Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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747. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on his recent meeting with the CEO and board of RTE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10347/17]

Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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748. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his recent meeting with the CEO and board of RTE touched on the cost structures of the organisation including the massive salaries paid to top management, presenters and contractors and in view of the possible move to a broadcasting licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10348/17]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 747 and 748 together.

My most recent meeting with the Director-General and Chair of RTE took place on 21 February 2017. We had a wide ranging discussion on the broadcasting sector and corporate governance matters, in particular, the financial challenges facing RTE. Remuneration policy is an operational matter for RTE and was not the subject of the meeting.