Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is €19,000. The early retirement scheme is due to run out at the end of 2016, so members will see it stepped down, just like the REP scheme is stepping down each year. We are making natural savings there, which is helpful given the fact that we must reduce budgets year after year. Hopefully, that will stop in the not too distant future and we will start increasing expenditure again, but for the moment, we must meet the targets set for us.