Broadcaster undermined faith of public following ‘self-inflicted own goal’ of pay scandal, says Minister
“But the TV licence is the system that’s currently there, there is an obligation on households to pay the TV licence. And I think we have to reflect on what we get from it.
“And we do get very high-quality public service broadcasting and I think people do appreciate the value of the output from RTÉ. “This was pretty much a self-inflicted own goal by RTÉ in recent months and they have put their hands up and acknowledged that as an organisation, they have been the cause of these problems. And that has undoubtedly undermined public confidence and public trust in the organisation.”He said the Government supports the broadcaster’s new director general Kevin Bakhurst and his interim leadership team “in the work that they have to do, which is about rebuilding public trust.
“I think the reason why some people who previously paid the license and have now decided not to pay it have made that decision is because they’ve lost trust, and they’ve lost confidence in the organisation. “And so it falls to the new leadership team of RTÉ to help to rebuild that trust and confidence and we support them in their work. It’s not going to be an easy job.”“When it comes to the budget it will be a matter of negotiation between Minister
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