Editing TG4 (section)

===Budget===
The Government reduced TG4's grant-in-aid from the exchequer to €32.25m for 2010.<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://tg4-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/tg4-redesign-2015/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/TG4-Tuarascail-10-B.pdf |title=Annual Report 2010 |date=2010 |publisher=TG4 |page=9}}</ref>

From 2012 to 2018 TG4 received a portion of the licence fee, full exchequer funding returned in 2019.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=RTÉ Annual Report 2018 |url=https://about.rte.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/RTE-Annual-Report-2018.pdf |journal=RTÉ |pages=30}}</ref> In 2024 TG4 received €53.53m from the exchequer<ref>{{Cite web |title=TG4 Corporate Governance |url=https://www.tg4.ie/en/corporate/corporate-governance/ |website=TG4}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Exchequer funding
! Licence fee
! [[RTÉ]] programming commitment
! [[Broadcasting Authority of Ireland#Sound and Vision Fund|Sound & Vision]] <br /> [[Broadcasting Authority of Ireland|BAI]]
! Northern Ireland [[ILBF]]
! [[Irish Film Board|IFB]]
! Commercial
! Total funding
|-
|2023
|53.53
|0
|7.6
|
|
|
|4.1
|65.23
|-
|2018
|29
|4.2
|7
|
|
|
|3.1
|43.3
|-
| 2012
| {{nts|32.5}}
| {{nts|9.25}}
| {{nts|7.7}}
| {{nts|3.5}}
| {{nts|1.6}}
| {{nts|0}}
| {{nts|1.76}}
| {{nts|47.31}}
|-
| 2010
| {{nts|32.25}}
| {{nts|0}}
| {{nts|8.9 }}
| {{nts|4.7 }}
| {{nts| }}
| {{nts|0.46}}
| {{nts|3.48}}
| {{nts|49.79}}
|-
| 2009
| {{nts|35}}
| {{nts|0}}
| {{nts|10}}
| {{nts|}}
| {{nts|}}
| {{nts|}}
| {{nts|}}
| {{nts|45}}
|}

In 2008, the Teilifís na Gaeilge authority received a budget of €38m for and co-funded productions with the [[Broadcasting Authority of Ireland|BAI]]'s sound and vision fund received €4.6m. The Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources reduced their budget from the exchequer to €35m for 2009.<ref>[http://www.tg4.ie/bearla/corp/pr/2009/0421-1.asp TG4 BOARD APPROVES REDUCED BUDGET FOR 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817091559/http://www.tg4.ie/Bearla/corp/pr/2009/0421-1.asp |date=17 August 2009 }}</ref>

In 2007, TG4 earned €3,596,000 in advertising revenue and had state funding of €24,914,000. The station spent €17,716,000 on programming.<ref>[http://www.tg4.ie/bearla/corp/docs/TB2007-B.pdf TG4 Annual Report 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304065332/http://www.tg4.ie/bearla/corp/docs/TB2007-B.pdf |date=4 March 2011 }}</ref>

In 2006, TG4 spent €15,469,000 on commissioned programming and €7.5 million on acquired shows. The latter consisted mainly of children's programmes which are dubbed into Irish.<ref name=":0">{{Cite report |url=https://tg4-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/tg4-redesign-2015/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/TG4-Tuarascail-06-B.pdf |title=TG4 Annual Report 2006 |date=2006 |publisher=TG4 |pages=12,14–15 |access-date=13 October 2024}}</ref>

The table below shows TG4's commissioned programming by genre in 2006:<ref name=":0" />

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Genre
! Budget
! Hours
|-
|''[[Ros na Rún]]''
|€3,446,000
|36
|-
|''Documentaries''
|€1,924,000
|60
|-
|''Sport''
|€3,828,000
|283
|-
|''Drama''
|€2,418,000
|25
|-
|''Music''
|€1,378,000
|63
|-
|''Entertainment''
|€1,391,000
|60
|-
|''Travel''
|€267,000
|4
|-
|''[[Studio]]''
|€438,000
|66
|-
|''Total''
|€15,469,000
|597
|}

[[RTÉ]] provide TG4 with their news service {{Langx|ga|[[Nuacht TG4]]|label=none}}. Independent producers (with the backing of TG4) apply for the [[Broadcasting Authority of Ireland]]'s Sound and Vision Fund. The ''Irish Language Broadcasting Fund'' (ILBF) also provides some funding to programmes made for the channel; the fund is administered by [[Northern Ireland Screen]].