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http://www.rte.ie/about/en/press-office/press-releases/2013/0327/378687-rte-on-target-to-achieve-over-30-savings-on-top-10-presenter-fee/

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RTÉ On Target To Achieve Over 30% Saving On Top 10 Presenter Fees

27 March 2013: Broadcaster confirms delivery on commitment to reduce fees.

RTÉ today releases the audited figures for the fees of the highest-paid presenters for the years 2010 and 2011. RTÉ is also disclosing the latest agreed fees for the highest-paid presenters whose contracts have now been negotiated.

In 2008 RTÉ paid €4.45million in fees to the ten highest-paid presenters. Based on the latest negotiated rates, the projected fees of the highest paid presenters in 2013 is expected to be in the region of €3 million, which is a reduction of in excess of 30% compared to 2008 levels.

This is a delivery of RTÉ’s publicly stated commitment to reduce top talent fee payments by in excess of 30% compared to 2008 levels.
The figures below illustrate the progress RTÉ has made and savings achieved in relation to presenter fees for the four published years of accounts.

In addition to these figures, RTÉ is making available the latest agreed fees* for 2012-2013 for a range of presenters. These reflect the extent of savings achieved in this regard.

The agreed fee for Marian Finucane (Montrose Services) is €295,000, representing a reduction of 48% against highest earnings 2008-2011 (2008 fees).

The agreed fee for Late Late Show presenter Ryan Tubridy (Tuttle Productions) is €495,000, a 32% reduction against highest earnings 2008-2011 (2011 fees).

The agreed fee for the services of Miriam O’Callaghan (Baby Blue Productions) is €211,167, a reduction of 36% against highest earnings 2008-2011 (2010 fees).

The services of Joe Duffy (Claddaghgreen Ltd) have been agreed at €300,000, a 27% reduction in fees against highest earnings 2008-2011 (2008 fees).

Latest agreed fees for Eamon Dunphy are €106,000, which is 67% less against highest earnings 2008-2011 (2008 fees).

Latest agreed fees for Colm Hayes are €170,000, 21% less against highest earnings 2008-2011 (2009 fees).

Latest agreed fees for Brendan O’Connor are €158,400, which is a 31% reduction against highest earnings 2008-2011 (2011 fees).

Latest agreed fees for George Hamilton are €168,350, a 23% reduction against highest earnings 2008-2011 (2008 fees).

In addition to changes in fee levels, RTÉ has also agreed increased levels of annual broadcast output with a range of presenters, ensuring that RTÉ has the flexibility it requires to enable it to operate with maximum cost efficiency.


In 2011 the Director General, Noel Curran, committed to reducing top presenter fees by 30% on 2008 levels. He said: “Today’s release sees RTÉ achieve our commitment. The reductions come as part of a comprehensive programme of reform across the organisation, with increased levels of efficiency and resourcefulness at its core. RTÉ, like the general public, continues to hugely value the contribution our presenters make to our public service.”


The total Top 10 presenter payments represents just over 1% of RTÉ’s operating costs in 2012 and approximately 2% of personnel related operating costs. RTÉ has reduced its 2012 operating cost levels by over €100m compared to 2008 levels, which is a reduction of 24%.


In 2012 RTÉ completed a substantial organisational restructuring programme, which targeted a reduction in RTÉ's 2013 operating costs of almost 30% against 2008 costs. RTÉ’s 2012 financial statements are in the process of being finalised and audited, and will be made available in due course.

hotmail.com

€723,000 for Tubridy in 2011!

Crazy.

sligojoek

Latest agreed fees for Brendan O’Connor are €158,400,

WTF.

Cardinal Richelieu

sligojoek wrote: »

Latest agreed fees for Brendan O’Connor are €158,400,

WTF.

One terrible show a week for part of the year. Good agent. At least Tubs does other work for RTE for his money as do most of the others.

Taxburden carrier

Now that their salaries are known lets hope that they are all snapped up by some Outer Mongolian network !

snubbleste

Did Enda not say that nobody would earn more than him or something?

