Media minister cannot say how much of RTÉ's €725m funding package will be spent on redundancies 

Catherine Martin said RTÉ had 'allowed' for exit payments within its strategy, but could not provide even a rough estimate of the pot allocated to fund them

RTÉ has indicated it will reduce staff numbers by 400 as part of its strategy of reform. Picture: Dan Linehan

Media Minister Catherine Martin cannot say how much of RTÉ's €725m funding package will be spent on redundancies and has yet to decide if exit payments will be capped.

RTÉ has indicated it will reduce staff numbers by 400 as part of its strategy of reform, however, the breakdown between retirements, natural attrition and voluntary redundancies has not been publicly specified.