Treacy to give pension to charity

FIANNA FÁIL TD Noel Treacy is to give his ministerial pension to charity, but slammed the opposition for “hypocritically” piling pressure on him and others over the issue.

Mr Treacy, who earns €98,424 as a TD, told the Dáil yesterday he would surrender the pension, even though he could not afford to.

The pension was worth €24,000 to Mr Treacy last year, according to Department of Finance figures, although it would have been worth less this year because of a 25% cut imposed by the Government.