netflix etc why would I bother?

    Because, although it may be hard to believe, there are still some people on this rock who only have RTE,TV3 &TG4.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭NoviGlitzko


    Big gripe - RTE have produced the worst, and I mean the WORST game shows ever seen on TV. Who does be running these things? They are all down to luck. What not bring in some simple general knowledge questions so people who aren't from the same town as the contestants might actually tune in. Who remembers 'The Million Euro Challenge'.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,128 ✭✭✭✭aaronjumper


    Donal55 wrote: »
    Because, although it may be hard to believe, there are still some people on this rock who only have RTE,TV3 &TG4.
    More power to them but surely they can't be completely ignorant of what else there is out there.


  • Registered Users Posts: 968 ✭✭✭railer201


    I watch the news on RTE and TV3, very little else - free sat via dish and streaming via the lap top using Chrome forms the bulk of my TV viewing. Youtube have stacks of films, documentaries etc. to watch and that's just for starters.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭Johngoose


    There is a rumour that if all the people who dodge paying the t.v. license were caught,Gay Byrne could retire.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 880 ✭✭✭cbreeze


    Are they gonna finally get rid of the Angelus and all then?

    wish they would - this irritating jingle has been going on long enough - must be the oldest programme in the whole world:p


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭Johngoose




  • Registered Users Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭fxotoole


    Johngoose wrote: »
    Check out how money from t.v. Licenses is being spent.

    Already knew this but thx anyway for the link.

    Instead of jacking up the fee, they should implement proper enforcement. In the UK, every TV sale is reported to the TV Licensing body, who then send you a bill for your TV licence annually. Outlets are obliged to get the customer to fill out a form with their name/address. If you don't pay, licence enforcers have proper powers to prosecute evaders.

    He'll, they could even reduce the fee by, say, 25% if they had proper enforcement here. Lower rates might also encourage people to pay because it would be more affordable.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,862 ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    fxotoole wrote: »
    Already knew this but thx anyway for the link.

    Instead of jacking up the fee, they should implement proper enforcement. In the UK, every TV sale is reported to the TV Licensing body, who then send you a bill for your TV licence annually. Outlets are obliged to get the customer to fill out a form with their name/address. If you don't pay, licence enforcers have proper powers to prosecute evaders.

    He'll, they could even reduce the fee by, say, 25% if they had proper enforcement here. Lower rates might also encourage people to pay because it would be more affordable.

    But why should i be forced to pay €160 for a service i dont use?
    I already paid 23% vat when i bought that thing.
    I know i also pay motor tax on something i paid vat already but i do get to use roads for that.
    There is absolutely nothing that €160 pays for that i use. Not that i can think of anyway.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 815 ✭✭✭animaal


    inforfun wrote: »
    But why should i be forced to pay €160 for a service i dont use?
    I already paid 23% vat when i bought that thing.
    I know i also pay motor tax on something i paid vat already but i do get to use roads for that.
    There is absolutely nothing that €160 pays for that i use. Not that i can think of anyway.

    That's the way state-provided services work. There are plenty of such services that I don't use, but am forced to contribute to through my taxes. Many of these fall into the category of entertainment. State funding of "the arts"? Croke Park?

    There's certainly a valid debate as to whether all services should be "pay as you use", but it's not specific to RTE.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,862 ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    That is why a certain amount of my salary vanishes every month and why there is VAT.
    I am here 15 years now, not 1 day unemployed so i dont use "the dole" either. But i also dont have to pay an extra fee for a "license to dole" every year.

    I pay for many services via my tax i dont use and likely never use either but if push comes to shove and i do need them i cant do without them.
    I can do very well without RTE i know from experience.
    It is ridiculous that some twat on tv makes €500000 a year in a country this small.
    But why not try to squeeze another €160 out of the few people who do actually still take care of themselves.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,722 ✭✭✭nice_guy80


    Brian Dobson earns €195,000 for reading the news


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,873 ✭✭✭✭Idbatterim


    I don't pay it anyway. Double €0 is still €0. No change for me.:)

    Ok so now we have gotten to the crux of the matter.

