Government departments approved €23k pay hike for Housing Agency's new boss

Housing Agency CEO Martin Whelan's salary is to start at €184,852 per year, rather than €161,593 a year, as he had been paid a higher salary than that in his previous role in the National Treasury Management Agency. Picture: The Housing Agency

A pay hike of over €23,000 was approved for the new chief executive of the Housing Agency after negotiations between two government departments.

The post was meant to be filled with a starting package of €161,593 a year, the first point on the Assistant Secretary salary scale of the civil service.