Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

Is their critical work not at least as important as that of NAMA? Why, at the time when pay cuts for public sector workers were announced, did the salaries of the chairperson and board members of NAMA increase substantially? Within weeks, the salary of the chairperson rose from €100,000 per annum to €170,000 per annum. The increase for the board members was from €38,000 per annum to €50,000 per annum, all within weeks of being appointed. The Minister should try explaining that to hard-working public servants whose wages are being and have been slashed on foot of budget 2010. I hope we will have a debate on that very important matter.

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