Politicians' pay rise should be performance related: FG

Fine Gael is calling for pay increases to politicians, civil servants and judges to be made performance-related.

Fine Gael is calling for pay increases to politicians, civil servants and judges to be made performance-related.

The party said that such a system would make the State more efficient and save the tax payer money.

Yesterday, the Government announced that it is suspending its controversial pay increases for a year.

Fine Gael's Enterprise spokesperson Leo Varadkar said the move was no more than a cosmetic exercise.

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