Responsibility lies with cash-strapped broadcaster to agree post-crisis changes to secure additional State funding, says Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe
Minister for Finance Michael McGrath and Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe arrive at Leinster House on Tuesday to unveil Budget 2024. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
“The responsibility is for them to lay out their views regarding the changes they believe are appropriate. It’s not up to me and I don’t even believe it’s up to the Government to lay out what is it we want RTÉ to do at this point,” he told reporters. “The only reason it’s not in the budget is that that these are matters likely to take place in 2023, and in the budget we are dealing with matters for 2024.″
Separately, the Irish screen industry has welcomed an increase in the cap for qualifying expenditure under the Section 481 tax credit for film and television from €70 million to €125 million, saying it will attract bigger-budget productions and boost employment. Screen Producers Ireland, which represents production companies, also hailed the increase in the cap, describing it as a “real sign of confidence, and support for, the Irish film and television production sector”.
Audiovisual Ireland, the Ibec representative group for the screen industry, said it “applauded” the decision.
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