29 people working at Irish Water are on salaries worth more than €100,000.

Further details of wages and bonuses at the utility company have been released by the Department of the Environment.

These figures have been released following a question submitted by Labour TD Kevin Humphreys.

They show 29 staff at Irish Water could earn bonuses of up to 15% of their salary.

27 staff are paid car allowances worth over €10,000 a year to use their own cars.

The figures show 29 staff at the state-owned utility are on salaries of over €100,000 a year.

Managing director John Tierney also ran up costs of €10,000 on his company credit card in 2013.

The government's written to Mr Tierney for an explanation on what targets staff must meet in order to qualify for a bonus.