City and county councillors are in line for a 47% pay rise in six weeks' time.
They're set to be paid €25,000 a year from the 1st of July - compared to €17,000 at the moment.
Cabinet ministers are expected to approve of the increase when they meet this morning.
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice says councillors deserve the pay rise.
"Over the last number of years, and I was on the council myself for a while, but a lot of councillors are full time now due to the demands of it.
"I do think that to keep people in it, to be quite frank about it, I think it [pay rises] needed to be done, and I've supported it all the way."
