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But if he’s self employed he doesn’t get that from RTÉ and what you’re describing sounds closer to a defined benefit pension so that contribution would go into a central pot that is used to pay for all the pensions of that type.

Ah, Mr. Bakhurst, gotcha now. Even still, his pension contributions wouldn’t be counted in his remuneration. It doesn’t go to him.

No one talks about pension contributions when discussing what they get, certainly not in the public sector, as there would probably be riots, and someone doing it in the private sector would be akin to wearing lifts in their shoes, embarrassing.

AFAIK RTÉ had been splitting up the exit / loyalty payment over the final few years of the contracts for top earners, obviously they can no longer do that, as they now have to produce them yearly.

But to suggest that his exit / loyalty payments don't in some way make the RTÉ pension negligible would be an iffy argument, especially considering Pat Kenny's final payment from RTÉ in 2013.

Joe decided to be a contract over a member of staff, he knew the differences when he signed on the dotted line.

She popped out four sprogs in four years? Did she laminate her pelvic floor?

Any mention that we are educating peeps to go abroad and pay taxes in Oz?

Anne from Cannes? She'd talk non-stop, no caller would get a word in

Well he asked for sick pay when he was off sick so maybe he didn’t know the differences?

note: sarcasm.

"your line is a little bit kind of durty [goodbye]"

😕 😯

Same production team. Surprise surprise, the bad lines continue on.

Can someone please write a brief how-to on how to perform a sound check and send it into RTE?