Madam, – It beggars belief that Pat Kenny was paid close to a million euro last year by the national broadcaster (Home News, October 10th). There’s no doubt he is good at his job, but that hardly warrants such a massive salary. How can RTÉ “stars” earning these astronomical amounts dare to probe politicians about their expense of politicians? The hypocrisy is startling. RTÉ needs to buck up and get real. – Yours, etc,
A chara, – The combined top 10 salaries at RTÉ are higher than the top 10 in the Dáil. But that is only half the story.
Those in the Dáil are in the PAYE system, many of those in RTÉ are not. It would be instructive now to learn how much of the RTÉ salaries come back to the State by way of tax. – Is mise,