Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

That was not my essential point. It grates with me that someone who is on €300,000, €400,000 or €500,000 a year would interview a group, an organisation or a person affected by the imposition of a cost of €1.50 per week. I am not saying interviewers do not have empathy - I am sure they do - but it grates with me personally that people earning that type of money would be involved in facilitating a debate about something at the lower end of the earning scale.