Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would like to deal with the remuneration package for the CEO of HRI, starting with the Department.

The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform set in place new guidelines on the recommended salary scale for the position of CEO. The previous CEO of HRI was on an existing salary scale of €50,000 plus. When the previous CEO stood down and a new CEO joined, the salary changed following a business case being made by the board of HRI. Both the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, signed off the proposal so the new CEO could earn approximately €50,000 more than what was stated in the previous guidelines. Am I wrong in what I have said?