The Government is expected to grant powers set out in the Broadcasting Act to allow for the appointment of an auditor to review RTÉ finances.
The Cabinet is set to give the green light to the proposal, which would give Minister for Media Catherine Martin and Government direct oversight of RTÉ's accounts.
Section 109 of the Broadcasting Act enables the minister to appoint a person to examine the books or other financial records of RTÉ.
They can look back over any financial year or any other time period.
The legislation states that the person appointed must be fully assisted by the organisation.
It follows controversy surrounding the misstating of payments to presenter Ryan Tubridy.
RTÉ is understood to have assured Minister Martin that it will cooperate fully with any review.
The person or team appointed can be led by an accountant, auditor or any person deemed necessary.
They will be appointed if deemed necessary by an external review panel, which is due to investigate RTÉ's corporate governance and culture.
The terms of reference for that external review panel are expected to be approved by Cabinet on Tuesday.
If approved, a short process will commence before the external review panel gets to work.
Separately, RTÉ's annual report and group financial statement for 2022 were presented to Minister Martin's department on Friday. They are currently being assessed by the department.
No proposals for staff redundancies - Martin
Minister Martin has no proposals for staff redundancies or selling assets at RTÉ, a spokesman for the minister has said.
It comes after today's Mail on Sunday reported that that the Government is considering splitting RTÉ's public service and commercial functions.
The newspaper also said 2FM may be sold; a €176,000 salary cap could be introduced; and that up to 400 RTÉ workers could be made redundant.
"Minister Martin intends to bring proposals to Government on Tuesday in relation to RTÉ," a spokesman said.
"These will deal with the independent external process she intends to put in place to report on governance and culture, and on other important relevant matters.
"There are no proposals by the minister for staff redundancies or selling assets. These, and related issues, would be matters for the RTÉ Board in the first instance.
"However, the minister has met with representatives of staff and is acutely aware of their concerns."
RTÉ to remain in political spotlight for some time
Speaking on RTÉ's The Week in Politics, People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Bríd Smith said if RTÉ was split it would "wither on the vine" and that this should not happen.
Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Housing Eoin Ó Broin said "ordinary workers should not be punished" and that "senior RTÉ executives" should be "held to account".
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín also told the programme that in his view "there's nearly a touch of Charlie Haughey off this [controversy]" and that "the culture [involving the financial crisis] has to end" in RTÉ.
He said the Oireachtas public accounts committee should consider "compelling" former RTÉ director general Dee Forbes and potentially Mr Tubridy to attend for questioning.
'Consent may be needed' to release top 100 salaries
Meanwhile, Chair of the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee Brian Stanley has called for RTÉ to release the documents the committee has asked for, including "the note taken on the Teams call .. where the agreement was made verbally with the agent regarding the talent".
Speaking on RTÉ's This week programme, the Sinn Féin TD added: "What I would say to RTÉ is cop on. They need to provide documents at this stage, I can’t see where the commercial sensitivity is around it."
On the same programme, Peter Leonard, a barrister and former RTÉ employee, said that consent may be needed from individuals on the release of the top 100 salaries in RTÉ.
He said: "In order to collect somebody's data to retain it or to disclose it, it has to be done in accordance with law.
"Now, if somebody consents to their information being given out, that is fine and we know that RTÉ has a practice of disclosing the top ten earners over the years.
"So presumably in the contract, there's a provision which says we have the right to disclose this information to the media on an annual basis.
"Maybe some of the top 100 earners are also people with sort of one-off contracts like that.
"But for people who are employees and presumably if you get to the top 100 earners within RTÉ a lot of them will be permanent employees who have long term careers here.
"I would imagine them that there is no consent within their contracts to reveal this information."
Yesterday, the Chair of the RTÉ Board Siún Ní Raghallaigh and the incoming Director General Kevin Bakhurst have confirmed that they will attend a meeting with Minister Martin in the coming days.
An exact date for the meeting has yet to be confirmed.
A spokesperson for the RTÉ Board has confirmed that Ms Ní Raghallaigh and other board members will attend the next session of the Oireachtas Media Committee.
RTÉ has not yet indicated whether members of the executive will attend.
Additional reporting Tommy Meskill, Fiachra Ó Cionnaith, PA
