Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh, and I apologise. I had to go in and speak in the Chamber twice. This question may have been asked when I was absent, I do not know. How can the board of RTÉ justify several of its own staff being on zero-hour contracts, while allowing the top salaries amounting to several hundreds of thousands of euro, not to mention the top-ups we are discussing here today? There is an obvious lack of faith in the board. Can it do something to placate all of RTÉ's junior staff, especially the ones who are on zero-hour contracts?

As a follow-up, Mr. Lynch just told the committee - and maybe this was answered in response to Senator Byrne's question - that Noel Kelly might have four or five clients working for RTÉ. Noel Kelly's website today shows at least a dozen well-known RTÉ faces. Can Mr. Lynch please let us have the true number of how many people Noel Kelly is negotiating pay deals for?