RTÉ licence fee and salaries ‘now on the table’ junior minister says

Limerick County TD Patrick O’Donovan calls for radical overhaul of State broadcaster, saying RTÉ has been 'underperforming'

In the wake of the furore over RTÉ’s undisclosed payments to Ryan Tubridy, Limerick County TD Patrick O’Donovan said: ‘You can forget about any extension of the television licence or any reform of it in the near future anyway, that is now dead in the water.’ File picture: Denis Minihane

Everything must now be put on the table, including top salaries in RTÉ and the money the broadcaster receives from the licence fee, a Government minister has warned.

Calling for significant structural change in the organisation, Minister of State Patrick O’Donovan said there are elements of RTÉ that have been “underperforming” for some time and “really we have to ask the question are we getting value for money”.