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Sorry but it is very poorly paid given the level or responsibility, the hours worked, the abuse, the constant media spotlight on you and many other factors.

You would have half the building in a MNC doing a 39 hour week, wfh half the time and earning as much as a TD working 7 days a week. Just look at Pascal Donaghue - went from probably 150k ish a year to 800k a year (tax free too I believe) by making a move to a position his skill set was commanded. The Taoiseach earns about 250k a year a job easily comparable to a CEO of a multi national company or a world wide bank who could be earning upwards of 50 million a year.

So if you actually think about it and make a fair comparison they are under paid significantly.