    Since time immemorial the threat of being caught without a TV Licence was emphasised whether it be "the TV detector van" or that moronic "...better way to blow €1000 than..."
    there is a culture of evasion in this context.

    The 265,000+ tv consumers who won't pay for a paltry €3.075 a week (19% of Television owners) are directly responsible for this situation.
    it's not the point. Imagine evetilmr paid up, there would be even more obscene waste and ott pay. Actually the less people that pay, the better ...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17,388 ✭✭✭✭Jayop


    animaal wrote: »
    That's the way state-provided services work. There are plenty of such services that I don't use, but am forced to contribute to through my taxes. Many of these fall into the category of entertainment. State funding of "the arts"? Croke Park?

    There's certainly a valid debate as to whether all services should be "pay as you use", but it's not specific to RTE.

    Do you pay an additional charge annually for Croke Park or other arts that you don't use?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,905 ✭✭✭✭Bob24


    animaal wrote: »
    That's the way state-provided services work. There are plenty of such services that I don't use, but am forced to contribute to through my taxes. Many of these fall into the category of entertainment. State funding of "the arts"? Croke Park?

    There's certainly a valid debate as to whether all services should be "pay as you use", but it's not specific to RTE.

    I mostly agree with the above, but I would add that there should be a clear mission statement for those services and they should only be funded if they achieve that goal. In the case of Croke Park and even though I have been there very rarely, I can see what is being delivered and what value it brings to Ireland.
    When I look at RTE however, it doesn't meet what I think should be the mission statement of a public broadcaster. To me it should combine cultural and educational content with a wide range of political opinions within its journalist so that it doesn't only give one point of view and represents Irish society as a whole. And I see it as failing on both aspects as it is very much entertainment based as most private channels would be, and there is very little variety of opinion in their editorial line.

    This is why I think there is a valid point in questioning the legitimacy of the TV licence. And even when you listen to RTE's director who describes it as "value for money" compared to other channels there is clearly no sense that it is a public service and it is rather seen by its staff as an independent subscription based network competing with other ones (except that at the same time the big lie is that they know the "value for money" will never really be tested because as opposed to a true private subscription based channel people can't vote with their feet as they don't have a choice and have to keeping paying that money).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,535 ✭✭✭valoren


    nice_guy80 wrote: »
    Brian Dobson earns €195,000 for reading the news

    +1

    Planet RTE in a nutshell.

    Taoiseach salary - €183,350
    Reading from a Teleprompter - salary - €195,000


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    kidneyfan wrote: »
    In Japan the license fee is extracted from your bank account once a year and there is no appeal against it.

    No it isn't. I don't know where you heard that but it's wrong.

    Yes, you can voluntarily set up a payment through your bank, but it is not mandatory. Otherwise, NHK (the public broadcaster) will send houses notification and you pay at the post office or conveneince stores or similar places.

    However, it used to be the case that there was no punishment of any kind for failing/refusing to pay. Not sure about now though.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 39,022 ✭✭✭✭Permabear


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 803 ✭✭✭jcon1913


    The kernel of the problem in RTE is they have too much content to produce to keep 3 TV stations and 4 radio stations fed so to speak.

    At the bottom of this post is a list of journalists ( 76 of them! ) that are camera-facing that I compiled from Wikipedia etc. I reckon these people if all on €80,000 plus Employers PRSI then they cost RTE €6.7 million, out of income of €327 million.

    ''Top'' talent in the station cost €2.6 million in 2014 according to this

    http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/revealed-top-10-highest-earning-rte-presenters-tubridy-earns-250k-less-per-year-than-in-2012-34542421.html

    I accept there is possible double counting, however there are many presenters like Donal Skehan who dont feature on either list.

    Heres another article ( from 2013 )with some details on how much the management is paid in RTE with 80 people sharing €10 million - average earnings of €125,000

    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/rte-pays-80-staff-10m-on-top-of-3m-for-star-broadcasters-29166095.html

    The average salary ( for employees ) was €63,000 in 2011, I'm not sure if this figure has gone up or down.

    All this is like a fairy story for the average worker who is likely to be on half of these salaries.

    Now they are selling part of their assets - land - so that they can continue to pay themselves these salaries instead of restructuring, cutting back on all this output they need to produce, by closing one TV station and one radio station.

