Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

-----it would have impacted upon such people more seriously. I agree with the remarks of Deputy Ó Snodaigh on the salaries of some people in the agencies to which he referred. The Government does not set those salaries. I fully agree it is outrageous for the head of a body such as Coillte or the ESB to receive a salary of €400,000 or more. It goes against everything that people in this House attempt to do and everything to which people throughout the country are trying to adapt. I trust they will take some leadership as well, in the same way - let me put this on the record - as those of us in the House, the Taoiseach and Ministers. We are very well paid and I recognise as much.

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