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taoiseach and TDs salaries

  • 08-02-2011 5:53pm
    #1
    sonic85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,399 ✭✭✭


    apologies if this has been asked before but i was just wondering who is responsible for rises in the salaries of the taoiseach and TDs?


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  • #2
    zig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,206 ✭✭✭zig


    The government in their budget, so I guess the finance minister really, they give themselves the payrises.


  • #3
    Welease
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,834 ✭✭✭Welease


    sonic85 wrote: »
    apologies if this has been asked before but i was just wondering who is responsible for rises in the salaries of the taoiseach and TDs?

    They are linked to the Principal Officer Scale in the Civil Service.


  • #4
    RichardAnd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,934 ✭✭✭RichardAnd


    Hmm. I could be totally off the bat with this but are political salaries not governed by the same benchmarking process that all ps waged were put through? This may not be the case but I'm sure I heard something about this back in the boom time days.


  • #5
    Godge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,727 ✭✭✭✭Godge


    http://www.reviewbody.gov.ie/Publications.aspx


    The above link is to the publications of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector. It set salaries for politicians and higher civil servants.

    Have a particular look at the Sixth and Seventh General Reviews.


  • #6
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    RichardAnd wrote: »
    Hmm. I could be totally off the bat with this but are political salaries not governed by the same benchmarking process that all ps waged were put through? This may not be the case but I'm sure I heard something about this back in the boom time days.

    They are bench marked, but I'm not sure against who.

    I remember Bertie claiming that the reason he should earn more than Tony Blair and Angela Merkal was because he had to buy his own tea.

    They also tried to sneak in a massive pay rise hidden behind the changes to the laws regarding learner drivers.


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