Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

There is an implication in the very nature of the question, namely, if the Minister had been requested to increase the salary, that I had been so requested. There was not a request, and it will fall within the pay norms. I did not get a chance to talk about my special adviser, which the Deputy has raised now in three extraneous questions, but I hope we will reach the question so that I can answer that too.

See this speech in context