David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

If any political party published a set of proposals to save €60 million, with no costings provided, and stated the information was confidential and could not be provided, we would be laughed out of the room by any RTÉ presenter. I seek a little more detail on the costs. I accept that Ms Forbes stated the information about the RTÉ Guideis commercially sensitive, but on the consequences of closing the RTÉ Lyric FM studio in Limerick, no costing has been provided, while to provide for savings from pay cuts, no costing has been provided. There is also no costing for reducing the staff headcount by 200. I do not see any line costings by which I can hold Ms Forbes to account, to ensure that the savings can be achieved and that the figure of €60 million adds up. If I were to present this to RTÉ as a strategy, and state that I would save €60 million but not how much each line item would cost, I would be laughed out of the room.