€7,065,176: The cost of dumping our outgoing government TDs

THE 42 OUTGOING TDs from Fianna Fáil and the Green Party who tried – and failed – to keep their seats in the Dáil will be comforted with payoffs worth over €7 million between them.

The TDs – 36 of whom were from Fianna Fáil, while all six outgoing Greens also lost their seats – will benefit from a combined first-year payoff of €7,065,176, according to figures compiled by TheJournal.ie.

http://www.thejournal.ie/government-pensions-fianna-fail-green-party-election-ireland-2011-03/

COUGHLAN’S GOLD-PLATED €225k PAY-OFF AND €104k PENSION PLAN

Mary Coughlan to get €225k pay-off AND €104k a year in pension payments

SHE may have been a loser in the election but outgoing Tanaiste Mary Coughlan is a winner in the money stakes.

An investigation into the the Frosses woman’s entitlements shows she will walk away with a massive financial package including a huge pension after her 24 years in the Dail.

In just five years time Coughlan, 45, will be able to pick up an incredible combined Ministerial and TD’s pension of €103,524 a year – for the rest of her life.

But that’s not the end of the gravy train for the former Agriculture and Education Minister.

She will also get a TAX-FREE pension lump sum of €147,636.

And under the termination of her Government status, the Fianna Fail politician will also get another €78,000 in various payments over the next year.

http://www.donegaldaily.com/2011/02/28/coughlans-gold-plated-e225k-pay-off-and-pension-plan-revealed/


Disgusting.

Who really won and lost this election, it certainly wasnt the Irish people.