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New MEPs Fitzgerald and Kelleher pick up thousands in Dáil pension payments

Two new MEPs have been paid nearly €225,000 in retirement lump-sums for their time in the Oirea...
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New MEPs Fitzgerald and Kelleher pick up thousands in Dáil pension payments

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Two new MEPs have been paid nearly €225,000 in retirement lump-sums for their time in the Oireachtas.

According to details released under the Freedom of Information Act, more than 400 former TDs and senators have also been paid nearly €8.1m in pension payments this year.

Fine Gael’s former Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald and Fianna Fáil TD Billy Kelleher were both elected to the European Parliament in May after long stints in the Dáil.

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Billy Kelleher File photo of Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher, 12-03-2019. Image: Sam Boal/RollingNews

According to the Houses of the Oireachtas, Billy Kelleher has received a tax-free pension payment of nearly €152,000.

For her time in the Oireachtas meanwhile, Frances Fitzgerald got a similar payment of nearly €73,000.

Both pensions were paid in a lump sum.

Meanwhile, 437 TDs and Senators have received €8.1m pension payments this year - an average of €18,500 each.

Former Taoisigh Bertie Ahern, Brian Cowen and John Bruton have got nearly €36,000 euro each so far this year.

You can find the full list of 2019 pension payments below.

Reporting from Eoghan Murphy

Lump sums:

Forename And Surname Pay Code Description Value SUM
Billy Kelleher Pension Lump Sum Tax Free €151,918.25
Ann Leonard Pension Lump Sum Tax Free €24,318.48
Fitzgerald Frances Pension Lump Sum Tax Free €72,946.68

2019 pensions:

