The Tánaiste has confirmed that she is Alan Kelly's boss, after comments the Environment Minister made in a weekend interview.
The Environment Minister told the Sunday Independent that he was his own boss, saying he didn't see his relationship with Joan Burton that way.
Interviewer Niamh Horan asked Minister Kelly about his relationship with Minister Burton;
“But you have a boss,” he corrects. “That’s not the way we see our relationship. I mean she is the leader of the party and that’s a very privileged and great position to be in and I really respect her for that.”
“But she is your boss?” I ask again.
“Ah sure, in politics you are your own boss really.”
But this afternoon, Minister Burton was very clear when she was directly asked if she was Alan Kelly's boss;
The Tánaiste was also asked about Alan Kelly's comment that "Power is a drug, it suits me";
