TD takes turn to ponder size of Delaney’s €360,000 salary

John Delaney might prefer it if questions regarding his salary were put to bed, but the FAI’s chief executive’s remuneration package returned to the spotlight for the second time in under a week yesterday.

Last Monday, the man himself was quizzed on the issue during a wide-ranging interview on RTÉ radio, but he wasn’t even in Leinster House this time when Public Accounts Committee (PAC) member Robert Dowds raised the subject.

The Labour TD described Delaney’s salary of €360,000 as “an inordinate sum” and pointed out it was almost twice that received by Taoiseach Enda Kenny during a committee hearing about the expenditure of the Irish Sports Council (ISC).