That's €260'759 plus whatever he gets for speeches, and the impending membership of the Ryanair board.
Madness.
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That's €260'759 plus whatever he gets for speeches, and the impending membership of the Ryanair board.
Madness.
Have a heart !
The guy bought a €1.5m property with a €1.6m mortgage, courtesy of Irish FingersWide. His negative equiuty can only have deteriorated!
Maybe we should have a Dig-out for him
Heard a bit of Joe Duffy show yesterday and a caller was saying that by using the word "gift" it back to the State instead of "give" it back to the State the recipients can save themselves a lot of tax - I didn't really understand it, perhaps someone here could explain this?
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I think, Dee, that it's viewed as a charitable donation, but I'm not completely sure.
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Need to bring in legislation to stop this rot. But then again, unlikely that any of the current lot will do it.
As above, sitting politicians are currently paid far too much in Ireland. The Taoiseach earns more than The President of the USA!
There is absolutely no need for the exorborant pensions system that they have at the moment. They are entitled to a public pension, but should only be entitled to one. Any others should be funded themselves out of their own money.
Public pension should works the same as any other. A percentage of your salary that you pay, followed by a percentage matched by your employer (capped so that the state is not contributing more than the public servant and capped to a maximum contribution of x amount per year!
The combination of some of their anual pension payments are more than what the majority of the country was earning in the boom time!
As above, sitting politicians are currently paid far too much in Ireland. The Taoiseach earns more than The President of the USA!
There is absolutely no need for the exorborant pensions system that they have at the moment. They are entitled to a public pension, but should only be entitled to one. Any others should be funded themselves out of their own money.
Public pension should works the same as any other. A percentage of your salary that you pay, followed by a percentage matched by your employer (capped so that the state is not contributing more than the public servant and capped to a maximum contribution of x amount per year!
The combination of some of their anual pension payments are more than what the majority of the country was earning in the boom time!