Eight county managers get €5,700 in top-ups

New figures show eight already highly paid county managers receive annual “top-up” payments of €5,662 each due to their appointment to the State’s doomed regional authorities.

The payments have been confirmed by Environment Minister Phil Hogan, who said his department “has recently written to all local authorities requesting confirmation regarding their compliance with public pay policy”.

In a recent written Dáil response to Fine Gael deputy Simon Harris, Mr Hogan confirmed his department had written to all CEOs of agencies under his department’s remit, seeking the same compliance information.