Sinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats)
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I thank the witnesses for being here so late this evening. I appreciate it. It is problematic to think that, given free reign, RTÉ will proceed in this vein to erode both workers' rights and the retention of workers in roles that are in-house versus out. It seems clear to me that when you have organised workers in a publicly owned broadcaster and a level of commercial production outside, there will always be a natural influence on those workers in the commercial space from a better standard of terms and conditions for those workers in the State-owned environment. What we are seeing, obviously, is a shift and a kind of an exodus. I imagine that results in a lack of critical mass in union membership and the terms and conditions that brings. We are going to see a continual erosion.