There's a call to scrap the TV licence fee in the wake of the RTE payments scandal.
It comes as Media Minister Catherine Martin prepares to meet the new Director General Kevin Bakhurst and Chair of the RTE board Siún Ni Raghallaigh this week.
People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy is predicting large numbers of angry viewers will refuse to pay the licence fee because of the payments controversy.
He says a new funding model needs to be found urgently.
"I really think the outcome needs to be to end the reliance on commercial revenue, and instead properly publicly fund a public service broadcaster.
"It should not be done through this regressive licence fee, but instead should be done through general progressive taxation, and a specific digital services tax on the big technology companies."
