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lunch crunch

Poll: Do you pay your TV licence?

It costs €160 a year and every premises with a television is supposed to have one.

THE TV LICENCE is in the news today as the government debates whether private companies could carry out licence inspections.

Any premises with a television is supposed to have a tv licence, which costs €160 per year. But what about you: Do you pay your tv licence?

Poll Results:

Yes (11127)

No (3783)

I don't have a tv/it doesn't apply to me (1760)

Yes
No
I don't have a tv/it doesn't apply to me

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