Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

There are two questions there. I have said that we would like the solutions to RTÉ's cost base and future strategic direction to be without the need for compulsory redundancies. We do not want to see that. I have conveyed that concern to the DG. It is for the DG to come to us with a strategic vision and with those cost efficiencies. It is not for the Government or for me, as Minister, to suggest what should be put in place.

The DG has said he does not want to go down the road of compulsory redundancies. He is engaging with staff. I will meet him this week and I will ask him to continue that engagement and to allay fears where possible. I am waiting for him to set out in greater detail those activities and the likely cost base for the next five years. I hope to see that in the coming weeks.