Mildred Fox Basic Pay (pension) €14,261.04
Richard Conroy Basic Pay €8,991.84
Donal Carey Basic Pay €35,699.36
Proinsias De Rossa Basic Pay €26,276.96
Padraic Mc Cormack Basic Pay €34,384.08
Barbara Hussey Basic Pay €9,592.64
Margaret Doyle Basic Pay €14,635.36
Paschal Mooney Basic Pay €22,313.36
Avril Doyle Basic Pay €27,101.12
Nora Owen Basic Pay €29,358.88
Catherine Mc Guinness Basic Pay €8,182.00
Jim O Keeffe Basic Pay €33,166.40
Edward O Keeffe Basic Pay €33,147.36
Mary Hanafin Basic Pay €35,527.36
Maire Hoctor Basic Pay €13,787.20
Martin Mansergh Basic Pay €16,165.36
Brian Hillery Basic Pay €27,294.00
Nora Timmins Basic Pay €17,764.00
Margaret Cox Basic Pay €9,696.64
Michael Ahern Basic Pay €33,830.72
Mary Haughey Basic Pay €4,515.76
Tom Parlon Basic Pay €8,385.84
Michael Smith Basic Pay €35,527.36
Donal J Lydon Basic Pay €24,869.36
Gay Mitchell Basic Pay €35,555.36
Edward Bohan Basic Pay €21,760.69
Kathleen O Meara Basic Pay €12,365.20
Jimmy Leonard Basic Pay €34,384.08
Maire Ardagh Basic Pay €15,450.96
Dan Boyle Basic Pay €14,012.80
Joe O Toole Basic Pay €27,882.64
Pat Moylan Basic Pay €18,360.00
Mary Brennan Basic Pay €17,763.68
Ann Gallagher Basic Pay €3,826.00
Pat Mc Cartan Basic Pay €7,329.36
Michael Comiskey Basic Pay €5,526.08
Thomas Mc Ellistrim Basic Pay €13,702.24
Margaret O Quigley Basic Pay €5,427.84
John Perry Basic Pay €31,091.12
Margaret Conlon Basic Pay €4,504.32
Veda Blennerhassett Basic Pay €5,427.84
Paul Gogarty Basic Pay €11,251.04
John Murphy Basic Pay €14,012.00
Jackie Fahey Basic Pay €10,488.70
Tom Hayes Basic Pay €30,906.80
Michael O Kennedy Basic Pay €38,466.00
Hazel Lawlor Basic Pay €18,287.92
Tom Enright Basic Pay €34,384.08
Paul Bradford Basic Pay €31,963.84
Johnny Brady Basic Pay €26,848.56
Ulick Burke Basic Pay €29,943.92
Michael Finneran Basic Pay €33,263.52
Maura Lee West Basic Pay €7,460.80
John Horgan Basic Pay €18,829.36
Nora Hourigan Basic Pay €5,095.76
Mary A White Basic Pay €5,926.80
Liam T Cosgrave Basic Pay €24,046.32
Enda Bonner Basic Pay €5,662.00
John Browne Arrears Of Basic Pay (Retro) €0.00
Dan Kiely Basic Pay €19,840.96
James Gibbons Basic Pay €5,039.20
Vincent Brady Basic Pay €25,495.36
Nuala Rooney Basic Pay €17,586.08
Mary Upton Basic Pay €19,706.64
Trevor Sargent Basic Pay €30,786.96
Pat Rabbitte Basic Pay €32,885.28
Kathleen Mcentee Basic Pay €13,228.40
Liam Ahearn Basic Pay €18,634.48
Margaret Hilliard Basic Pay €17,133.44
Tom Morrissey Basic Pay €5,838.08
Martin Cullen Basic Pay €35,527.36
Kathleen Reynolds Basic Pay €17,763.68
Mary Cowen Basic Pay €17,764.00
Barbara Sweetman Fitzgerald Basic Pay €7,460.80
Tras Honan Basic Pay €4,824.72
Noreen Fitzgerald Basic Pay €13,322.64
Maureen Kenneally Basic Pay €15,720.88
Ciaran Murphy Basic Pay €16,276.16
Breeda Moynihan Cronin Basic Pay €28,520.40
Derek Mc Dowell Basic Pay €23,083.60
Sheila Terry Basic Pay €5,870.16
Seán Ryan Basic Pay €30,919.36
Muriel Booth Basic Pay €10,658.24
Joe Lee Basic Pay €5,274.48
Marian White Basic Pay €7,754.16
Liam Kavanagh Basic Pay €32,193.28
Richie Ryan Basic Pay €10,045.82
Hugh Byrne Basic Pay €23,092.80
