Ministerial Pensions

[wexfordman]

Not sure if I heard this correctly. but on rte radio this morning ruari quinn mentioned that he receives 50 ministerial pension in addition to his current td salary. In fairness, his point was that this should not be paid as he is still a td, and earing a td salary.

How can this be logical, and how can practices like this ever come into place ? Where is the logic, in paying an emplyee a pension, in addition to their salary, when they are not even retired?

Fair enough, if they retire, then get a ministerial pension which is higher than that of a normal td, but how can it be justified that they get this pension, when they are still in receipt of a salary from the governemnt as a td ?

unless I am completely misunderstanding the thing altogether ?
Wexfordman

[crocked]

Not sure if I heard this correctly. but on rte radio this morning ruari quinn mentioned that he receives 50 ministerial pension in addition to his current td salary. In fairness, his point was that this should not be paid as he is still a td, and earing a td salary.

How can this be logical, and how can practices like this ever come into place ? Where is the logic, in paying an emplyee a pension, in addition to their salary, when they are not even retired?

Fair enough, if they retire, then get a ministerial pension which is higher than that of a normal td, but how can it be justified that they get this pension, when they are still in receipt of a salary from the governemnt as a td ?

unless I am completely misunderstanding the thing altogether ?
Wexfordman

thats the government for you, looking after themselves, they do such a good job they deserve it...

[jpc]

thats the government for you, looking after themselves, they do such a good job they deserve it...

At looking after themselves I take it?

[turdsl]

You heard it right, but you must know that they make the laws.

[euroboy]

TD and Ministerial pensions should only be paid when the TD reaches 65.

[euroboy]

If your waiting for Enda Kenny to move on the issue, dont bother.

Kenny said over the wknd that he hasnt heard any plans from DoF to reform Ministerial pensions. Why would he, it must come from the highest political level not some clerk in the DoF who in any case would be frightened of upsetting his elders.

FAS, Ministerial pensions, its suits FF but also FG to maintain the status quo.

[B.Smarter]

And it will not change but get worse as more and more are added to the list of recipients with the extra junior ministers whenn they lose office

[goosebump]

Interestingly, this arrangement was thereafter defended by a FF backbench TD called Albert Ahern, who referred to it as 'appropriate'.

Roll on Mahon.

[Elvis Parsley]

Its their patriotic duty to cripple the country

[louis bernard]

Interestingly, this arrangement was thereafter defended by a FF backbench TD called Albert Ahern, who referred to it as 'appropriate'.

Roll on Mahon.

Albert? Who’s Albert? The worthy you are referring to rejoices in the new testament name of Bartholomew.