Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 October 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion

9:30 am

Photo of Marc Ó CathasaighMarc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Very good, we have that at least. I will return to the topic that Deputy Dillon was addressing. If you are a top presenter in RTÉ, a lot of your attractiveness to companies derives from the fact you have a profile that comes from RTÉ. I hope it would be relatively straightforward in respect of direct employees to apply things like a register of interests or a gifts register. On product placement, I know RTÉ has strict rules around that and it seems to be content that they are being implemented. Things like brand ambassador roles may be a little more difficult because they exist outside of RTÉ. I want to ask how watertight that is going to be. In particular, how many of the top RTÉ presenters are now freelance presenters and how many are direct employees?

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