TV Licence

koura

Does anybody know what % of households have a TV Licence.
Do RTE provide any statistics.

mathepac

99% and yes, here - http://www.rte.ie/about/licence.html

Did you see what I did there? It came ranked 3rd in my search; cool or wha', wha'?

aidan_walsh

mathepac wrote: »

99% and yes, here - http://www.rte.ie/about/licence.html

Did you see what I did there? It came ranked 3rd in my search; cool or wha', wha'?

Actually, that page says that 99% of all homes have a television, not necessarily a license.

rubadub

In 2002, the rate of licence-fee evasion was estimated at 12%.[6] In the Dublin region in that year, approximately 21% of detected evaders were summonsed for prosecution (6,000 cases);[7] approximately one third of these cases resulted in fines, averaging €174.[8] Only 4% of fined evaders followed up three months later had purchased a licence.[9]

Its utterly ridiculous, 99% of homes have one so it should just be in normal taxation, it is unfair to single people when you could have a house with 5 professionals living in it paying the same for the same "service" the admin costs in collecting/fining/chasing/registering has got to be huge.

It would be like having a free bus service and everybody paying the same amount whether they use it or not. Why not have a cooker licence and send out meals to people each day? eat it or bin it, you have no choice if you own a cooker you are legally obliged to have a licence.

It is not a vital service, and many countries get by fine without it.

# 3 Countries where the TV licence has been abolished

* 3.1 Australia
* 3.2 Belgium (Flemish region)
* 3.3 Cyprus
* 3.4 Gibraltar
* 3.5 Hungary
* 3.6 India
* 3.7 Malaysia
* 3.8 Netherlands
* 3.9 New Zealand
* 3.10 Portugal

# 4 Countries that never had a television or broadcasting licence

* 4.1 Europe
o 4.1.1 Andorra
o 4.1.2 Estonia
o 4.1.3 Liechtenstein
o 4.1.4 Luxembourg
o 4.1.5 Monaco
* 4.2 North America
o 4.2.1 Canada
o 4.2.2 United States
* 4.3 Asia
o 4.3.1 China (mainland)
o 4.3.2 Hong Kong
o 4.3.3 Iran
o 4.3.4 Vietnam
o 4.3.5 The Philippines

Let the people decide for themselves, with a subscription service just like any other TV company like sky have to do.

koura

Question
What % of households have a TV Licence.
Do RTE provide statistics on % of households who pay their TV Licence.

koura

Thanks rubadub

mikom

Won't someone please think of the concert orchestra.........

koura

I was told that some areas are are never checked.

dilallio

Hi OP,
Your question was kindly answered in another post yesterday in response to a seperate question I had:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=68914009&postcount=5

It's the report from last year on TV Licence, by the Auditor General.

Here is the report:
http://www.audgen.gov.ie/documents/v..._TVLicence.pdf

dudara

Thread closed as this is not a Consumer Issue

dudara