RTE received over €3.7 billion in TV Licence fee income from the state in the last 20 years, it has been revealed.
But the national broadcaster is still losing money and was given €15 million in additional taxpayer cash last year on top of 196.2 million it had already received from the TV licence.
The figures were released by the Minister for Culture, Tourism , Arts and the Media Carherine Martin at the request of Sinn Fein TD Aengus O Snodaigh.
