State agencies pay out tens of millions in severance packages since 2019

The figures were released to Social Democrat TD Catherine Murphy via a series of parliamentary questions, who said it was prompted by the recent scandal over severance payments to RTÉ personnel. File picture: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

Tens of millions of euro have been paid out in severance packages to departing workers at State agencies in recent years, new figures have shown.

Such packages ran into the millions for companies such as the DAA, Irish Rail, Nama and the Central Bank.