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"Mr O’Brien defended the pay deal when questioned by the Mail yesterday, insisting: ‘The chief executive of ESB is an exceptional person, manages a really exceptional organisation, and the pay scales set are through a very clear process that we have, and myself, in conjunction with Minister Jack Chambers, approved that increase because it takes into account the expertise that the chief executive himself has.’ ESB boss Paddy Hayes It comes as more than 320,000 households are in arrears on electricity bills."

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