Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister has repeated the fact that he has no role in bonus payments to people in roles below that of chief executive. I wonder out loud whether the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, and the Minister of State, Deputy Hayes, are aware of that, because they had a good deal to say on the matter on the public airwaves. Perhaps the Minister said it and I missed it. Will he confirm whether it is his intention, notwithstanding the change to contracts for incoming chief executives, to continue this ban on bonus payments for current serving chief executives? If it is to continue, then for how long?

The figure of €7,000 as an average proposed bonus payment to workers in Irish Water has gained considerable traction in the media. I note this is an average payment. Has the Minister more information on where exactly these specific bonus payments might fall? What might be the maximum bonus? What might be the minimum bonus anticipated for the workforce?

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