Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers has signed off on new wage levels for CEOs at Bus Éireann, ­Iarnród Éireann and Gas Networks Ireland.

Approval was given on October 8 to increase the salary for the chief executive of Bus Éireann from €210,000 to €260,000. Jean O’Sullivan took up the position on November 1.

The newly appointed CEO at ­Iarnród Éireann, Mary Considine, started on a €300,000 salary on September 15, up from €225,000.

The salary rise was sanctioned on August 1.

In addition, revised salary parameters for the €225,000-a-year role of the chief executive of Gas Networks Ireland have been rubber stamped.

A Department of Housing spokesperson said a competition was under way to appoint a new CEO, so the final salary was ”subject to that deliberate process”.

Since the pay

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