TV licence fee is a turn-off for a generation weaned on internet streaming. More than half of under-30s in Ireland surveyed plan to ditch their TV licences and 17pc of them have already done so. The survey found that one in 10 Irish adults have already stopped paying the TV licence. Failure to pay the annual €160 TV licence fee comes with stiff penalties, including jail sentences. It found that 55pc of under-30s are planning to cease payment of their TV licence due to increasing consumption of online content and streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime.