RTÉ considers €400,000 exit payment for unnamed individual

The chairperson of RTÉ, Terence O’Rourke, leaves Leinster House after meeting with the media committee on Wednesday. Picture: Sam Boal/Collins

RTÉ is considering a €400,000 redundancy payment to an individual who cannot be named, the chair of the broadcaster’s board Terence O’Rourke has said.

On Wednesday, before the Oireachtas media committee, Mr O’Rourke would not be drawn on the identity of the person, but confirmed the board was in the process of being considered and Media Minister Catherine Martin was aware of it.