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

RTÉ is co-operating with the Department of Social Protection scope investigation into potential PRSI classification liabilities related to the contractual and employment arrangements of approximately 700 individuals. What is very important is that it is addressed in as timely a manner as possible. I have no role in this regard. It remains a matter for the DG and the Department of Social Protection. What I will say is that we need to work towards having an organisation where fairness and transparency are paramount with regard to how staff are treated, and I have been consistent in saying that.

The forward-looking piece of this is the expert advisory committees I have set up, one of which is dealing with HR issues and contractor issues. The recommendations that come out of those will be crucial to the forward-looking piece in terms of how staff are treated.