Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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I ask members to signal to me if they want to contribute on a second round of questions. I have a question for Ms Forbes in regard to the total wage bill at RTÉ. From the information supplied, I understand wages amount to €123 million, social welfare payments, PRSI and so forth amount to €13 million, pension costs are €13 million and €23 million is paid to self-employed contractors in RTÉ, giving a total in the region of €173 million. Can the witnesses confirm that wages account for approximately 57% or 58% of the total budget? Is that correct?