GREEN Party leader Eamon Ryan said he did not know how ministerial salaries compared with those of the last government when the Cabinet made a decision to hand back 10pc of their pay. But he denied the move was tokenistic despite it leaving some ministers and the Taoiseach better off than their predecessors. But when asked if he knew that would leave some ministers still earning more than the members of the last Cabinet, he indicated that he did not. The move has fallen flat as a way of deflecting from the controversy over the decision to vote for extra pay increases for three new super-junior ministers. It’s not tokenistic, it’s very real and it’s just a statement by the Cabinet recognising that we are in difficult times.

Source: Irish Independent July 28, 2020 11:48 UTC