Former chief financial officer exit package worth €450,000, committee hears

RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst arrives at Leinster House, Dublin, ahead of appearing before the Oireachtas joint committee on tourism, culture, arts, sport and media (Brian Lawless/PA)

RTÉ’s former chief financial officer Breda O’Keeffe was paid an exit package worth €450,000, an Oireachtas committee has been told.

The exit package paid to Ms O’Keeffe was not brought before the executive board for approval, an independent report by McCann FitzGerald concluded.