No value for money for the taxpayer in that list. Replace them all with recently graduated radio journalists who have no agenda and currently on the dole

Missyelliot2

Eamonn Dunphy????? What?

adam88

Why are most of the presenters paid into a company name. Is it so that they only pay 12 percent tax

Missyelliot2

Marian Finucane gets €295,000 for her Saturday and Sunday 4 hours work?
Please tell me she does more than this....

jimmynokia

Still overpaid :mad:

Cardinal Richelieu

Missyelliot2 wrote: »

Marian Finucane gets €295,000 for her Saturday and Sunday 4 hours work?
Please tell me she does more than this....

When questioned about this before she mentioned she starts researching the following weeks show on the Tuesday so the poor woman really works a 6 day week don't you know:pac:. No mention that she has researchers to do her work and seems to have guest presenters filling in constantly and is often not fully up on the topics that her show covers.

Missyelliot2

Cardinal Richelieu wrote: »

When questioned about this before she mentioned she starts researching the following weeks show on the Tuesday so the poor woman really works a 6 day week don't you know:pac:. No mention that she has researchers to do her work and seems to have guest presenters filling in constantly and is often not fully up on the topics that her show covers.

All I hear is rustling newspapers :rolleyes:
Jammy!

jimmynokia

They are still on the gravy train if you ask me.

armchair fusilier

This really shows the nonsense the notion that RTE tried to maintain about having to pay it's "stars" ridiculously high salaries in order to stop them being poached by their rivals was. Despite those cuts, nobody left. Even if there were further hefty cuts they would all still be at RTE. Why? because their really isn't anywhere else to go.

RTE are trying spin this as them doing the responsible thing, ignoring the sheer stupidity it was to pay those kind of salaries in the first place.

Losty Dublin

adam88 wrote: »

Why are most of the presenters paid into a company name. Is it so that they only pay 12 percent tax

In general, RTE are tied to set wage rates for RTE staff members which doesn't give them flexibility when it comes to offering big money salaries to try and hold onto big names. To get around this, they procure big name staff by hiring their companies to supply the programming for them. It also helps RTE make up hours for independent production quotas and it absolves them of pension/PRSI payments for the big earners. There would be some tax benefits as well but it's not the main reason to do it like this.

WhatNowForUs?

Who provides the expense for the research

adam88

Losty Dublin wrote: »

In general, RTE are tied to set wage rates for RTE staff members which doesn't give them flexibility when it comes to offering big money salaries to try and hold onto big names. To get around this, they procure big name staff by hiring their companies to supply the programming for them. It also helps RTE make up hours for independent production quotas and it absolves them of pension/PRSI payments for the big earners. There would be some tax benefits as well but it's not the main reason to do it like this.

So if you take tubs for example his company would only pay 12.5 percent tax instead if himself paying 42perxent

msg11

Seriously get rid of these people, I have never had any interest in them. If they are good they will be snapped up by others.

Divert the money into good programming which I am sure RTE is capable of.

It's not just the money that pisses me off it's the fact that these folk are hogging up prime time spots with there stupid outdated shows. Sort out 2FM or at leased launch RTE Pulse on the FM network, sorry but if there was a vote on it, RTE Pulse should be on the FM and RTE Lyric on DAB.

And RTE need to stop buying programmes that are available online or on other networks that are seasons ahead it's a total waste of money.

Losty Dublin

adam88 wrote: »

So if you take tubs for example his company would only pay 12.5 percent tax instead if himself paying 42perxent

Not so. His salary would be paid by his company from whatever fee RTE pays his company; they'd then pay staff income tax and normal deductions to Revenue. The profit from the company would be liable for relevant corporate taxes.

RTE released these figures today, WhatNowForUs.

sligojoek

It's being discussed on TV3 now

Losty Dublin

sligojoek wrote: »

It's being discussed on TV3 now

By the modestly paid TV 3 crew :pac:

Chris 80

Any person in Ireland being paid more then Barack Obama is ridiculous. For God sake we're a country of 4 million. There's 12 million people living in London alone. So in 2011 Tubridy should have been president of the USA (and all surrounding continents)?

sligojoek

Brendan O'Connor was paid €228,500 in 2011,

Broadcaster Sean O'Rourke was paid nearly €209,000 in 2011.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0327/378730-rte-pay-presenters/

How can this be right? Sean O Rourke, love him or hate him, does 5 radio shows during the week and a TV show on Sunday for most of the year.

