Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Over the past couple of years, we as members have done a significant amount of work with the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act and making submissions to the Future of Media Commission. One of the points stressed in the Future of Media Commission report is that more than 70% of the public have trust in our public media versus 30-odd% in social media. The reality is that has been damaged over the past week. I note Mr. Robert Shortt is present as a staff representative, and I feel for a lot of the staff within RTÉ, those who are not in the 100-plus people who are in management positions and on more than €100,000 per year in an organisation of just over 1,000 people. I do not think any company in Ireland would have figures like that. The chief financial officer, CFO, basically said that the barter account was underneath the control of the commercial division but Ms Geraldine O'Leary said today that she cannot remember who first suggested to use this. Can anybody here remember who suggested it?