Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is only right. When the executive board negotiates with staff and unions, the board knows what the staff across the organisation get but the staff do not know what the executive board gets. In some cases, people are on more than the DG. The DG’s salary is in the public domain; the salaries of all the top executives should be published too.

I ask Ms O'Leary about the issue of commercial sponsors and patrons. It is, in this case, fraught with difficulties for an independent public service broadcaster. That is the model of our national broadcaster. There appears to be an unhealthy relationship between some RTÉ personnel and commercial companies. I would love to know, and for the committee to know, how many journalists and presenters receive free cars. How would that fit editorial standards?