Ten government ministers still do not have a repayment plan in place after they were overpaid following errors around their pension deductions.<\/p>\n
The revelation was this evening described as unacceptable by the Sinn F\u00e9in spokesperson on Finance, Pearse Doherty.<\/p>\n
It followed confirmation by Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers that there are still ten ministers who must put a plan in place to repay the money after overpayments came to light last year.<\/p>\n
Mr Chambers told the Oireachtas Finance Committee that these ministers are engaging with the National Shared Services Office.<\/p>\n
The Minister said that another 24 ministers have either received refunds or they have entered into repayment plans.<\/p>\n
“We have just learnt that ten ministers who were overpaid by as much as tens of thousands of euros are still not even in a repayment plan to reimburse Revenue,” said Mr Doherty.<\/p>\n
“These are people who are earning in excess of \u20ac200,000 and the same ministers that voted to leave workers and families worse off in this year’s budget.<\/p>\n
“It is unjustifiable for ministers to not be in a repayment plan. It is that simple,” he said.<\/p>\n