35 retired civil servants enjoy €100,000-plus pensions

Pressure is mounting on the Government to cut payments to former senior civil servants with new figures showing 35 retirees are in receipt of gold-plated pensions in excess of €100,000.

The payments to high-earning former civil servants and ex-department secretary generals include annual sums of nearly €120,000 paid to five individuals.

The Cabinet agreed last week to postpone the introduction of a super tax on pensions of senior public servants who are soon to retire, allowing officials to stay in office for another year. However, new figures show dozens of already retired public officials are on six-figure sums, with some getting paid over three times the amount ordinary workers get for the average industrial wage.