Terry Brennan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We will have to do something about it. We should debate the issue of salaries. Nobody can deny that there are men and women in this country and Irish men and women in foreign fields who might be willing to come back who are capable of running the banks or working as the CEOs of various companies for less than the outrageous salaries being paid. No man or woman could justify being paid ¤2,000 a day. I am calling for a debate on why certain salaries in banks that have failed the people and taxpayers have increased by 33% in the times that are in it. We urgently need a debate on the payment of such outrageous salaries to CEOs.