Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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There is another issue there. I recently engaged with RTÉ regarding pay disparity that has been ongoing between clár reachtairí and their English-language counterparts. It seems that workers are essentially being paid less if they work through the medium of Irish. I understand that has been going on for approximately 20 years. RTÉ at the time claimed to be unaware of it, which surprised me. It said it would follow up with a note, but it did not do that. It reneged on that. It said it was carrying out a review, which could take months or years, or might never see the light of day. Ms Murphy spoke about transparency earlier. A hell of a lot of public money is involved and one would be concerned. The Department is responsible for the media and the Gaeltacht. Would our guests have any particular interest in an organisation that gets its funding through the Department implementing, if you like, a sliding scale of wages, based on the language that people work through? Surely our guests would have some concerns about that.