While calling for “full transparency in terms of salaries and packages,” Tánaiste Micheál Martin stated that RTÉ’s editorial independence should be upheld, reports RTE.
He said that he thought Kevin Bakhurst, the director general of RTÉ, “is doing everything he possibly can” to foster trust.
“Where any organisation is being funded by the public via the licence fee in this case and taxpayers money, there should be full transparency in terms of salaries and packages,” he stated in an interview with RTÉ’s This Week programme.
“In the midst of all the noise what we do need to respect is the editorial independence of RTÉ,” he added, reports RTE.
Leo Varadkar, the Taoiseach, has also demanded complete transparency from RTÉ about the departure compensation given to departing executives.
Speaking to the Sunday Independent, Mr. Varadkar said that the steady stream of disclosures is extremely harmful and mentioned an RTÉ culture of haughtiness for the second time in the previous five days, reports RTE.
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