Leader executives ‘paid far less’ than similar public sector roles

Executives in Leader groups are paid far less than their cohorts in comparable public sector roles, said IRD Duhallow chief executive Maura Walsh.

Ms Walsh was responding to recent media reports citing her own salary as being €116,000 per annum. She said the figure, which was issued by a government department, was wrong by about €23,000 in her case.

Salary figures were also released for two other executives, cited at €82,000. Ms Walsh said the figures were inaccurate, and were at least 23% too high in each case. She added that the range for a principal officer in the civil service is between €78,000 and €105,000.