Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

How is an office independent if it is employed by an organisation and answerable to the head of the organisation? It is giving advice to the organisation but it is a bit of a stretch to call it completely independent. I would say an independent office is something that has no connection to RTÉ and may be hired or contracted by RTÉ for independent advice. A sub-department of an organisation is not independent of the organisation if it has the same boss and the pay is all done through the organisation that it is answerable to.