IFA salaries: Who are the key players?

Pat Smith, IFA general secretary, who stepped down last week.

Revelations over his pay for 2013 and 2014 effectively resulted in his departure from a job he took on in 2009 and in which he was widely seen as having acquitted himself well. His starting salary six years ago is understood to have been €250,000 a year. Mr Smith has earned a reputation as being a tough and forthright negotiator and had been with the IFA for 25 years.

Eddie Downey, IFA president.