RTÉ to publish pay of executives and cut 400 jobs as part of new five-year strategy in bid to secure €20m bailout

But the publication of other salaries in Montrose of over €200,000 is not guaranteed.

The move is part of a package of changes that will free up another €20m in a government bailout for the national broadcaster.

RTÉ is publishing a five-year strategy today, setting out a new direction for the broadcaster, one with fewer staff and reduced overheads.

The plan is due to be brought to the Cabinet this morning by Media Minister Catherine Martin, and will be unveiled to RTÉ staff at 3pm in a town-hall ­meeting by director general Kevin Bakhurst.

A series of meetings between staff and management are planned over the next few weeks to discuss the details of the plan.

There is still no indication as to when the Government will unveil its new funding model for RTÉ, however, which Taoiseach Simon Harris has promised will be outlined before the Dáil rises for the summer recess.

It is even unclear whether ministers will decide to fund RTÉ entirely from the public purse, or instead attempt to reform the TV licence fee.

Staff at Montrose will be particularly interested to see how the five-year plan sets out the practicalities of the ­“smaller” RTÉ that Mr Bakhurst has promised.

It also promised that RTÉ would operate “on a smaller footprint within the Donnybrook site”, and with modern facilities that require less maintenance.

RTÉ has responded to a list of demands from the Government about improving how the organisation is managed in the wake of the financial scandal.

A total of 116 recommendations arose from the Government’s two lengthy reports into RTÉ.

RTÉ was given six weeks to respond to the Government on how it intends to implement dozens of recommendations on changes to the governance and culture within the organisation.

Among the measures is a commitment to publish the salaries of the leadership team, backdated to 2023.

Beyond that core group though, it is vague. On other salaries over €200,000, a report to the Government says every effort will be made to facilitate publication, subject to data protection law.

RTÉ has already brought in substantial changes on transparency for staff, which has been linked to the departure of several presenters.

Now it appears to the turn of RTÉ management.

The Government also plans to bring RTÉ’s accounts under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General.

The RTÉ document will be considered by the Cabinet this morning and then another €20m will be approved for the broadcaster.

Later this week, RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst will present an updated version of RTÉ’s cutbacks plan.

The broadcaster is cutting 400 jobs over the course of five years.

RTÉ is also to expand its operations outside of Dublin and reduce them in the capital, while investing in its digital products and reducing the number of staff by 20pc.

The initial plan was light on detail and aimed at getting a bailout of exchequer funding of €40m from the Government late last year.

“RTÉ will be sharing the updated strategy in the coming week or so, which will also be shared externally. The Statement of Strategy is the full five-year strategy for RTÉ and builds on RTÉ’s strategic vision, A New Direction, published last November,” the broadcaster said.

Today’s plan will also give more detail about the new governance framework that RTÉ promised to put in place after the controversy over the secret payments to former presenter Ryan Tubridy.