That’s the call being made by Cian Prendeville who is the People Before Profit candidate in the Ireland South European elections.

Sinn Féin has called for the immediate scrapping of the TV licence. While it calls on the public to pay the licence, it says those who haven’t should be granted an amnesty. The party proposes that instead public sector broadcasting should be funded directly through the exchequer. Jerry spoke to Sinn Féin TD for Cork North Central, Thomas Gould.

Over €3,000 in fines for unpaid TV licences were handed down in a single day at Tralee District Court last week. This reflects a national downturn in the numbers failing to pay their TV licence in the wake of the RTÉ hidden payments controversy last summer. The Sunday Business Post reported that the Government was considering replacing the TV licence with a levy added to broadband bills to pay for public service broadcasting. Jerry spoke to Senator Malcolm Byrne who’s been calling for the Government to abolish the TV licence fee and instead directly fund public service broadcasting through the exchequer.

Kerry TD Brendan Griffin, who's a member of the Dáil Oireachtas Media Committee, asks why RTÉ paused TV licence adverts after the hidden payments scandal broke.