In Ireland, a television licence is required for any address at which there is a television set. Since 2016, the annual licence fee is 160. Revenue is collected by An Post, the Irish postal service. The bulk of the fee is used to fund Raidio Teilifis Eireann (RTE), the state broadcaster. The licence must be paid for any premises that has any equipment that can potentially decode TV signals, even those that are not RTE's. The licence is free to anyone over the age of 70, some over 66, some Social Welfare recipients, and the blind. The fee for the licences of such beneficiaries is paid for by the state. The current governing legislation is the Broadcasting Act 2009, in particular Part 9 ''Television Licence'' and Chapter 5 ''Allocation of Public Funding to RTE and TG4''. Devices which stream television via internet do not need licenses, nor do small portable devices such as mobile phones.

do you need a tv licence in ireland?
yes