Donie Cassidy Basic Pay €34,696.56
Ann Ormonde Basic Pay €22,682.00
Marianne Staunton Basic Pay €8,882.16
Aine Naughten Basic Pay €4,841.76
Maurice Cummins Basic Pay €16,673.52
Labhras O Murchu Basic Pay €20,898.16
Mona Hanafin Basic Pay €12,434.72
Rosaleen Harte Basic Pay €17,763.68
Marie Moloney Basic Pay €10,166.32
Phyllis Molloy Basic Pay €17,763.68
Tom Fleming Basic Pay €7,886.56
Fitzgerald Frances Basic Pay €8,020.16
Nancy Browne Basic Pay €9,605.80
Dinny Mc Ginley Basic Pay €32,200.56
Seamus Kirk Basic Pay €32,046.88
John Browne Basic Pay €34,144.56
Olivia Mitchell Basic Pay €29,906.88
Teresa Wyse Basic Pay €17,763.68
Carmel Leonard Basic Pay €6,031.04
Desmond O Malley Basic Pay €29,725.28
P J Sheehan Basic Pay €35,169.20
Eve Molony Basic Pay €8,615.76
Patricia Mitchell Basic Pay €19,308.96
Tras Honan Basic Pay €17,570.00
Pat Carey Basic Pay €25,210.56
John Gormley Basic Pay €21,709.20
Mary Harney Basic Pay €35,527.36
Veronica De Valera Basic Pay €23,684.88
Tom Moffatt Basic Pay €15,985.04
Ernie Caffrey Basic Pay €5,780.48
Mattie Brennan Basic Pay €35,210.56
John Gilroy Basic Pay €22,087.12
Lil Belton Basic Pay €16,697.92
Noel Treacy Basic Pay €31,661.20
John Kelly Basic Pay €22,313.36
Donal Ormonde Basic Pay €11,241.36
Kay Boland Basic Pay €17,115.28
Dermot Ahern Basic Pay €36,104.00
Susan Fox Basic Pay €16,698.56
Breeda Fallon Basic Pay €12,434.72
Thomas Meaney Snr Basic Pay €31,257.60
Paul Mc Grath Basic Pay €31,631.12
Brigid Hogan O Higgins Basic Pay €21,376.00
Brian Fleming Basic Pay €8,015.36
Christy O Sullivan Basic Pay €5,926.80
Ollie Wilkinson Basic Pay €9,026.40
Michael Collins Basic Pay €17,348.56
Dermot Fitzpatrick Basic Pay €27,771.60
Jim Glennon Basic Pay €18,584.48
Seamus Hughes Basic Pay €5,750.88
Sean Maloney Basic Pay €5,274.48
Michael Calnan Basic Pay €5,274.48
Niamh Bhreathnach Basic Pay €7,739.84
Jimmy Deenihan Basic Pay €31,190.56
Larry Butler Basic Pay €4,396.96
Brid Bean Ui Dholain Basic Pay €11,635.36
John Hanafin Basic Pay €11,032.00
Patricia Ryan Basic Pay €16,171.12
Frank Crowley Basic Pay €28,126.96
Ann Leonard Basic Pay €5,382.29
Evelyn O Donoghue Basic Pay €7,323.36
Barry Desmond Basic Pay €30,242.64
Gemma Hussey Basic Pay €21,316.64
Barry Andrews Basic Pay €13,960.72
Eugene Regan Basic Pay €4,196.72
Feargal Quinn Basic Pay €11,156.68
Barbara Prendergast Basic Pay €13,056.40
Anne Killilea Basic Pay €12,823.16
Anne Killilea Arrears Of Basic Pay (Retro) €1,831.88
Nancy Browne Arrears Of Basic Pay (Retro) €247.89
Margaret Barry Basic Pay €23,684.88
Eamon Gilmore Basic Pay €31,160.40
Michael J Cosgrave Basic Pay €35,210.56
Beverley Flynn Basic Pay €18,538.08
Arthur Morgan Basic Pay €14,767.20
Michael Mulcahy Basic Pay €21,460.32
John O Donoghue Basic Pay €35,527.36
Katharine Bulbulia Basic Pay €9,649.44
Phyllis Corish Basic Pay €20,644.24
Jarlath Mc Donagh Basic Pay €11,407.36
Eddie Wade Basic Pay €8,696.08
Andrew Boylan Basic Pay €27,792.88
Gerard Brady Basic Pay €27,278.96
Michael Lynch Arrears Of Basic Pay (Retro) €0.00
Peter Power Basic Pay €11,974.48
Aine Brady Basic Pay €6,281.36
Brendan Kenneally Basic Pay €35,166.16
