Written answers

Tuesday, 24 February 2015

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Ministerial Pensions

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of the annual pension payments to former Ministers and taoisigh, following the Haddington Road agreement reductions, sorted by payment, high to low, including the recipient's name. [8077/15]

Photo of Brendan HowlinBrendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The following table contains the pension amounts payable to former Officeholders in 2014.

I would like to advise that, in certain cases, the pension amounts shown do not reflect the actual amount of pension in payment where an individual is 'gifting' all or part of their pension to the State, or where a pension is subject to certain provisions of the Family Law Acts.  It is the policy of my Department not to release personal information of that nature.

NamePension 2014 € p.a.
BERTIE AHERN80,810.86
BRIAN COWEN80,810.86
JOHN BRUTON72,908.94
MICHAEL MCDOWELL64,958.14
MARY HARNEY63,478.22
PETER BARRY57,576.82
DICK SPRING56,386.20
DESMOND O MALLEY56,059.64
JOHN O'DONOGHUE54,812.94
MARTIN CULLEN54,812.94
SEAN TREACY54,812.68
MICHAEL SMITH54,812.68
CHARLES JOHN MC CREEVY54,812.68
DERMOT AHERN54,570.62
MICHAEL WOODS53,733.42
MICHAEL L O KENNEDY53,268.54
RORY O'HANLON53,018.94
MARY O'ROURKE52,710.84
ALBERT REYNOLDS (RIP)52,133.05
JIM MC DAID50,411.14
ROBERT MOLLOY50,327.94
MAIRE GEOGHEGAN-QUINN49,508.68
MARY HANAFIN49,283.00
SEAMUS PATTISON49,241.40
NOEL DEMPSEY49,026.64
JOE WALSH (RIP)48,488.37
LIAM MAC COSGAIR47,299.98
BRENDAN DALY46,106.06
DAVID ANDREWS46,049.12
ALAN DUKES45,470.62
FRANK FAHEY43,444.44
RAY BURKE42,262.84
SILE DE VALERA42,212.30
PATRICK COONEY41,358.20
RAY MAC SHARRY41,135.38
PATRICK LALOR40,245.92
LIAM KAVANAGH40,113.84
MERVYN TAYLOR39,764.92
BATT O'KEEFFE38,883.52
BARRY DESMOND38,383.28
RICHIE RYAN37,697.14
TOM O DONNELL37,697.14
AUSTIN DEASY37,323.26
MICHAEL D HIGGINS36,906.48
GERARD COLLINS35,781.20
JOHN GORMLEY34,966.88
GEMMA HUSSEY34,757.84
NOEL TREACY33,704.58
NIAMH BHREATHNACH33,413.90
PADRAIG FLYNN33,292.74
TOM KITT32,619.26
MARTIN O DONOGHUE31,231.46
JOE JACOB30,390.88
RICHARD BURKE28,523.30
NORA OWEN28,254.20
IVAN YATES28,243.28
PADDY O TOOLE27,563.90
MARY WALLACE27,374.88
PROINSIAS DE ROSSA27,278.36
TONY KILLEEN26,071.50
PAT THE COPE GALLAGHER25,751.06
GER CONNOLLY25,582.96
SEAN CALLEARY24,164.14
TRAS HONAN23,674.30
PAT CAREY23,639.20
NOEL AHERN23,107.76
BRIAN MULLOOLY22,472.06
DAN WALLACE21,298.16
VINCENT BRADY21,200.40
NOEL DAVERN  (RIP)20,745.52
JIM O KEEFFE19,918.34
FERGUS O BRIEN19,918.34
LIZ O'DONNELL19,167.20
LIAM T COSGRAVE19,132.92
TOM MOFFATT18,803.46
HUGH BYRNE18,803.46
EDWARD COLLINS18,668.00
TIM O'MALLEY18,585.06
TOM PARLON18,585.06
JACKIE FAHY18,401.76
EAMON RYAN18,350.28
PAUL CONNAUGHTON18,037.50
GEORGE BIRMINGHAM18,037.50
LIAM AYLWARD17,706.02
CHRIS FLOOD17,645.94
THOMAS HUSSEY17,374.24
BRIAN O'SHEA17,298.06
RORY KIELY17,193.80
MICHAEL D'ARCY17,124.12
DONAL CREED17,124.12
EITHNE FITZGERALD16,982.94
SEAN HAUGHEY16,934.32
CONOR LENIHAN15,415.92
NED O'KEEFFE15,273.70
AVRIL DOYLE14,916.20
IVOR CALLELY14,879.02
TODDY O'SULLIVAN14,835.60
JOHN CURRAN14,757.34
PAT MOYLAN13,986.18
MARTIN MANSERGH13,113.88
MICHAEL FINNERAN13,113.88
TREVOR SARGENT12,687.74
AUSTIN CURRIE12,291.24
LIZ MCMANUS12,287.34
BERNARD ALLEN12,287.34
DONAL CAREY12,008.62
SEAN MC CARTHY11,803.22
LIAM HYLAND11,796.72
CHARLES MC DONALD11,770.46
LORCAN ALLEN11,644.36
DONIE CASSIDY11,466.52
THOMAS FITZPATRICK10,953.80
JOHN DONNELLON9,018.62
JIM HIGGINS8,730.38
SEÁN POWER8,535.54
DONNACHA Ó LIATHÁIN8,424.68
GAY MITCHELL 8,187.18
EOIN RYAN 5,909.28
JOHN RYAN (RIP)4,761.12 

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