Ms Breda O'Keeffe:

RTÉ undertook a very extensive and comprehensive contractor review in late 2017 and early 2018 with the help of Eversheds Sutherland. We reviewed all of our contractors, and we had more than 433 contractors at that point in time, to review the nature of the services they were providing, the nature of the relationship and what would be a more appropriate relationship with RTÉ. The initial report from Eversheds Sutherland was that the majority of the contractors were contracted appropriately by RTÉ and that a smaller proportion required further review. Over the past 12 months, we and Ms Cusack have undertaken a review of the individual arrangements we have. It is not one size fits all and there is the nature of the service, the duration and the fees. As Ms Forbes mentioned earlier, many of the contracts came about when the integrated business divisions, IBDs, in RTÉ were split. There were different ranges of service. We are almost at the end of that review. It has been a very comprehensive and long process in which we have invested a significant amount of time and resources. We have introduced new policies for engagement with contractors. We hope to have that matter concluded early in the new year.