Ms Eimear Cusack:

The Department of Social Protection, as we know, has been carrying out an investigation into RTÉ over PRSI insurability and started that process in 2020. We have been engaging and co-operating with it in its investigation. The point I am making is that we have made and are making substantive progress with the Department. We have intensified our engagement with it and we now have weekly meetings. We have provided it with a lot of detailed information on people who have been providing services to RTÉ. The Deputy may recall that the previous time I appeared before the committee, I spoke about the number of contractors who were under investigation, totalling something like 688. Of that number, 363 were no longer providing services to RTÉ and the majority had not been providing services since 2020 or before that. A number were currently employees and a number were currently providing services. The Department of Social Protection is looking at those. We have provided detailed information on each category, including the extent of the engagement and the fees paid. The Department will look at that and review it in the context of the decisions it has made with regard to class A or class S. That review process is ongoing, but it is now moving at a pace.