Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Department needs to be fully involved here and at least make a provision for what will potentially be a huge amount that will have to be paid. This money is rightfully owed to these workers.

The Minister also needs to speak with the chair of RTÉ about how these workers are being treated when they try to raise their plight. In my engagement with some of the workers at the centre of this, I have found that they are being treated absolutely appallingly by management. They have certainly not seen the change in culture that we have heard spoken about since last summer. If anything, they are seeing a battening down of the hatches, a circling of the wagons and a worsening of the culture. That is something that is the Minister’s responsibility to raise with the chair of RTÉ. It is not good enough that that is happening. On the licensing-----