to €140,000, while Green Party Minister of State for Agriculture Pippa Hackett will be paid €123,186.Show on Newstalk, said the changes were introduced because “we have a number of Ministers of State around the Cabinet table that would be paid differently, and we were looking to get to a point where if they were all doing the same work, they’d be paid the same”
“But all that being said, I do accept this is causing a great annoyance and anger for some who are listening to this.” In relation to the Government’s decision to cut the rate of VAT from 23 per cent to 21 per cent for a six-month period, Mr Donohoe said that for retailers “who are very profitable, or are at all profitable, or are at all profitable, I absolutely want this VAT reduction to be passed on.”
But I do know there are many other retailers at the moment who are struggling, and if they have a choice between implementing a price cut and then finding the viability of their business is affected or they can’t continue to employ somebody,” he said. In those instances, he said he expected that some retailers will use the VAT reduction to maintain employment.
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