Mr. Mark Griffin:

To the best of my knowledge it is. As I understand it, the director general of RTÉ wrote to the committee at the end of 2019 to give an update on where things were at vis-à-visthe Eversheds Sutherland report. There was an examination of all 433 contractors, or freelancers, in the organisation. There were question marks over 157 of those contractors. Since then the work in dealing with the 157 has been ongoing. There have been ongoing engagements with the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Social Protection, and RTÉ has updated the relevant RTÉ policies and implemented training and awareness on these issues for all managers within the organisation. I do not have more up-to-date information because the functions have been moved from our Department, effectively, since the middle of last year. As I understand it, however, that work is substantially done but probably with bits and pieces to be finally swept up. If the Deputy wishes, I will get an update note from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and include it in my Department's response to the committee.