Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The Taoiseach has ensured a 35% salary increase for one of his friends. More to the point, on Tuesday last week in the Dáil, the Government parties voted down proposals to cut the excessive pay rates of chief executives of a number of semi-State companies. Each Member on the Government side voted against a range of measures to cut highly-paid public servants earning more than €200,000 per year.

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