The Minister for Communications will want to ensure "there's full clarity and transparency" at RTÉ, when he meets Director General Kevin Bakhurst and chair of the RTÉ Board Terence O'Rourke on Tuesday, the Taoiseach has said.
Speaking on RTÉ's This Week, Micheál Martin said: "I think the minister [Patrick O'Donovan] will want to make sure that everything's out there... that there's full clarity and transparency."
Referencing the controversy over RTÉ's revision of its top 10 highest-earning presenters, the Taoiseach repeated that it was "difficult to comprehend" why this issue hadn't been revealed earlier.
Earlier this week, RTÉ revised its top 10 highest-earning presenters for 2024 to include Derek Mooney after it said it "reconsidered what constitutes a presenter".
Publishing its results for 2025, the broadcaster said it made the decision "to consider all personnel holding dual roles" for inclusion in the top 10 presenters list.
Mr Martin said: "I think the minister is anxious that a line will be drawn under all of these kind of revelations, or whatever we'd like to describe them as."
Mr Martin said: "I think the focus [at RTÉ] needs to be on the reforms, in terms of economic efficiencies, [and] making sure that we have sustainability in terms of public service broadcasting."
He said the Government was making a "significant" contribution to public service broadcasting.
"It's important that we do... in terms of the world of online media, and the degree to which external influences through online media are beginning to impact on our politics and our political discourse.
"We do need to invest in conventional media, and keep it at one remove from government as well. I'm very conscious of that."
