Top banks’ pay starts at €383 a day

More than 1,000 top bankers at three of Ireland’s four largest financial firms are earning a basic salary of more than €100,000 every year — the equivalent of €383 for a working day.

Figures supplied by Finance Minister Michael Noonan after a year of opposition queries show 1,065 senior bankers at AIB, Permanent TSB and IBRC (formerly Anglo and Irish Nationwide) are earning the mammoth wages.

The income breakdown — which does not take account of pension contributions, subscriptions, health insurance, company cars, bonuses, expenses, and other incentives — includes: