This article is from page 4 of the 2009-02-10 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 4 JPG
that when his party leader, who was the first to take a voluntary pay cut in October, decided on this course of action he supported him and followed suite.
“The economy was in a bad way, many people were losing jobs and we shouldn’t lose sight of this,’ he said when asked why he reached the decision.
Minister for State at the Depart- ment of Agriculture and Fisheries, Tony Killeen (FF) will also receive a smaller paycheck this year. As a jun- lor minister, his €139,266 salaries have been cut by 10 per cent.
As part of the October budget cuts, the Minister for Finance, Mr Lent- han, announced all cabinet ministers – including ministers for state – would give up 10 per cent of their total pay.
At the time he said, “Other public servants in leadership and senior posi-
tions may wish to consider whether it iS appropriate for them to make a sim- ilar move in current circumstances.”
Clare TDs Timmy Dooley (FF) and Pat Breen (FG) decided against such a move. Deputy Dooley told