Minister: Land Development Agency chief needs a pay rise

James Browne said changes to semi-state bosses' pay would amount to a 'pay cut' for LDA chief executive John Coleman

The housing minister said Land Development Agency CEO John Coleman would need a 'salary of €242,270 'to have an equivalent salary to when originally set in 2019.' File picture: Michael O'Sullivan/OSM

Housing minister James Browne has called for a pay rise for the CEO of the Land Development Agency, warning that recent changes to semi-state bosses' pay would amount to a “pay cut”.

Mr Browne wrote to public expenditure minister Jack Chambers last November seeking a payrise for John Coleman, who has served as Land Development Agency chief executive since 2019.