Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister, Deputy Martin, has been in charge of her portfolio for four years now. Has the Minister ever had any concerns since she became the Minister about the massive size of payments to some presenters? Maybe some of them were worth it but I could name two that were not; Joe Duffy and Ray D'Arcy. Did the Minister ever consider how little was being paid to the people behind the scenes?

Has the Minister ever inquired as to how much the board members or the executives were being paid? Did the Minister ever inquire into any of this? Is the Minister aware that the seller of a residential property must declare what he or she gets for it. It is galling to think that these people can get such massive exit packages. It is taxpayer's money and yet the Minister will not demand them to come out with what they are getting. Consider the farmers who get farm payments from Europe to supplement them for producing cheap food because they were not getting paid enough. All of their payments have to be registered. The small fellas above on the Mangerton Mountain or back in Glencar must all declare their payments.

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