Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputies for their questions.

In response to Deputy Dillon's question on RTÉ, I acknowledge his work and that of Deputy Griffin on the committee. It is fair to say that Deputy Dillon is as clinical in the committee room as he was on the pitch. Yes, I believe there should be a cap. There usually is in these schemes. It is usually a maximum of one year's salary, two years' salary or something like that. I absolutely agree that confidentiality clauses should be avoided by public bodies. There might be cases where there is a good reason for them but it seems they were the norm rather than the exception in RTÉ, and that is not right.

Deputy Farrell raised the issue of apprenticeship rates. That is something that is currently under examination-----

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