Paschal Donohoe ‘considering’ civil servant pay top-up recommendations

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has confirmed he is “considering” calls to drastically increase salaries for Ireland’s top public servants — despite insisting he has made no decision on whether to act on the recommendations.

Mr Donohoe side-stepped making any immediate decision on the deeply controversial measures after it emerged the changes could see top-ranking officials’ income surge by more than €100,000.