Seanad debates

Thursday, 26 June 2003

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002: Second Stage.

 

Of course, I accept the provision in the Bill whereby the Department of Finance has an overseeing role in relation to pay and conditions, having regard to read-across factors and so on. However, in all justice, I would like to have that issue reviewed again in the light of pay and conditions for people working in similar capacities in other democracies. Obviously, one does not expect to have, say, 27 staff to an office, as one finds in the House of Representatives or the US Senate. Ours is a much smaller country. Things must be proportionate.

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