Fine Gael TDs divided on €5k salary hike

Fine Gael remain split over whether TDs should accept a pay increase which would see their salary jump by €5,400 over two years.

Dublin North West TD Noel Rock yesterday said he would not be accepting the increase which is part of the civil servants’ pay restoration under the Haddington Road Agreement.

However, a number of Fine Gael politicians said it would not be a good idea to sever the linking of TDs wages to the civil service pay scale as it would make their salary a political issue.