Fine Gael has called on the Minsiter for Finance Brian Lenihan to intervene directly to cut bankers' pay.

BACKBENCH TD Jim McDaid, who is refusing to give up his €22,487 ministerial pension as a “matter of principle,” has missed three out of four days from the Dáil so far this year.

ENVIRONMENT Minister Dick Roche is to investigate the “inexplicable” difference in the cost of storing e-voting machines.