Irish Examiner view: Amid housing crisis, paying new 'tsar' double the minister's salary is puzzling

The proposal to pay somebody €430,000 — more than the US president and twice the housing minister's salary — raises the spectre of private sector pay rates combined with public sector job security

Nama chief executive Brendan McDonagh is the Government's preferred candidate for the new role of head of the Strategic Housing Activation Office. File picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

On Tuesday, public expenditure minister Jack Chambers published the review of remuneration of chief executive officers in commercial state bodies by the senior posts remuneration committee (SPRC).

The review found that new arrangements would be needed to get the best candidates for those CEO positions, with Mr Chambers saying it was “clear that the State may not always be able to attract the best candidates for these critical positions under the current process”.