Presenter will not host radio show next week as national broadcaster battles anger and backlash over failure to declare €345,000 in payments
The panel met six times between 2017 and 2021 and not at all in 2020, according to RTÉ annual reports.
The RTÉ board said on Friday night the remuneration panel’s procedures will change: “One of the actions adopted by the board is to have the remuneration committee of the board have full oversight and approval of the terms of contracts relating to on-air presenters and any material variations or amendments to those contracts.
After failing to say anything on Thursday about outgoing director general Dee Forbes, RTÉ disclosed yesterday that she had been suspended since Wednesday. “I have been fully engaged with the board since this matter arose in the course of the audit of the accounts,” Ms Forbes said. Amid intense criticism of RTÉ within the Coalition and the Opposition, the Government brought a halt to discussions on reforming RTÉ's licence fee pending investigations into the payments.
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