In February and March, RTÉ authorised 133 staff members’ outside activities, reports Breaking News.
Less than 1% of cases were valued at more than €10,000, according to the broadcaster, and 50% involved no compensation or benefit.
For employees, 48 percent of the allowed activities had a maximum value of €5,000, reports Breaking News.
RTÉ had originally intended to publish a list of people who had been accepted along with a synopsis of their work. But according to the Commissioner of Data Protection, legislation would be needed to do that.
RTE director-general Kevin Bakhurst said: “In order to provide greater transparency around external activities, it was my intention to publish details as announced previously. Over recent months, RTÉ revised the Register of External Activities to address various concerns but the Data Protection Commission is firmly of the view that specific legislative authority is required to publish the level of detail originally intended. RTÉ has made a written request to the Department to proceed with legislation, and we acknowledge the readiness of the DPC to assist in this process,” reports Breaking News.
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