Taoiseach to take €28,500 pay cut

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen is taking a €28,500 pay cut and his ministers will see their salaries fall by roughly €11,250 as the Government attempts to demonstrate it is leading by example.

But Fine Gael have accused the Government of attempting to deceive the public by suggesting the pay cuts were much larger.

The cuts were recommended by the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector, which was asked earlier this year to benchmark senior public servants’ pay against their counterparts in comparable European countries.