Michael Noonan reveals 240 Nama and NTMA staff paid over €100,000

The number of staff at the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) and National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) who were paid over €100,000 last year rose to 240 from some 223 in 2015.

New figures provided by Finance Minister Michael Noonan show there were 116 employees at Nama and 124 staff at the NTMA on salaries of over €100,000 at the end of last year.

According to the figures, the two highest-paid chiefs at Nama and the NTMA earned between €400,000 and €500,000 in 2016.