Civil servant to get €430,000 retirement deal

The top civil servant in the Department of Health is to step down in the coming months with a retirement package of over €430,000 and an annual pension of €107,000 per year.

Michael Scanlan, 56, was secretary general of the Department of Health for seven years. Under the terms of his contract, he will receive a lump sum of €323,385 and a severance gratuity of €107,795.

Mr Scanlan is not availing of the February deal whereby public servants retiring by the end of that month will have their pensions calculated based on their 2009 salary. He will retire in April.