RTÉ should come under remit of Comptroller and Auditor General, says PAC

PAC also calls for RTÉ to publish salaries of staff earning more than €150,000 in its annual statements

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has already said that placing RTÉ under the C&AG would be “a good idea”. File Picture: RTÉ.ie

The Government should bring RTÉ back under the statutory remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), a heavyweight parliamentary committee has recommended.

On Tuesday, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) launched 21 recommendations after investigating a series of controversies which engulfed the Irish national broadcaster last year.