RTÉ has said that a number of payment issues uncovered at the broadcaster are "past issues".
The details were highlighted in an internal report, which has been submitted to Minister for Media Patrick O'Donovan.
A spokesperson for the minister said the matters referred to "came to light over the past number of weeks as part of the review by the Department and NewERA of RTÉ's 2024 accounts."
In a statement, the spokesperson said the minister intends to bring the matter to the Cabinet shortly.
"The minister will be seeking further details on the rationale for a number of the matters which have come to light, and the department will continue to engage with RTÉ in this regard."
According to the Irish Independent, the report details "eight irregular payments, ranging between €10,000 and €30,000, mainly related to pensions".
It is understood that the revelations were contained in a report, which is expected to be brought to Cabinet in the coming weeks, that was compiled by RTÉ's chief financial officer Mari Hurley.
Ms Hurley was appointed to the role of CFO in March of last year.
RTÉ said the annual payments referred to "are for the most part years or decades old and were historically recorded on RTÉ's balance sheet".
In an updated statement, the broadcaster said all the payments were "previously provided for by RTÉ in the balance sheet as liabilities and details were brought to the attention of the department".
RTÉ said four of the eight payments "were agreed decades ago" and it said one of those "relates to agreed payments to the widow of a former director-general of RTÉ following his death".
"Following a review, RTÉ has now increased the balance sheet provision for these payments to ensure they are fully provided for."
The statement added that the other four payments relate to former RTÉ staff members who took early retirement within the terms of the 2017 or 2021 Voluntary Exit Programmes and "are in receipt of income replacement payments until the age of 65 as part of these programmes".
In a statement to staff this afternoon, RTÉ Director General Kevin Bakhurst said RTÉ is committed to transformation and to rebuilding trust in the organisation.
"Highlighting these payments and the decision to increase the provision on RTÉ's balance sheet is part of this commitment and is, I believe, a clear representation of how we are identifying and addressing issues where necessary", he said.
The Irish Independent said that the issues have been "flagged with the audit and risk committee of the RTÉ board, and the chair of the board has asked for a written report on all of the issues identified".
According to the article, the report "also identifies issues around a piece of land as well as a valuable piece of artwork in possession of the organisation whose ownership is unclear".
Mr Bakhurst said RTÉ is "currently seeking to establish ownership of the piece which has been in RTÉ's possession for many years".
He added that the land referred to was "previously used by eircom and is now used by eir. Its use is historic, having originally been used by the Department of Post & Telegraphs in the 1960s when it was RTÉ's parent department.
"The specifics relating to this small section of RTÉ's Donnybrook campus are currently being reviewed as part of an overall masterplan study of the site."
In relation to the 2025 Voluntary Exit Programme, RTÉ said it is "currently finalising its review of applications and we expect approximately 100 people to leave RTÉ this year".
