David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Let us juxtapose this. I ask the witnesses to put themselves in the shoes of those who are earning €30,000 or less on one of these contracts but who are in the trade union. Their contract might be due to expire or they might have a difficulty with an element of the contract but RTE will not engage with their trade union for the reasons outlined by Ms Cusack. However, when it comes to those in the top ten or 20 earners who are contracted on the same terms and who are paid through companies, their agents engage with Ms Cusack. Why will she engage with the agents of these contractors who are well paid but not with the trade union representatives of contractors who are at the lower end of the scale?