Coveney to discuss Zappone affair at Oireachtas committee 

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney is set to be quizzed on how Katherine Zappone came to be selected for the post, how the post itself came about and how the proposed remuneration package was arrived at

Party TDs and senators are annoyed at the decision to appoint Ms Zappone, who played a direct part in the downfall of former taoiseach Enda Kenny in 2017. File picture:Gareth Chaney/Collins

Former children's minister Katherine Zappone would have been paid a per diem rate based on a civil service salary of up to €109,000 as a Government envoy, a high-level Oireachtas committee has been told.

She would have to work up to 30 days in her first six months, documents relating to the appointment reveal and up to 60 days in the first year.