Housing and media ministers yet to enter plan to repay incorrect pension deductions

Some ministers must pay the State back up to €30,000 following administrative errors at the National Shared Services Office (NSSO) that resulted in the incorrect deduction of pension contributions.

Housing minister James Browne and media minister Patrick O’Donovan are the only two of 10 cabinet members who have yet to enter a payment plan to repay incorrect pension deductions.

While several ministers and their advisers did not respond to queries, 18 confirmed that they had either paid back money to the exchequer or have entered a payment plan.