# RTÉ submits revised exit scheme case five months after request

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-infuriating-reason-some-rte-staff-believe-management-only-provided-the-full-business-case-for-this-years-voluntary-redundancy-scheme-last-week-five-months-after-it-was-first-asked-to-do-so/
- Published: 2026-10-22T20:42:41+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T20:52:21+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16217381/The-infuriating-reason-RT-staff-believe-management-provided-business-case-years-voluntary-redundancy-scheme-week-five-months-asked-so.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- RTÉ has submitted the long-delayed case for a second exit scheme.
- The first round delivered 68 of a planned 400 departures.
- The next round is expected to have looser rules.

## Summary

RTÉ has submitted an updated business case for a second round of its voluntary exit programme, five months after the Government requested more detail. The scheme is expected to reopen soon with looser eligibility rules, after its first round delivered far fewer departures than planned.

The programme, announced last year, aims to achieve 400 departures by 2029 but has so far resulted in 68 exits, despite more than 300 staff initially expressing interest. The first round required each departing employee’s role to be fully removed; that condition is expected to be relaxed. The revised plan must now be considered by the Minister before seeking further approval, as the Government has withheld €20 million from RTÉ’s promised €240 million in funding for next year, citing the slow pace of reform.

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