For the past year, the Government has assured us that the proposition on the future funding of RTÉ would be brought before the Dáil before the summer recess. We have just over a week to go. In the 20 months to April of this year, more than €500,000 has been paid in TV licence fines by ordinary people. In that same time, almost 5,000 people received a conviction for non-payment of the licence. The report of the media committee is being launched today, and I believe a majority of that committee recommends an end to the TV licence and its replacement with direct Exchequer funding. Yet, we still see no sign of Government action. In fact, we have Government Ministers and TDs speaking out of both sides of their mouths. Meanwhile, RTÉ staff and, more importantly, the hard-pressed public at home are kept waiting. When will we see an end to this uncertainty? When will we have a decision and finally move to abolish the television licence?

I thank the Deputy for raising the issue, and I thank the media committee for the work members across parties have put into the RTÉ issue over a sustained period. I look forward to reading their report and recommendations. I particularly thank the Chair, Deputy Niamh Smyth. I assure the Deputy that there is action on this. The Tánaiste, the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and I met with the Minister for media on Monday at our weekly leaders' meeting. I expect we will meet her again next Monday. We will reach a decision this month on what a sustainable model for public service broadcast funding looks like.