Want to know exactly where a huge chunk of your TV License fee went over the last few years? Well keep on reading.

National broadcaster RTÉ has released figures for its top ten earners for 2010 and 2011 for the first time, and also revealed details of its latest contract agreements.

Love him or hate him, Ryan Tubridy is raking it in. The Late Late Show host topped the list earning a whopping €723,000 in 2011, up 12% on his 2010 earnings. But before you go marching out Donnybrook, Tubridy has however, in his latest contract, reduced his fees by 31% to €495,000.

Here's what the rest of RTÉ'S finest earned in 2011. Figures in brackets represent their latest contracts.

Pat Kenny €630,000
Marian Finucane €492,000 (€295,000)
Joe Duffy €378,000 (€300,000)
Miriam O'Callaghan €307,000 (€211,000)
Brendan O'Connor €228,500 (€158,000)
Derek Mooney €220,000
Sean O'Rourke €209,000
George Hamilton €203,000 (€168,000)
Bryan Dobson €198,000