Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My point is that it must be very frustrating for workers to have such abuse of their rights and entitlements go on and for their union representatives not to make any headway and for this to come to the fore through whistleblowers.

Ms Hannick commented on the 20% reduction in staff and that there was little or no communication from management on that. Despite the fact that I had seen RTÉ's new strategic vision and it said there would be improved staff communication, an engagement forum and a leadership forum, it does not seem to have given much information as to how these job losses will be targeted other than through retirement. In that regard, I refer to the work culture changes we were all promised and the reform that was promised and whether members see that reform on a day-to-day basis. Solely as regards the job losses and the little or no communication as to who would suffer them, what would the witnesses like to say to the new director general, in the context of this meeting, about the liaison with staff, the lack of information given and the change in work culture of which, if we go by this, we have not seen much? I will bring in Unite and Connect as well on this.