Politicians’ salaries are not the real issue

IN her letter (September 15), Dr Florence Craven declares that Taoiseach Brian Cowen has “truly lost all contact with the people in granting TDs a basic salary of €100,000”.

She then asks what any of them has done to deserve it?

The ultimate horror of horrors, according to Dr Craven, is that “these horrendous increases can benefit even opposition TDs”.