Brendan O Connor does 1 TV show on a Saturday night for just the winter season. A show that a trained monkey could do.

NIMAN

And he is paid a wage from the Indo too.

sligojoek

NIMAN wrote: »

And he is paid a wage from the Indo too.

Yeah. It's not as if he's stuck for money.

NIMAN

I'd see through it if he was good, but his SNS is awful stuff, a talentless presenter interviewing mostly talentless guests. His style is cringeworthy too, and I am sure there's plenty of people out there who could do it better, for less.

rhamster

hotmail.com wrote: »

€723,000 for Tubridy in 2011!

Crazy.

For me this has to be the most sickening part of all.To think that at a time when the country had been declared bankrupt and an immoral bank guarantee adherence hanging over our heads and been punished for something not of our doing that this guy had the bloody nerve and arrogance to take a 12% increase in salary from 2010 in hard times is frankly disgusting.He was even trying to drum up support for Pat Rabitte on his show yday saying the man deserves to eat in peace and what a difficult job politicians have.Hypocrisy thy name is Ryan....how are we letting these people get away withthis?when are we as a people gonna stand up for each other and tackle these greedy arrogant deluded excuses for human beings??

Yakuza

adam88 wrote: »

Why are most of the presenters paid into a company name. Is it so that they only pay 12 percent tax

adam88 wrote: »

So if you take tubs for example his company would only pay 12.5 percent tax instead if himself paying 42perxent

Nope, this isn't the case. If it works like any other contract for services, RTE will pay that fee (plus VAT, but they can claim that back) to the company of the presenter in question. (The company then pays the VAT to the government (minus any VAT it incurred during the accounting period) so effectively the company has that fee in its bank account. Out of that, the presenter will draw down a salary (and they will pay 42% tax, 4% PRSI (assuming they are a propretiary director of that company)) and 7% USC on whatever salary they draw down, like every one else. The company can also fund a pension contribution (pro rata to the salary paid).

The presenter can also draw out expenses (travelling etc) from the company (I'm guessing here that RTE don't pay any expenses at all for their presenters, I could be wrong).

If there is any money left in the company after paying the salaries, pension contributions and expenses, then that is deemed profit and taxed at corporation tax levels, so it's fairly prudent to leave as little money as possible in the company at the end of the year.

There also might be other tax-deductible investments the company might make, these guys would have accountants to make sure their corporation tax liability is minimised and their take home is maximised (but having an accountant didn't work out so well for Gaybo, did it?).

I'm not defending the high salaries or anything, but I wanted to put paid to the canard that these people only pay 12% tax - that simply isn't true - if they draw down any money as salary, it's taxed at 42% (but they do have professional help in minimising their liability).

Bard

Losty Dublin wrote: »

By the modestly paid TV 3 crew :pac:

Yes. The modestly paid TV3 crew who aren't paid using your taxes.

Heroditas

Chris 80 wrote: »

Any person in Ireland being paid more then Barack Obama is ridiculous. For God sake we're a country of 4 million. There's 12 million people living in London alone. So in 2011 Tubridy should have been president of the USA (and all surrounding continents)?

What a bizarre argument.
Should Graham Norton or Terry Wogan be president of the USA then?

Technocentral

rhamster wrote: »

For me this has to be the most sickening part of all.To think that at a time when the country had been declared bankrupt and an immoral bank guarantee adherence hanging over our heads and been punished for something not of our doing that this guy had the bloody nerve and arrogance to take a 12% increase in salary from 2010 in hard times is frankly disgusting.He was even trying to drum up support for Pat Rabitte on his show yday saying the man deserves to eat in peace and what a difficult job politicians have.Hypocrisy thy name is Ryan....how are we letting these people get away withthis?when are we as a people gonna stand up for each other and tackle these greedy arrogant deluded excuses for human beings??

Tubridy is probably the least talented and most mediocre person in Irish broadcasting history to get so high up, I honestly can't see what anyone sees in him even if his salary was 30k.

