The treatment of Seán Rocks by RTÉ is a "horrendous situation".
That's according to the Chair of the Óireachtas Media Committee, Deputy Alan Kelly.
For 16 years, the national broadcaster categorised the Monaghan man wrongly in his role within the organisation.
Mr Rocks, who worked as a presenter on RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ Lyric, died suddenly last July, following a brief illness.
Deputy Kelly was speaking to the family of the late Monaghan man.
The Labour TD said that Mr. Rocks was categorised wrongly for 16 years.
According to the Committee Chair, the family is "going to have to leave their house".
Deputy Kelly made these comments while speaking to Director General of RTÉ Kevin Bakhurst this week.
He said: "I have to mention Seán Rocks, I spoke to his widow. That, I'm sorry, is a horrendous situation. He paid for his loyalty, he paid for the love of his work.
"They're going to have to leave their house on the 13th of July. That is not a situation that should ever have been allowed happen.
"As an organisation, you have a duty of care. To be honest, a lot of people are not happy," Deputy Kelly added.
In his response, Mr. Bakhurst said he also spoke to Mr. Rocks' family.
He said he has huge sympathy for Séan, and his family.
Mr. Bakhurst said: "I've also spoken to (Seán's widow), we've exchanged correspondence. We've huge sympathy for Seán, he was a hugely loved person. The issue is that there are literally dozens, if not hundreds, of people in RTÉ who have a core salary, and they have allowances-"
Deputy Kelly interjected: "I understand the issue, that doesn't make it right."
"No, it doesn't make it right. I've discussed this with the board as well. There needs to be one rule for everyone in the organisation. We have had a number of people who died who had allowances who accepted that they got a very sizeable life assurance payment, and a very sizeable payment from their pension, but it wasn't based on their allowances," Mr. Bakhurst said.
