Dessie Ellis
Question:221. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount former Minister Roisín Shortall TD was paid in severance when she stood down as Minister. [55629/12]
View answerTuesday, 11 December 2012
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Deputy Shortall is due severance payments totalling €6,526.95 for year of assessment 2012. Deputy Shortall has kindly indicated that she is gifting this payment to the Minister for Finance. The Deputy may wish to note that in the context of Budget 2013 I announced that legislation will be brought in to abolish these severance payments in the future.