Dee Forbes banging the RTE TV licence drum again 60m uncollected fee *poll not working - pl ignore*

In fairness to Callan, I'd say that pay rate is correct. @Hotmail what do you think he should be paid?

What more did you expect from a Green minister - she's still probably trying to work how she has a position of power while watching the lettuce grow

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41333449.html

You'd think someone there might go... well the previous presenter is now getting X for 3 times the hours so maybe we should calculate it based on that... but no, must pay stupid wages

No, they shouldn't calculate on that. If they were set on Callan then they should have tried to find his minimum number. Callans number would have to exceed other income he could make during this time.

To do this radio show, callan would likely have to forego other work which might include touring for example so maybe that's how they landed on €150k.

No change indeed.

When Bakhurst offered Tubridy a new contract we should have been calling for his head there and then.

And if she hasn't done anything by now she is not going to do anything. What she is going to do now is keep kicking the can down the road till the election is called and then she can pass the buck to whoever takes over and she can wash her hands of it.

In what world is that pay rate correct?

Our TDs get €107k for a full time roll, but a comedian on the radio for 1 hour a day is worth nearly 50% more?

I'd reckon €150 per hour would be more than fair, so €30k per annum. There's surely lots of capable folk out there who would gladly do it for that and have the rest of the day off to make money elsewhere or play golf or whatever. Many specialised Hospital Consultants, the good folk in flight control at Dublin Airport or in the National Control Centre in Eirgrid keeping the lights on for the whole country wouldn't even see €150 per hour, why should Callan - it's hardly a matter of life and death?

The td salary seems about right,the amount of friends and family they are allowed to hire seems a bit ridiculous , anyway, going of topic.

What this week has really shown us is that incompetence is rewarded in our public service e.g. Coveney . I blame FFG for allowing a mechanism that to exist.

He resigned. He should get nothing.

How far does this culture of golden handshakes go back? Maybe several decades.

I said eight months ago that the exit packages were the depth charges that would rock RTÉ to its foundations. The Tubridy payments, the Toy Show musical and the barter accounts were scandalous but the staff were on board until the whole thing blew up. The exit packages will destroy the organisation because RTÉ staff can see their bosses were lining their own pockets while deserting the sinking ship.

I am shocked that the Taoiseach and the Minister responsible say that Breda O'Keeffe has a "moral" obligation to repay this money. Could it possibly be the Government believe it is legal (though obviously not moral) for the Head of a State Agency to pay large sums to a colleague in defiance of all regulations, governance and procedures? And to Rory Coveney?

Based on the limited facts available, what law might Dee Forbes have broken? No one has ever been convicted of anything like this in Ireland and that's not for want of examples. Just look as those government-funded charities. The Gardai wouldn't even be aware of this outrage but for the fuss about Tubridy/Renault and, if Dee Forbes were to be charged, the DPP would be scrambling to find a suitable offence on our statute book and to run the first trial of a public official in Ireland arising from their mis-management of public funds.

She is lucky RTÉ is not funded by the EU. Ireland recently brought in a special law criminalising the "misappropriation" of EU funds which would cover exactly this sort of thing but the Oireachtas never thought to protect Irish public funds in the same way.

https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/c329d-minister-of-state-browne-welcomes-passage-of-legislation-to-help-combat-money-laundering-and-tackle-white-collar-crime/

There is a long and disgraceful history. Rody Molloy could teach those RTÉ women how to ride out a scandal with the help of a mighty pension.

Indeed and it's why I won't listen to this bullshít argument that Tubridy "did nothing wrong" or "is a tiny story in a much bigger picture of corruption that was RTE"...... I have great time for Eamon Dunphy but he's been trying to pull that one consistently since Tubs and RTE parted ways.

There is no difference between the Breda O' Keefe's sham redundancy package or Ryan Tubridy's "Renault" top ups. It all comes from the one culture of corruption where a select few decided they would enrich themselves and their well heeled buddies from the public purse, while the ship was slowly sinking beneath the waves.

@Caquas would Rory C's exit not be viewed as a dismal one that protentional could have resulted in an unfair dismal case?

Also same for Paula Mulooly, did she just leave or was she pushed? resulting in a similar deal as to that of Rory?

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