Figures show 30 former ministers on pensions over €100k

New figures show that the pensions of former ministers and Ceann Comhairle are costing the State almost €9m each year.

In a reply from the Minister for Public Expenditure to a parliamentary question submitted by Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams, it was revealed that 30 of the politicians have pensions of over €100,000 a year.