Mr Harris said a decision should be made by the end of July.
Simon Harris made the remarks as RTE waits for a decision on the model after the broadcaster published a road map for reform. Asked for his opinion on the RTE reform plan, Mr Harris said: “I think it’s a very good start.
I think that’s what it is – a very good start. “I do accept that the ball is now back in our court and I do think, in fairness to RTE and what RTE staff have gone through over the last period and the stressful period of time, I do think the ball is now back in our court in terms of making a decision on a funding model for public service broadcasting.”Mr Harris said the decision should be made by the end of July. Speaking to reporters at the Night And Day festival, Mr Harris added: “Any thing we do needs to be sustainable. “There’s no point doing something that makes public service broadcasting sustainable for a few years but find out we’re back where we began.“Quite rightly, people of a certain age aren’t asked to pay the licence fee. I support that. That will obviously have to continue if the licence fee remains.“There can’t be a sticking plaster solution, there has to be a sustainable model.” He added: “We need to fix this for public service broadcasting – not just for RTE but it also has to be linked to continued ongoing reform in RTE.”
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