What Gender Equality? Less Than A Quarter Of RTÉ’s Highest-Paid Staff Are Women

Less than a quarter of the highest-paid staff at RTÉ are women, despite making up almost half of the national broadcaster's workforce, the Irish Independent report.

Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act revealed that of the 80 staff paid more than €100,000 a year, only 19 are women.

The figures show how it's men that dominate the higher-paid jobs in the company's rankings.

The stats are revealed just as it's reported that just two women, Marian Finucane and Miriam O'Callaghan, are among the top 10 earners for the year.

The Freedom of Information Act showed that males paid between €80,000 and €100,000 outnumber women 77 to 46 and there are 439 women earning between €40,000 and €60,000 compared to 417 men.

Broadcaster Marian Finucane was among the top ten earners at RTÉ this year. 

RTÉ told the Independent: "There are fewer women than men working in RTE, and it is fair to say that there are fewer women represented at senior management level in RTE.

"However, this reflects the situation across broader society and indeed globally. Nonetheless some of the most senior management posts within RTÉ are held by women.

"This is an issue that RTÉ is conscious of and has active policies in place to address."