RTÉ has made an 'initial payment' to Revenue over self-employment contracts, Dáil committee hears

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RTÉ has made an 'initial payment' to the Revenue Commissioners in relation to an ongoing review of self-employment contracts at the broadcaster, the PAC has heard.

Dee Forbes, director general of RTÉ, speaking to the PAC via video link. Dee Forbes, director general of RTÉ, speaking to the PAC via video link. RTÉ IS NOT generating enough revenue to deliver on its remit or to invest appropriately in programming, the director general of the State broadcaster has told a Dáil committee.

Last month, Forbes told the PAC that some 81 freelance and self-employed contractors were offered staff positions following an analysis of the Eversheds report by the Revenue Commissioners. Later in the hearing, O’Shea added, “The discussions in the review with Revenue is ongoing, so it’s difficult for us to comment in relation to an ongoing process with the Revenue Commissioners.”

However, the 2019 underline “a structural funding problem” at the State broadcaster that has emerged over the past decade since the crash, Forbes said this afternoon. #Open journalism No news is bad news Support The Journal Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to youReform of the licence fee system is necessary to fund this investment, she said, adding that the current system is “is now losing over €50 million” every year.

 

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Bring back a Prayer at Bedtime and the national anthem.

'Dee Forbes hit out at “persistent” government failures in the area of TV licence fee collection' - The only thing persistent in RTE is failure! Failure to deliver decent content, failure to generate revenue and failure to manage it's costs. Always someone elses fault!

Uh oh. Licence fee increase on the way so.

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