Severance packages for departing senior RTÉ executives have caused controversy in recent months
RTÉ chairman Terence O'Rourke said a request for an exit package for an individual has come before the board. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins
Asked by Mr Griffin if the sum involved could be in excess of €400,000, Mr O’Rourke replied: “I don’t know the number but it could be at that level, yes.”told the same committee that the former chief financial officer, Breda O’Keeffe, received €450,000 exit pay when leaving the broadcaster in 2020. Mr O’Rourke said there have been no refusals but the board had queried proposals for pay arrangements for “senior people”. He confirmed this involved pay increases but said they were “very modest”, that the board had wanted more detail and “got the right answers in the end”.He referred to an interview Mr Bakhurst had given to the Currency where the director general talked about “when people are leaving an organisation, the employment legislation in this country is very strong.
He also said: “When you are dealing with senior people who had been well-paid ... the employment legislation requires that they be dealt with equitably ... That’s what the law requires.”
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