Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Last week, we found out that the Secretary General of the Department of Health is set to receive a pay increase of €81,000. In that same week, recipients of the PUP, who are on €350 per week, received their first tax bill. There are varying accounts as to how the decision was reached to provide for this increase and I would like the Tánaiste to outline the timeline of the decision-making process, including details on who was involved in the decision, when it was signed off on and who signed off on it.

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