    Greg Allen
    Phillip Boucher Hayes
    Fergal Bowers
    Phillip Bromwell
    Des Cahill
    Anne Cassin
    Tony Connelly
    Dyane Connoe
    Richard Crowley
    Paul Cunningham
    David Davin Power
    Bryan Dobson
    Richard Dowling
    Brian Dowling
    Richard Downes
    Eileen Dunne
    Kate Egan
    John Finnerty
    Martina Fitzgerald
    Helen Fletcher
    Sharon Gaffney
    Samantha Libreiri Gaffney
    Tommie Gorman
    Cathy Halloran
    Katie Hannon
    Geraldine Harney
    Eamon Horan
    Conor hunt
    Jacqui Hurley
    Sandra Hurley
    Sinead Hussey
    Fergal Keane
    Ray Kennedy
    Aine Lawlor
    George Lee
    Michael Lehane
    Joe Little
    Aengus MacGrianna
    Joe MacRaollaigh
    Eileen Magnier
    Teresa Mannion
    Justin McCarthy
    Cathal McCoille
    David McCullagh
    Pat McGrath
    Helen McInerney
    Clare McNamara
    Ingrid Miley
    Fiona Mitchell
    Sinead Morris
    Ciaran Mulooly
    David Murphy
    John Murray
    Evanne NiChuillin
    Sharon NoBheolain
    Brian O'Connell
    Orla O'Donnell
    Shane O'Donoghue
    Una O'Hagan
    Emma O'Kelly
    Sean O'Rourke
    Jennie O'Sullivan
    Colman O'Sullivan
    Catriona Perry
    Paul Reynolds
    Paschal Sheehy
    Joe Stack
    Damien Tiernan
    Sharon Tobin
    Sharon Tobin
    Vivienne Traynor
    Justin Treacy
    Clodagh Walsh
    Eileen Whelan
    Mary Wilson
    Brendan Wright


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,321 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Why don't they switch off the TV and radio stations at midnight like they used to do.

    Start them up again in the morning.


  • Registered Users Posts: 713 ✭✭✭LeeroyJ.


    It's such a joke, I have NEVER ever watched RTE or TV on my television. My TV has a Wii U, a PS4 and a Nintendo Switch connected. It is used for that and Netflix and yet I'm paying 160 a year for owning a Television that also cost me money in addition to Netflix also costing me money. I don't understand how that is fair. Robbery is all it is


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,321 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    jcon1913 wrote: »
    The kernel of the problem in RTE is they have too much content to produce to keep 3 TV stations and 4 radio stations fed so to speak.

    At the bottom of this post is a list of journalists ( 76 of them! ) that are camera-facing that I compiled from Wikipedia etc. I reckon these people if all on €80,000 plus Employers PRSI then they cost RTE €6.7 million, out of income of €327 million.

    ''Top'' talent in the station cost €2.6 million in 2014 according to this

    http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/revealed-top-10-highest-earning-rte-presenters-tubridy-earns-250k-less-per-year-than-in-2012-34542421.html

    I accept there is possible double counting, however there are many presenters like Donal Skehan who dont feature on either list.

    Heres another article ( from 2013 )with some details on how much the management is paid in RTE with 80 people sharing €10 million - average earnings of €125,000

    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/rte-pays-80-staff-10m-on-top-of-3m-for-star-broadcasters-29166095.html

    The average salary ( for employees ) was €63,000 in 2011, I'm not sure if this figure has gone up or down.

    All this is like a fairy story for the average worker who is likely to be on half of these salaries.

    Now they are selling part of their assets - land - so that they can continue to pay themselves these salaries instead of restructuring, cutting back on all this output they need to produce, by closing one TV station and one radio station.

