Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 June 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion

Mr. Martin Fraser:

No. Deputy Durkan is right that the Government or the Minister decided that he needed to get the strongest possible field. He took the view that he had to improve the pay to get the strongest possible field. That was the decision the Minister made. Then he decided there would be a full public open competition for the job. That open competition was run on exactly the same basis as every other competition for these jobs.