Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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320. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of former Ministers that are in receipt of a Ministerial pension; the total cost of these pensions to the State; and the average annual pension payment to these former Ministers. [22169/14]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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There are currently 119 former Ministers in receipt of a Ministerial pension. The estimated cost to the Exchequer is  €3,723,643 with an average Ministerial pension of €31,291. The final audited figure for 2013 will be available when the relevant Finance Accounts are published in September 2014.