Jack Chambers, Government Chief Whip and Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs and Sport; Sinn Féin TD Padraig Mac Lochlainn
This morning/afternoon.
Via Irish Times:
The Cabinet has approved an increased allowance for the party whips including an increase from €10,000 to €19,000 for the Sinn Féin whip Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. Sources confirmed that the assistant Sinn Féin whip will receive an increase from €5,000 to €9,500.
The Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil whips will receive €10,000 while the Green Party, Solidarity, Labour and Social Democrats whips will receive a €6,000 allowance.
Sources have also confirmed that a new system of extra payments for the three “super junior” ministers sitting at the Cabinet table will commence on Tuesday. They will share €32,000 worth of allowances between them – rather than getting a €16,000 allowance each.
[Jack Chambers, Hildegarde Naughton and Pippa Hackett have ‘waived’ this increased allowance, according to a Government spokesperson]
Cabinet approves plans to increase pay for judiciary (Irish Times)
Meanwhile…
On the day that government announces pay increases for Junior Ministers and judges @fiannafailparty @FineGael @greenparty_ie still refuse to #PayStudentNursesandMidwives
— Mary Lou McDonald (@MaryLouMcDonald) December 8, 2020
Whip it back so.