Here, we have a look at the issues set to dominate political discourse and Dáil discussion in the next week

Breda O’Keeffe said she had ‘no awareness’ that the board had not approved her application

Liveline presenter Joe Duffy was RTÉ's second-highest earner, after Ryan Tubridy

He has filled in on the Nine O’Clock show since the controversy at the broadcaster erupted in June.

Riots in Dublin, chaos at RTÉ and Ireland at the World Cup were some of the biggest stories which made headlines this year

Mr Lynch had been performing the duties of the role on an interim basis

Ryan Tubridy starts hosting a new show on Virgin Radio in January

Barter accounts, Oppenheimer and Viking Toast were among Ireland's most searched-for terms this year

Last year, the directors’ pay was made up of €426,357 in remuneration and €14,720 in pension contributions

RTÉ had previously said it was not in a position to deliver the document to the Public Accounts Committee

RTÉ must 'immediately account for why they failed to provide or publish' the review of Ryan Tubridy’s previously incorrect stated pay for three years, the Fine Gael TD Alan Dillon has said