Elizabeth Mcglinchey Basic Pay €12,434.72
Patrick Lee Basic Pay €5,126.24
Tony Mc Kenna Basic Pay €6,558.64
Ellen Ferris Basic Pay €19,299.60
Cathleen Tunney Basic Pay €15,982.32
Flor O Mahony Basic Pay €7,013.44
Sheila Callanan Basic Pay €7,580.08
Mae Sexton Basic Pay €8,385.84
Bernard Allen Basic Pay €32,751.76
Phil Prendergast Basic Pay €18,605.68
Toddy O Sullivan Basic Pay €27,891.92
Mary Colley Basic Pay €17,764.00
John Dennehy Basic Pay €31,386.16
Liz O Donnell Basic Pay €26,450.88
Maura Doherty Basic Pay €19,230.24
Eoin Ryan Basic Pay €32,588.00
Mary Henry Basic Pay €18,663.76
Mary Kelly Basic Pay €4,008.64
John Ellis Basic Pay €36,179.12
Eoghan Harris Basic Pay €4,358.56
Mervyn Taylor Basic Pay €24,184.00
Liam Twomey Basic Pay €24,883.44
Mary White Basic Pay €15,380.96
Anne Fitzsimons Basic Pay €8,182.32
Thomas Raftery Basic Pay €12,805.36
Ray Mac Sharry Basic Pay €29,929.60
Kieran Crotty Basic Pay €34,384.08
Sean Mc Carthy Basic Pay €18,496.48
Maura Kelly Basic Pay €6,416.90
Maura Kelly Arrears Of Basic Pay (Retro) €857.56
Michael Kitt Basic Pay €32,778.40
Alan Shatter Basic Pay €31,507.68
Myra Harte Basic Pay €12,291.60
Terry Brennan Basic Pay €5,581.36
Tom Kitt Basic Pay €27,935.76
Tony Killeen Basic Pay €26,807.68
Noel O Flynn Basic Pay €16,875.22
Margaret Blaney Basic Pay €4,878.88
Sean D Barrett Basic Pay €1,627.28
Mick Lanigan Basic Pay €25,796.88
Maurice Manning Basic Pay €25,793.68
Marian Mc Gennis Basic Pay €15,642.08
Denis Cregan Basic Pay €20,869.84
Chris Flood Basic Pay €25,549.76
Helen Keogh Basic Pay €19,547.84
John Browne Basic Pay €10,037.88
Mary Jackman Basic Pay €10,145.36
Patrick Kennedy Basic Pay €13,306.64
Abina O Sullivan Basic Pay €9,875.04
Rita Foley Basic Pay €6,892.64
Michael Woods Basic Pay €38,104.64
Brian Cowen Basic Pay €35,527.36
Conor Lenihan Basic Pay €21,173.68
Billy Timmins Basic Pay €29,521.68
Padraig Flynn Basic Pay €27,652.64
Roger Garland Basic Pay €5,759.84
Charles Mc Donald Basic Pay €31,296.48
John Stafford Basic Pay €9,643.92
Dorothy Clinton Basic Pay €16,426.72
Mary Barrett Basic Pay €15,550.72
Ann Brennan Basic Pay €17,764.00
Noreen Kett Basic Pay €11,722.64
Noel Coonan Basic Pay €21,466.80
Mary Wallace Basic Pay €32,148.00
Michael D Arcy Basic Pay €33,905.36
Edward Collins Basic Pay €7,104.03
Claire Martin Basic Pay €4,824.72
Joseph Mc Cartin Basic Pay €23,092.64
Doris Mannion Basic Pay €9,148.32
Anne Markey Basic Pay €6,289.44
G V Wright Basic Pay €35,524.96
Ellen Noonan Basic Pay €17,463.76
Hanna Foley Basic Pay €18,870.24
Joachim Loughrey Basic Pay €20,505.36
Michael Finucane Basic Pay €30,994.40
Joe Callanan Basic Pay €9,338.48
Joe Jacob Basic Pay €31,151.60
Moosajee Bhamjee Basic Pay €7,112.64
Brian Fitzgerald Basic Pay €7,566.96
John Mulvihill Basic Pay €7,566.96
Eamon Maloney Basic Pay €7,886.56
Francis O Brien Basic Pay €24,869.36
Ivor Callely Basic Pay €33,228.24
Seamus Cullimore Basic Pay €7,103.36
Michael Mullins Basic Pay €5,526.08
Bill Cotter Basic Pay €11,386.64
John Farrelly Basic Pay €33,478.88
Mary Robinson Basic Pay €24,869.36
John Donnellan Basic Pay €19,964.24
