Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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From the taxpayers’ viewpoint of this particular allowance and the salary scales, irrespective of contract, consultants earn very high salaries even by comparison with non-consultant doctors. The argument has been consistently made that these very high salaries are paid to these individuals because they are all the brightest and the best. Mr. O’Brien’s response to me does not tally with that argument or defence, however. It would be good for the purposes of the committee’s investigation if Mr. O’Brien could break down the contractual arrangements with each of the 59 individuals in question.