Tánaiste: €292k salary will 'no doubt' prompt demands from other civil servants

'Anytime there's a pay rise for anyone or any group of people that are knock-on demands'

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar: "Anytime there's a pay rise for anyone or any group of people that are knock-on demands." Picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said the awarding of €292,000 to the new secretary-general of the Department of Health will “no doubt” lead to knock-on claims from others in the public service.

Mr Varadkar was commenting amid ongoing controversy over the proposed paying of €81,000 more than the next highest-paid secretary-general and a probe by the Dáil’s spending watchdog into the matter.