25times the average worker's wage chief executives earned in the US in 1970
600times the average worker's wage chief executives earned in the US in 2000
360times the average worker's wage chief executives earned in the US in 2007
18percentage rise in the average wage of full-time directors
3percentage fall in the average wage of junior staff
14-20percentage gap between public and private sector chief executives
€650,000Amount the VHI is seeking to pay its next chief executive
51percentage raise awarded to Eamon Rothwell, chief executive of the Irish Continental Group, in 2006
24percentage raise awarded to Sir Anthony O'Reilly in 2006
€500,000approximate wage of Pádraig McManus, the chief executive of the ESB
€342,000approximate wage of the chief executives of An Post and the DAA
61percentage increase in Irish private- sector productivity between 1995 and 2005, according to the EU Klems productivity report
6Percentage decrease in Irish public-sector productivity between 1995 and 2005, according to the EU Klems productivity report