On top of two State pensions....
Pays to do things in the Public Interest
In fairness, why should Dukes do it for nothing?. Would you?
No but I wouldn't have hired a retired politician to be chairman of a bank.
So who else would you have employed, a Irish banker?, an Irish Regualtor?. If you want anyone from abroad, he'd cost far more then Dukes is getting paid. Plus Dukes is an economist, he's known and worked in Brussels and is an ex Minister for Finance.
I'm not saying he's ideal, but he's a better fit then a lot of other politicians
Ross: “Did you interview the new board members? Did you even interview [the Fianna Fail fundraiser and 'protege' of Charlie Haughey] Aidan Eames?”
Dukes: “Eh, well… I’m not going to answer that question”.
Ross: Why not? Why not answer that question? How much are these people being paid? How much is the taxpayer paying them?
Dukes: You can look at our annual reports for this year when they come out, I don’t need to answer these questions.
Where did you get that from?Alan Dukes is allegedly meant to represent the consumer on Anglo.
I have no problem paying a chairman €1 million a year if he is the right guy. I have nothing against Dukes but he is not the first politician/senior civil servant to 'retire' on generous pensions and then suddenly end up in employment on State boards etc.
Where did you get that from?
As I understand it, like every other director of every other company and govt body, his sole responsibility is to the organisation itself, and he would be leaving himself exposed under the companies acts if he did acted in the public interest.He's the "public interest" director. ("Consumer" was possibly the wrong word, more like "citizen")
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