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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I know that. Deputy Gibney asked about how much the appeals have cost. RTÉ will come back to us with that figure. Do the witnesses have an overall figure for the PRSI that was paid back?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Were there any penalties for-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Regarding the back payment of PRSI, there would be penalties and interest for a normal worker who did not pay PRSI for six or eight years. Did RTÉ have to pay any penalties or interest arising out of the fact that RTÉ did not pay PRSI for these people for years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Does RTÉ expect to have interest or penalties?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: The final figure regarding how much it cost is pretty significant, on top of the appeals. Do the witnesses have that figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: The full amount is just to get an idea of the figure. In terms of paying the PRSI back, which the witnesses told us has been done - they have given us the figures - with regard to those who were misclassified and whose PRSI was back paid, what compensation has been given to them? I understand that the PRSI bill was back-paid but those people were denied maternity leave, sick leave, annual...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Eversheds involves 90 people. I am talking about the 655 people about whom Ms Cusack is talking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I know but I do not want to go down a rabbit hole involving Eversheds, the Department of Social Protection scope section and the findings around those people. Ms Cusack is talking about the 655 people. Have those people got their pensions back-paid? Have they got their maternity leave back-paid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: It is a simple question. Have they had their pensions brought back up to date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Will there be? We talk about wanting to be fair. I know RTÉ has spoken to staff members about wanting to have a fair conclusion to this process. Does Ms Cusack think it is fair for RTÉ not to pay PRSI and then also pocket the pensions, maternity leave, sick leave and annual leave of people, some of whom are approaching retirement, for years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: There were lots of people who were not in that scenario and were just doing an honest day's work. There are people approaching retirement next year with 40 years of normal work but they do not have that. I will come back to it later on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Is Mr. Coady familiar with the Karshan ruling of the Supreme Court of 2023?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: So he knows that people cannot be self-employed for tax purposes and employed for PRSI purposes. That was the outcome of the Karshan ruling. Surely RTÉ's stance on this is not tenable, with one way for PRSI and one way for tax?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I do not appreciate the smirk. I know it is not black and white.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Ms Cusack mentioned the Eversheds report, which involved 90 people in a snapshot of a few years and of a few people. They have had a settlement, which fell far short of what they were owed over the years. If there was acceptance there was a settlement there, should there not be a settlement for the people who were not in the Eversheds report and who have not got anything in retribution?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I do not think Ms Cusack is answering the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Did RTÉ allow people who were misclassified to use the voluntary exit programme calculator from the date from which they were deemed to be employees? If such people were applying for the voluntary exit package, were they allowed to use the date from which they were deemed to be employees, even if they were misclassified?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I am referring to the people that RTÉ had to back-pay PRSI for. For example, someone was working in RTÉ from 2012 to 2018 but was not deemed to be an employee for those years but then that PRSI was back-paid so the person was deemed an employee from 2012. He or she was misclassified.. If that person wanted to access the voluntary exit package, would he or she be able to use the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Would they be allowed to use all of the dates for which they were deemed to have been employees, if they had been misclassified? I just want to get an idea of whether they were allowed to use them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: They were not. I do not think that is very fair. Mr. Coady said he is aware of the Karshan case. Can he commit to engaging with the people whose tax, pensions, leave and benefits need to be rectified? They are not mutually exclusive any more, as the Supreme Court said.