Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed)
Malcolm Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I thank our secretariat, and I am quite certain there were many people in RTÉ working on this as well because quite a lot of documentation had to be prepared for today. We are still going through much of it. I am grateful that it has been provided.
One of the elements relates to the pay scales of the top 100 within RTÉ. That includes, with regard to those paid at senior levels, a number of the senior executives. When Dee Forbes, former director general, came before the Oireachtas, she indicated that those at the top levels within RTÉ all took a 15% pay cut in 2020 and 2021. This issue arises essentially because it appears that Ryan Tubridy did not take that pay cut. Did all of the executives in RTÉ take a 15% pay cut at the time? Did the 15% pay cut also apply to the 100 listed?
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