JM Skipton

I think the bit that gets to me the most is when the IMF came in Nov 2010 we were told that the country was effectively broke.
Everyone in society, although not happy, had to take cuts on the chin and get on with things. Every time a member of government was asked about these cuts they continually rolled out the lines "we are spending more than we are taking in" "we have to cut our cloth to meet our measure". In my opinion and based on the fact we are still within a Troika program presenters like Ryan Tubridy and Joe Duffy should not be on more than €200,000 a year.I'm not sure anyone in Ireland should be on over €700k a year no matter what they do I'm not advocating communism but wages are definitely higher than they should be.

Duckjob

Angry caller: These RTE salaries, they're a disgrace, Joe.

Joe: Shoo-er, shoo-er, shoo-er

Losty Dublin

Bard wrote: »

Yes. The modestly paid TV3 crew who aren't paid using your taxes.

RTE aren't paid for with my taxes, though. They are part funded by those who pay licence fees (not all of which funds RTE, though they get most of) and part funded by ad revenue and RTE's other commercial enterprises. Some arms of RTE receive no direct Licence fee, notably 2FM and RTE Guide.

A TV licence is a permission to operate a TV whereas a tax is a deduction paid to the State. While most of the licence fee revenue goes to RTE (Some goes to independent broadcastors via Sound and Vision), our taxes actually don't go into it. It may sound pedantic but it is a misconception that people make all the time.

For the record, I agree that RTE overpay for the services of the names mentioned yesterday.

Lady Chatterton

Duckjob wrote: »

Angry caller: These RTE salaries, they're a disgrace, Joe.

Joe: Shoo-er, shoo-er, shoo-er

The timing of the salary announcement is quite interesting......... :rolleyes:

Joe's 'Funny Friday' show has been brought forward a day and there will be no show tomorrow (Good Friday) or on Easter Monday. Pat is away at the moment too and I'd be surprised if Marian is going to be working this Bank Holiday weekend.

JonathanAnon

MrsD007 wrote: »

Joe's 'Funny Friday' show has been brought forward a day and there will be no show tomorrow (Good Friday) or on Easter Monday. Pat is away at the moment too and I'd be surprised if Marian is going to be working this Bank Holiday any weekend.

^

Technocentral

MrsD007 wrote: »

The timing of the salary announcement is quite interesting......... :rolleyes:

Joe's 'Funny Friday' show has been brought forward a day and there will be no show tomorrow (Good Friday) or on Easter Monday. Pat is away at the moment too and I'd be surprised if Marian is going to be working this Bank Holiday weekend.

I'm sure it will be the first item on Pat and Joe's agenda on Tuesday, anyway as you probably know Pat is finding it very hard to get by on his salary.

adam88

Yakuza wrote: »

Nope, this isn't the case. If it works like any other contract for services, RTE will pay that fee (plus VAT, but they can claim that back) to the company of the presenter in question. (The company then pays the VAT to the government (minus any VAT it incurred during the accounting period) so effectively the company has that fee in its bank account. Out of that, the presenter will draw down a salary (and they will pay 42% tax, 4% PRSI (assuming they are a propretiary director of that company)) and 7% USC on whatever salary they draw down, like every one else. The company can also fund a pension contribution (pro rata to the salary paid).

The presenter can also draw out expenses (travelling etc) from the company (I'm guessing here that RTE don't pay any expenses at all for their presenters, I could be wrong).

If there is any money left in the company after paying the salaries, pension contributions and expenses, then that is deemed profit and taxed at corporation tax levels, so it's fairly prudent to leave as little money as possible in the company at the end of the year.

There also might be other tax-deductible investments the company might make, these guys would have accountants to make sure their corporation tax liability is minimised and their take home is maximised (but having an accountant didn't work out so well for Gaybo, did it?).

I'm not defending the high salaries or anything, but I wanted to put paid to the canard that these people only pay 12% tax - that simply isn't true - if they draw down any money as salary, it's taxed at 42% (but they do have professional help in minimising their liability).

