[JMT1985]

Why doesn't the Irish government not do what they do in the US with regards to PBS funding - government funding for public broadcasting is given to an independent body, who then divide the money out to public broadcasting companies.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting is the US example, set up in 1967, where federal government money comes to them, and they are the ones, an independent body, who dishes out the money to public broadcasting entities such as PBS.

Why not an Irish version? Where Irish public money is provided to it, and then this independent body dishes out the money to RTE and other media companies for public broadcasting?

This ensures that the Irish government does not directly fund RTE, and so can not become a problem for the independence of RTE.