Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

We have been advised that the report examining the salaries of top people in the public service, which includes Ministers, Ministers of State, senior civil servants and the heads of public bodies was received, probably three weeks ago, by the Minister for Finance. Yesterday, in the finance committee when Professor McCarthy and the members of an bord snip nua were present, the deputy secretary general of the Department of Finance, Mr. Donal McNally, confirmed that the report had been received. In the context of so many public servants earning €40,000 a year or less and who are rearing families-----

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