Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

Nuair a tháinig an Taoiseach isteach in oifig, labhair sé faoin ghá ceannasaíocht a léiriú agus chuir sé pay cap ar special advisers. Mar is gnách, áfach, bhris sé an gealltanas sin díreach ar an nós céanna le gealltanais eile. It is disgraceful that nearly €300,000 of taxpayers' money is being spent on employing constituency workers in his office. On taking office, he spoke about the need for leadership to be shown by those who held high office in the public sector. With great hullabaloo and as a sign of his Government's commitment to sharing the people's pain, he introduced a pay cap of €92,000 for special advisers. Why are two of the special advisers employed in his Department earning a salary of €168,000, nearly five times the average industrial wage? How did he manage to circumvent his own publicly stated pay cap for special advisers?

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