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Thu 11 Nov 2002Joint committee backs €43 rise in RTE licence feeA Cabinet decision on RTÉ's application for a €43 rise in the TV licence fee is expected as early as next week, after an Oireachtas committee gave its general support to an increase yesterday.The all-party Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources agreed "with the principle" of a higher fee, following a hearing in which it was told by management and unions that the State broadcaster could not function adequately without it.