    Greg Allen
    Phillip Boucher Hayes
    Fergal Bowers
    Phillip Bromwell
    Des Cahill
    Anne Cassin
    Tony Connelly
    Dyane Connoe
    Richard Crowley
    Paul Cunningham
    David Davin Power
    Bryan Dobson
    Richard Dowling
    Brian Dowling
    Richard Downes
    Eileen Dunne
    Kate Egan
    John Finnerty
    Martina Fitzgerald
    Helen Fletcher
    Sharon Gaffney
    Samantha Libreiri Gaffney
    Tommie Gorman
    Cathy Halloran
    Katie Hannon
    Geraldine Harney
    Eamon Horan
    Conor hunt
    Jacqui Hurley
    Sandra Hurley
    Sinead Hussey
    Fergal Keane
    Ray Kennedy
    Aine Lawlor
    George Lee
    Michael Lehane
    Joe Little
    Aengus MacGrianna
    Joe MacRaollaigh
    Eileen Magnier
    Teresa Mannion
    Justin McCarthy
    Cathal McCoille
    David McCullagh
    Pat McGrath
    Helen McInerney
    Clare McNamara
    Ingrid Miley
    Fiona Mitchell
    Sinead Morris
    Ciaran Mulooly
    David Murphy
    John Murray
    Evanne NiChuillin
    Sharon NoBheolain
    Brian O'Connell
    Orla O'Donnell
    Shane O'Donoghue
    Una O'Hagan
    Emma O'Kelly
    Sean O'Rourke
    Jennie O'Sullivan
    Colman O'Sullivan
    Catriona Perry
    Paul Reynolds
    Paschal Sheehy
    Joe Stack
    Damien Tiernan
    Sharon Tobin
    Sharon Tobin
    Vivienne Traynor
    Justin Treacy
    Clodagh Walsh
    Eileen Whelan
    Mary Wilson
    Brendan Wright

    don't see George Hamilton on that list, I once saw his salary listed at €200K. Or Miriam? Are they self-employed companies?

    No weather presenters either?


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,544 ✭✭✭Seanachai


    LeeroyJ. wrote: »
    It's such a joke, I have NEVER ever watched RTE or TV on my television. My TV has a Wii U, a PS4 and a Nintendo Switch connected. It is used for that and Netflix and yet I'm paying 160 a year for owning a Television that also cost me money in addition to Netflix also costing me money. I don't understand how that is fair. Robbery is all it is

    I'll pay it if they can guarantee me I'll win that rigged Late Late competition at least once in my lifetime.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,722 ✭✭✭nice_guy80


    LeeroyJ. wrote: »
    It's such a joke, I have NEVER ever watched RTE or TV on my television. My TV has a Wii U, a PS4 and a Nintendo Switch connected. It is used for that and Netflix and yet I'm paying 160 a year for owning a Television that also cost me money in addition to Netflix also costing me money. I don't understand how that is fair. Robbery is all it is

    sell the tv then


  • Registered Users Posts: 713 ✭✭✭LeeroyJ.


    nice_guy80 wrote: »
    sell the tv then

    So you agree paying 160 euro for owning a TV for consoles is justified? Even when you don't have or want access to broadcasting?

    Nonsense in my opinion, could just as well have a sleeping tax for owning a bed but you don't have to pay it if you decide so sleep in a sleeping bag in your room.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,295 ✭✭✭Lt Dan


    luketitz wrote: »
    Bring back Kevo and Mary Kingston

    Mary Kingston? :eek:

    I can only assume that she was on yolks or e's when she was presenting. I sincerely hope so


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,905 ✭✭✭✭Bob24


    LeeroyJ. wrote: »
    So you agree paying 160 euro for owning a TV for consoles is justified? Even when you don't have or want access to broadcasting?

    Nonsense in my opinion, could just as well have a sleeping tax for owning a bed but you don't have to pay it if you decide so sleep in a sleeping bag in your room.

    The problem is that given people's tendency to lie about their use in order to evade TV licences and the difficulty to check on whether they actually use their TV as a TV, you have to have a simple verifiable criteria to tell who needs to pay.

    If you never use your TV to watch TV broadcasts, you might want to look into buying a tuner-less monitor (with the 160 euros per year it will save you in TV licences and the money you'll get from selling the old TV, it should pay for itself fairly quickly).


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,535 ✭✭✭valoren


    NIMAN wrote: »
    don't see George Hamilton on that list, I once saw his salary listed at €200K. Or Miriam? Are they self-employed companies?

    No weather presenters either?

    Probably just a contract with Met Eireann who provide the presenters?


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