Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Forbes for being with us. She said something earlier that we should not let pass, namely that RTÉ is a trusted source of news, a place of robust journalism and it supports the cultural life of Ireland. Increasingly, RTÉ is competing with operators that do not fulfil those categories. While RTÉ might receive public money, it is worth championing that work at the same time. Equally, that is the reason RTÉ comes before us. It does so to be accountable and answer questions.

In that vein, I will turn to the Eversheds Sutherland report on contractors. The report recommended that there were 157 contractors that it believed would be better placed as being directly employed. Could Ms Forbes say whether she believes that RTÉ has robustly responded to that and whether that response is complete? Of those people who were offered contracts and declined them, are they still in RTÉ's employment? What measures has RTÉ taken to ensure it is correctly complying with the Revenue guidelines and so on?