They currently earn €17,000 a year.
City and county councillors, including 40 in Co. Kildare, will get an €8,000 a year pay rise from the 1st of July.
Cabinet Ministers will be asked to approve implementation of the Moorhead report today, which recommends a 50 per cent pay rise.
They're currently paid just over €17,000 a year - but this will rise to 25,000 euro a year over the summer.
Independent TD and former councillor, Michael Fitzmaurice, believes the increase is justified.
Councillors set for €8,000 pay hikes by July https://t.co/XNrzO05a4L
— Irish Independent (@Independent_ie) May 18, 2021
Deputy Fitzmaurice says councillors deserve the pay rise.

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