rustbucket
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Absolue disgrace! and the refusal of Maire Geoghan Quinn to comment on why she wont give hers back makes me sick.
The rich get rich (or stay rich) the poor get a lot poorer.
Heard one politician claimed his pension, if he gave it up, is only in the region of €50 to €60 and therefore would not be of much difference.
I heard Ivan Yates talk about it this morning on Newstalk. He basically said he didn't cause the mess and was legally entitled to his pension. The head of BOI was legally entitled to his pension. He then said that it would have been the same if he had worked for any multinational company in the private sector. Well actually Ivan it's not. If I resign tomorrow, my very generous company don't allow me to start drawing down on my pension while I go off and set up my own business.
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Politics is a hard job, if we want good people to get involved then we have to offer good pay and some sort of a safety net. The problem is they just get paid too much.
So the fact that we have had crap politicians to-date would suggest that we need to increase the benefits so as to get better TDs!
Politics is a hard job, if we want good people to get involved then we have to offer good pay and some sort of a safety net. The problem is they just get paid too much.
Lots of people have tough jobs. Look at all those people on contracts who don't get any pension entitlement
They get six figure salaries and expenses to compensate for the tough nature of their work and the risks they take in entering public life. They are among the highest paid politicians in the world. They should be like everyone else and be entitled to a pension when they reach retirement age.
Nobody whether they be a banker or politician should earn a six figure pension unless they funded it themselves.
Absolutely - they should have the same terms and conditions as any other public servant. Their pension should be payable at retirement age (soon to be 68?) and should be proportional to their years of service. None of this '3 year threshold' nonsense that inspires the Greens chair-shuffling antics. If you serve 1 year, you get 1/40th of a full pension etc etc.But I think it should only be given at 65 years of age.
Absolutely - they should have the same terms and conditions as any other public servant. Their pension should be payable at retirement age (soon to be 68?) and should be proportional to their years of service. None of this '3 year threshold' nonsense that inspires the Greens chair-shuffling antics. If you serve 1 year, you get 1/40th of a full pension etc etc.
It is crazy to be paying pensions to anyone before retirement age.
+1.lots of people have tough jobs. Look at all those people on contracts who don't get any pension entitlement
they get six figure salaries and expenses to compensate for the tough nature of their work and the risks they take in entering public life. They are among the highest paid politicians in the world. They should be like everyone else and be entitled to a pension when they reach retirement age.
Nobody whether they be a banker or politician should earn a six figure pension unless they funded it themselves.
a “transition allowance” he receives from the commission for three years after his retirement. This allowance is about €11,150 per month, or 55 per cent of his commissioner’s salary.Mr McCreevy also receives an annual ministerial pension of €74,746 and a €52,213 pension in respect of the 27 years he spent as a TD.