The chief executive of the Rehab Group has defended her salary of 240,000 euro.

Angela Kerins says the sum is less than others in similar positions can earn in the semi-state sector - and that she is underpaid by roughly 24,000 euro.

However she's refused to discuss why her salary for 2013 is 6,000 euro higher than it was in 2010 - and defended the low profits made by its scratchchard lottery.

Our political correspondent Gavan Reilly reports.