Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank everyone for coming. I first have a message for all the current RTÉ workers – all those people who are not on big contracts and massive salaries who are doing the work day in and day out. They are probably very upset and have been since all these scandals broke. Many issues are coming up with funding and they are asking whether they will have a job and what their future will be in RTÉ. I expect I represent many others when I tell these workers that we appreciate the work they do and we will do everything to make sure their future, and RTÉ's future, are successful and sustainable. I wanted to lead with that point.

Rory Coveney got an exit package when he resigned. I am not sure what the procedures are but normally when people resign their role, they go out with whatever they were entitled to at that point and that would be it. Is it the procedure to give people packages when they resign? Was that a once-off or were others given similar packages?