Mr. Terence O'Rourke:

Again, I will refer the Deputy to the comments of the director general last year in this committee and recently in his interview last week. When you are dealing with senior people who had been well paid, the employment legislation requires they be dealt with equitably in their regard.

That is what the law requires, so we will do what the law requires to get the best result for RTÉ. Not everybody stays in the organisation forever and when we have people leaving, we have to deal with them fairly and legally. We will do that to the best of our ability in a way that minimises the cost to RTÉ.