Two-tier pay scale for TDs is a daft idea

FLORENCE CRAVEN has peddled more than a few bizarre ideas on your letters page, but her suggestion that Government backbenchers should get a bigger salary than opposition backbenchers is just plain daft (Letters, September 25).

Has she heard of the concept of equal pay for equal work? Why should a local Fine Gael TD be paid any less than my local Fianna Fáil TD? Does he not do the same amount of work on behalf of his constituents?

Her contention that Government TDs are to opposition TDs what managers are to employees is simply ridiculous, and deeply insulting to members of opposition parties. Since when do they work for Government TDs?