Margaret O Brien Basic Pay €16,865.76
Frances Oflynn Basic Pay €10,125.12
Billy Kelleher Basic Pay €8,303.77
Ita Fahey Arrears Of Basic Pay (Retro) €931.16
Joe Costello Basic Pay €32,889.76
Charlie Mc Creevy Basic Pay €35,527.36
Austin Currie Basic Pay €31,467.92
Fintan Coogan Basic Pay €13,263.36
Noel Dempsey Basic Pay €35,527.36
Bertie Ahern Basic Pay €35,527.36
John Moloney Basic Pay €29,436.48
Sean Kenny Basic Pay €15,026.32
Madeline Taylor Quinn Basic Pay €30,302.24
Robert Dowds Basic Pay €31,511.68
David Andrews Basic Pay €35,527.36
Rory O Hanlon Basic Pay €35,527.36
Mary O Rourke Basic Pay €36,262.64
Dick Roche Basic Pay €22,712.64
Gerard Reynolds Basic Pay €26,435.28
Daniel Neville Basic Pay €34,678.32
Emmet Stagg Basic Pay €36,269.12
Mary Mc Laughlin Basic Pay €14,210.96
Marian Harkin Basic Pay €28,724.96
Jack Wall Basic Pay €32,970.96
Mary Phelan Basic Pay €10,147.04
Mary Coughlan Basic Pay €31,855.84
Cecilia Keaveney Basic Pay €21,400.72
Margaret Coughlan Basic Pay €16,500.48
Eileen Lemass Basic Pay €15,508.00
Mary Flaherty Basic Pay €25,558.24
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn Basic Pay €30,198.00
Mary Keegan Basic Pay €8,793.04
Lorcan Allen Basic Pay €34,758.16
Kitty Power Basic Pay €16,202.56
Jim Higgins Basic Pay €30,854.64
Helena Mc Auliffe Ennis Basic Pay €10,520.00
Michael Brennan Basic Pay €5,838.08
Patrick Magner Basic Pay €13,934.80
Bill Cashin Basic Pay €5,245.68
Liam Hyland Basic Pay €30,730.72
Gerard Connolly Basic Pay €31,698.32
Michael Conaghan Basic Pay €7,886.56
Mary Naughten Basic Pay €14,525.44
Kathleen Lynch Basic Pay €25,779.12
James Bannon Basic Pay €21,466.80
Doris Calleary Basic Pay €17,544.64
Declan Bree Basic Pay €7,566.96
Fiona O Malley Basic Pay €9,235.76
Carmel Fitzpatrick Basic Pay €17,764.00
Brian Walsh Basic Pay €15,410.48
Denise Quinn Basic Pay €5,578.32
Denise Quinn Arrears Of Basic Pay (Retro) €278.92
Ita Fahey Basic Pay €11,102.30
Bridie Fitzgerald Basic Pay €11,893.44
Joseph Higgins Basic Pay €25,351.76
Olga Bennett Basic Pay €2,903.60
Myra Barry Basic Pay €15,508.32
Ita Wilson Basic Pay €17,544.64
John Cregan Basic Pay €24,222.24
Jimmy Devins Basic Pay €14,667.20
Liz Mc Manus Basic Pay €31,098.24
Eileen Lemass Basic Pay €14,558.88
Maire Cruise O Brien Basic Pay €8,098.80
Charlie O Connor Basic Pay €14,667.20
Brian Mullooly Basic Pay €19,276.88
Thomas Gildea Basic Pay €8,262.32
Mairin Quill Basic Pay €24,332.00
Ben Briscoe Basic Pay €36,968.40
Gerard Lynch Basic Pay €19,184.80
Thomas Hussey Basic Pay €29,088.32
Sean Power Basic Pay €17,638.40
Michael Kennedy Basic Pay €6,281.36
Gerard Murphy Basic Pay €9,228.48
Dan Wallace Basic Pay €33,613.76
James Mc Daid Basic Pay €28,590.64
Cyprian Brady Basic Pay €30,044.56
Marie Walsh Basic Pay €17,763.68
James Fitzsimons Basic Pay €17,231.36
Tom O Donnell Basic Pay €27,241.60
Mary O Leary Basic Pay €14,798.24
Elizabeth Conlan Basic Pay €17,763.68
Liam Aylward Basic Pay €31,507.28
Josephine Nealon Basic Pay €14,208.56
Kathleen Carty Basic Pay €6,391.44
Edward Bohan Arrears Of Basic Pay (Retro) €0.00
Liam Fitzgerald Basic Pay €28,316.72
