Sinn Fein is demanding to know why a senior civil servant at the Department of Health is to receive a 38 percent pay rise.
Robert Watt is taking on the Secretary General role on an interim basis while the recruitment process takes place.
Once that is completed, the salary will increase from 211,000 euro to 292,000 euro.
Sinn Féin's Mairead Farrell says it is wrong given the crisis we are in and the number of people unemployed across the country
Local TD Helps Gardaí To Remove Knife From A Distressed Man's Possession Near Leinster House
Wicklow Wexford Fine Gael TD steps in help dislodge a knife from the possession of a man who appeared distressed on Kildare street in Dublin this week
Fire Crews Successfully Battle Major Gorse Fire In Glencree National Park Overnight
Garda Renew Appeal For Info On Paul 'Frank' Byrne Found Murdered In Blessington
Nearly 1,000 Wicklow Children in Oversized Primary School Classes, TD Reveals
Malcolm Byrne calls for urgent teacher recruitment as figures show 984 pupils in classes of 30 or more across the county
Uisce Éireann Warning As Six-Week Hosepipe Ban Takes In Stretches Along The N11 In Wicklow
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