David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Ms Cusack is right when she says there are people who find being a contractor very lucrative. Most of the ten most highly paid people in RTÉ are on contracts and are paid through companies. I have raised this previously with the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. When these companies are established, the person is not paid directly. The company is paid. After the person involved, who might be a well-paid presenter on a six-figure salary, has paid PAYE, PRSI and the universal social charge on the income he or she derives from this activity, the rest of the income is profit and is taxed at the corporation tax rate of 12.5%. How many people in the organisation are paid through companies?