Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 22 January 2021

Public Accounts Committee

2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment

1:00 pm

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Griffin will check that and come back.

RTÉ was in the news earlier this week with regard to the top earners with substantial salaries. We have had RTÉ in highlighting that it is strapped for cash. It is a concern that there appears to be substantial money laid out for some of its employees, while I recognise that most of them are self-employed. Obviously, not all RTÉ employees are on those kinds of salaries, and this was highlighted during the week, but there is an issue. RTÉ commissioned the Eversheds Sutherland report. Is Mr. Griffin satisfied with the implementation of recommendations at the end of that report? One recommendation was to develop guidelines for managers on when to engage a contractor or an employee, and to determine the appropriate classification. People were being employed as contractors over a protracted time where really they should have been employees. Is that being followed through?

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