Retiring civil servants get ‘modest’ €87k plus €29k pension

Civil servants retiring this year have been given an average lump sum payment of €87,000 as well as an annual pension of €29,000, a figure described as “modest” by Minister for Public Expenditure Brendan Howlin.

A total of 1,424 people retired from the civil service before the end of February under an early retirement scheme.

The minister said it was a “myth” that their pension payments were “excessive” and that large pensions referred to in the media are not representative.