There have been a number of calls online from social media users for the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Simon Harris and Simon Coveney to all take pay cuts so as to show solidarity to the thousands who have and will lose their jobs due to coronavirus.
The calls come after New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces that she is to take a pay cut in an act of solidarity following the Covid-19 outbreak.
In an announcement Ardern confirmed that she and fellow ministers will cut their pay by a fifth over the next six months.
Ardern who said the pay cuts which is acknowledgement of the current situation will also be made by top public servants.
It now means Ardern who earns NZ$470,000 (€252,000) will reduce her pay to NZ$376,000 (€207,000).
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