Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

Dúirt an Taoiseach i rith fheachtas an olltoghcháin go mbeadh an Rialtas oscailte, le polasaithe macánta. B'shin fhocal a bhí go mór i mbéal an Taoisigh. I appreciate that he is trying to introduce new procedures. In the interests of transparency, can he tell us what the appointment procedures are for political advisers? He said their salaries were being finalised. However, could we be given, especially at this time when there are such impositions on working citizens, some sense of the salaries and benefits being given to advisers? Will the Taoiseach consider appointing a Minister, with no extra pay, with responsibility for developing policy and engaging with the political institutions in the Six Counties?

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