What happens to the after tax profits if there is any. I presume it's paid as dividends. If that is paid to tubs does he have to pay more tax on that again.

armchair fusilier

Losty Dublin wrote: »

A TV licence is a permission to operate a TV whereas a tax is a deduction paid to the State. While most of the licence fee revenue goes to RTE (Some goes to independent broadcastors via Sound and Vision), our taxes actually don't go into it. It may sound pedantic but it is a misconception that people make all the time.

I would still class it as a tax, but it's all a bit immaterial now since there can be little doubt that the new broadcasting charge is by any definition going to be a tax.

Yakuza

adam88 wrote: »

What happens to the after tax profits if there is any. I presume it's paid as dividends. If that is paid to tubs does he have to pay more tax on that again.

As far as I know, dividends are taxed the same as income (presuming you are domiciled in Ireland).

adam88

Yakuza wrote: »

As far as I know, dividends are taxed the same as income (presuming you are domiciled in Ireland).

Dimiciled you say???? Wasn't tubs over and back to england there for a bit

smurfs5

I'm sure Tubridy is getting a decent sum from the BBC as well. That'll probably make up for his pay cut. Can't believe such a talentless, uninteresting and banal presenter earns what he does. Disgraceful that he had the audacity to take a pay rise in 2010 and even more disgraceful that he was allowed to take it.

Fuzzy Clam

smurfs5 wrote: »

I'm sure Tubridy is getting a decent sum from the BBC as well. That'll probably make up for his pay cut. Can't believe such a talentless, uninteresting and banal presenter earns what he does. Disgraceful that he had the audacity to take a pay rise in 2010 and even more disgraceful that he was allowed to take it.

Poor ol' Tubs having to do nixers to make ends meet. 'Tis a cruel world!

armchair fusilier

I'm by no means a fan of Claire Byrne but she just had a panel on who were actually talking sense about the so called "stars" salaries. They debunked the notion that them being poached was ever really a threat and confirmed that presenters in TV3 and Newstalk are earning a fraction of their salaries. Of course they were just saying what everybody else knew anyway, but it was refreshing to hear it being said on RTE at last.

JonathanAnon

armchair fusilier wrote: »

Of course they were just saying what everybody else knew anyway, but it was refreshing to hear it being said on RTE at last.

Yeah it was the first time that I've heard a clear honest debate on the national broadcaster about the issue.. But everybody seems to be afraid to mention Marian Finucane, whose contract I would see as THE most excessive, by name..

honeybear

armchair fusilier wrote: »

I'm by no means a fan of Claire Byrne but she just had a panel on who were actually talking sense about the so called "stars" salaries. They debunked the notion that them being poached was ever really a threat and confirmed that presenters in TV3 and Newstalk are earning a fraction of their salaries. Of course they were just saying what everybody else knew anyway, but it was refreshing to hear it being said on RTE at last.

Totally agree

jimmynokia

Rather than talk about it they should do something about it.
When you hear tubs took a 230k pay cut alone is sickening. When you ad up what you can do with that and compare it to the average industrial wage for example.
So he is left with 450k roughly, then rte let him moonlight to the BBC.

II can see this year he will be on air less due to the cut and rte will willingly let him moonlight to the BBC to make up the loss.
Putting this illusion to people that he took a cut when he didn't cause they will take him off air and let him go to the UK.

msg11

jimmynokia wrote: »

Rather than talk about it they should do something about it.
When you hear tubs took a 230k pay cut alone is sickening. When you ad up what you can do with that and compare it to the average industrial wage for example.
So he is left with 450k roughly, then rte let him moonlight to the BBC.

II can see this year he will be on air less due to the cut and rte will willingly let him moonlight to the BBC to make up the loss.
Putting this illusion to people that he took a cut when he didn't cause they will take him off air and let him go to the UK.

Tell you something for nothing, he can **** off to the UK and the BBC can pay him his wages.

jimmynokia

msg11 wrote: »

Tell you something for nothing, he can **** off to the UK and the BBC can pay him his wages.

I concur.

Layinghen

Me too

shockwave

msg11 wrote: »

Tell you something for nothing, he can **** off to the UK and the BBC can pay him his wages.

Will never happen because theres no way he'll ever get that kind of money of the bbc.