It emerged last week at the Media Committee meeting with the RTÉ Board that while Ryan Tubridy has been taken off air, he is still being paid by the national broadcaster.
Interim Director General Adrian Lynch told the committee that the former Late Late Show host's contract negotiations were suspended following the payments scandal, with the 50-year-old's contract having expired in May.
The Interim DG also stressed to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday that Tubridy had been taken off air due to an "editorial decision" that he had the final say on, however the former top-earner at RTÉ is still being paid on a "verbal" basis.
