PAC to refer RTÉ to minister over bogus self-employment settlement

The State broadcaster has repeatedly refused to reveal the scope of the settlement it made with Revenue over contracts for freelance staff who 'had developed attributes more akin to employment'

RTÉ offered 82 of its staff who had been working freelance, in some cases for several years, permanent contracts after an independent review concluded that those workers had “developed attributes more akin to employment”. File Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

RTÉ has been accused of attempting to “run down the clock” with regard to its failure to clarify the amount of a settlement it made with the Revenue Commissioners over its use of bogus self employed contracts.

The State broadcaster came in for harsh criticism at this morning’s meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) after it insisted that the nature of its “voluntary qualifying disclosure” to Revenue could not be made publicly available.