The Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources Dermot Ahern has said that radio licences may be auctioned to broadcasters.
Publishing a report on radio licensing, Mr Ahern said that licence auctioning may be a fair way to distribute the right to use what he described as highly-valuable economic resources.
Mr Ahern also announced a public consultation on the report's findings and said that he would ‘consider seriously’ the way licences are awarded.
