Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The problem with debating that particular subject in this House is that Members are judges in their own case. The people perceive the Dáil, the Seanad, Ministers, ex-Ministers, Deputies and Senators to be deciding that their own pay should be decided in this House. Even if they are not deciding precisely what is their own pay, they, including the Minister, possibly are deciding what their pay will be in some years to come.

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