Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 November 2021

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020

9:30 am

Ms Katherine Licken:

The discussions on pay disparity were on when the issue arose. I have to say the issue predates me because I only came into this as accounting officer in 2020. The issue was discussed as soon as it surfaced and was discussed regularly as to what the issue was and what RTÉ was doing to address it. We also monitored to make sure RTÉ was doing something to address it. RTÉ has acted to address it.