Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome everybody. I wish to come back on the 10% pay increase for the executive board. To phrase it as best I can in relation to the reaction from the public, it was insult on top of injury. We sat at multiple Oireachtas hearings and committee hearings and not once was it mentioned. Nobody on the board, many of whom were here and are here today again, mentioned it.

It was bad enough that the Minister was not made aware of it. At this stage, does Mr. Bakhurst accept, when it comes to transparency, accountability and regaining the trust of the public, that was his first failure?