Brendan Ryan Basic Pay €25,905.36
Tony Dempsey Basic Pay €9,338.64
Sile De Valera Basic Pay €35,527.36
Eamon Walsh Basic Pay €7,566.96
Sally Crowley Basic Pay €14,033.60
Cathy Honan Basic Pay €4,219.60
Gerard Collins Basic Pay €35,527.36
Eric Byrne Basic Pay €18,039.36
Martin Brady Basic Pay €22,350.16
Eileen Butler Basic Pay €8,082.56
Angela Mc Quillan Basic Pay €17,586.08
Madeleine Creed Basic Pay €17,763.68
Teresa Blowick Basic Pay €16,877.28
Bridie Kitt Basic Pay €17,921.36
Denis Landy Basic Pay €11,046.16
Daisy Fitzpatrick Basic Pay €15,986.64
Michael Keating Basic Pay €21,262.80
Eleanor Begley Basic Pay €17,764.00
Hugh Byrne Basic Pay €32,469.28
George Birmingham Basic Pay €13,785.36
Susan Mathews Basic Pay €3,943.28
Jim Walsh Basic Pay €22,008.64
Feargal Quinn Arrears Of Basic Pay (Retro) €0.00
Carmencita Hederman Basic Pay €4,051.12
Alan Dukes Basic Pay €30,345.44
Dick Spring Basic Pay €35,527.36
Paul Connaughton Snr Basic Pay €32,556.48
Peter Kelly Basic Pay €118.28
Brigid Hogan O Higgins Basic Pay €30,973.76
Patricia Mc Hugh Basic Pay €4,824.72
Cait Keane Basic Pay €5,581.36
Eileen Dunne Basic Pay €14,210.96
Sheila Cronin Basic Pay €14,210.96
John Connor Basic Pay €31,267.12
Louis J Belton Basic Pay €22,635.28
Frank Chambers Basic Pay €6,417.68
Therese Ridge Basic Pay €5,780.48
Brian Fennell Basic Pay €10,176.40
Michael Lynch Basic Pay €7,538.80
Brian O Shea Basic Pay €28,180.96
Deirdre Power Basic Pay €17,638.40
Batt O Keeffe Basic Pay €25,294.64
Matthew J Nolan Basic Pay €36,488.08
Maureen Fitzpatrick Basic Pay €3,174.08
Frank Fahey Basic Pay €36,608.64
Ruairi Quinn Basic Pay €30,847.12
Laurence Kelly Basic Pay €4,607.84
Dorothy Clinton Arrears Of Basic Pay (Retro) €13.20
Brendan Daly Basic Pay €28,272.64
John Minihan Basic Pay €5,838.08
Noel Ahern Basic Pay €30,631.36
Paddy O Toole Basic Pay €24,869.36
Bernadette Andrews Basic Pay €8,616.00
Jimmy Harte Basic Pay €9,854.56
Patricia French Basic Pay €13,322.80
Jerry Cowley Basic Pay €8,385.84
Paddy Mc Hugh Basic Pay €8,713.20
Donal Moynihan Basic Pay €36,645.68
Paudge Connolly Basic Pay €32,691.84
Noreen Burke Basic Pay €17,764.00
John Bruton Basic Pay €35,782.00
James Breen Basic Pay €8,547.68
Anne Marie Davern Basic Pay €11,693.35
Anne Marie Davern Arrears Of Basic Pay (Retro) €0.00
John Dardis Basic Pay €25,256.16
Tim O Malley Basic Pay €8,385.84
Jim Townsend Basic Pay €5,245.68
Ray Burke Basic Pay €35,527.36
Michael Colreavy Basic Pay €2,240.32
Geraldine Feeney Basic Pay €10,266.64
Camillus Glynn Basic Pay €18,297.36
Patrick Byrne Basic Pay €23,092.80
Joan Costello Basic Pay €19,540.00
Joanna Tuffy Basic Pay €26,195.92
Johanna Hayes Basic Pay €5,933.44
Kathleen Deasy Basic Pay €16,627.36
Robert Barnes Basic Pay €14,558.32
Ivan Yates Basic Pay €29,980.40
Mary Teresa Morley Basic Pay €17,203.12
Kathleen O Sullivan Basic Pay €14,921.52
Brendan Griffin Basic Pay €25,194.40
Fidelma Mannion Basic Pay €19,964.24
Patrick Cooney Basic Pay €35,527.36
Hugh Conaghan Basic Pay €21,316.40
D'Arcy Jim Basic Pay €2,130.48
Eamonn Coghlan Basic Pay €5,508.00

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