RTE redundancy packages ‘need to be consistent with public service pay-offs’

Paschal Donohoe said he did not know the detail of redundancy packages as yet (Brian Lawless/PA)

Redundancy packages offered by RTE as it seeks to reduce its headcount by 400 need to be consistent with pay-offs made elsewhere in the public service, the Minister for Public Expenditure has said.

Paschal Donohoe said while it was a matter for RTE how it managed its voluntary redundancies plans, he made clear the national broadcaster needed to work within certain parameters.