Friday 02 May 2014 14.56 Aer Lingus Chairman Colm Barrington has defended the track record of the airline's CEO Christoph Mueller, but said the board would "carefully consider" shareholders' concerns on the chief executive's pay package.
He said since Mr Mueller had joined Aer Lingus he had built a new business model which had delivered four years of operating profits totalling €236m.
He added that Aer Lingus shares were up three times and shareholders were now receiving a substantial dividend since the CEO joined.
Mr Barrington said that Mr Mueller's pay was "well below" the average for Irish publicly-listed companies.
He said the "retention of the CEO was critical for development" of the airline.
Vote on pay at Aer Lingus is to be put to a poll of shareholders after the AGM concludes.
Results of the poll are expected later today.
Mr Barrington's comments come after the Government said it would vote against the remuneration report at the annual general meeting.
However, RTÉ News has also learned that Ryanair will now vote in favour of the pay package for Mr Mueller.
Ryanair director Howard Millar also asked for a poll on the resolution to re-elect David Begg to the board of Aer Lingus.
The State holds a 25% stake in Aer Lingus and has expressed strong concerns to management about a 15% increase to the contribution to Mr Mueller's pension fund.
That increase would bring the total payment to €175,000.
Mr Mueller was awarded a total pay package of €1.5m last year.
The Department of Transport said the airline was facing a serious problem in its shared pension scheme with the Dublin Airport Authority.
Resolving that will involve significant reductions in benefits for members.
The department said it was "totally inappropriate" that the contribution to Mr Mueller's pension should rise.
However, it said the airline's performance under Mr Mueller and the management had been excellent. The vote is not binding.
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