The super super allowance.

It’s what Labour calls the ‘threshold of dignity’

Sinn Fein finance spokesman Pearse Doherty has criticised the payment of an allowance worth €17,205 to the two Ministers of State who are entitled to sit at the Cabinet table. So-called super junior Minister Jan O’Sullivan (top), who has responsibility for housing and planning, and Government Chief Whip Paul Kehoe (above), are entitled to the annual allowance