Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have provided a table which shows the pension amounts paid to former Ministers and Taoisigh in the last calendar year, 2014. All of the amounts shown are net of the public service pension reduction. In certain cases the pension amounts shown do not reflect the actual pension amount in payment where an individual is "gifting" all or part of his or her pension to the State, or where a pension is subject to certain provisions of the family law Acts.  It is not the policy of my Department to release personal information of that nature. I have the full list of payments to hand, but it is long and it would take up more time than I have available to read it. Would it be of assistance to read the top five names on the list?

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