Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Again, this is something other committee members have touched on and relates to the cost-cutting exercise which the Minister welcomed. Obviously, we need to see prudence and efficiencies within RTÉ. At the same time, if there is a massive focus on cost cutting, I can imagine it is the regular RTÉ staff who have worked so hard for the organisation who have probably been the most negatively impacted by what transpired over the past number of months and whose morale is pretty low at the moment. Do we have any idea of where this cost cutting is coming in? Can we use this session as an opportunity to reassure hardworking staff that their jobs are safe and that their salaries will be maintained, but also that the level of programming and content we expect to see from RTÉ will remain in place?