Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Ms Forbes acknowledged they are legacy issues. I would have thought she would want to put right the mistakes that were made. That is why I am a bit taken aback that she will not commit to stating that the workers should be paid the entitlements of which they were deprived. She has not said that. I am sure Ms Forbes will accept that, as a result, RTÉ is perceived as a rogue employer.

I wish to return to the issue of Irish-language workers being paid 25% less than their English-language counterparts. A colleague of Ms Forbes committed to carrying out a review, the findings of which would be furnished to the committee. In spite of successive rounds of correspondence with the committee, RTÉ has thus far refused to furnish us with those findings, continually referencing a review of all 167 grades. What is the status of the review? When will the committee be provided with a copy of it in full? When will it be completed? Do the terms of reference of the review specify requesting the contrast between the different payments to Irish-language workers and their English-language counterparts?