GEOGHEGAN QUINN TO HOLD ON TO HER PENSIONS

Date Published: 14-Feb-2010

Newly installed European Commissioner and Galway native Máire Geoghegan-Quinn has refused to consider giving up her 100 thousand euro-plus state pension as a former minister and TD.

This is despite the fact that her latest Government-appointed role carries an annual salary of more than 238 thousand euro on top of her current pension payments.

In a terse response to the Sunday Tribune, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn declined to say if she would be willing to give up her Irish pension either permanently or until she fully retires, in light of the current economic downturn.

The former Galway West TD also refused to say if she would be willing to consider giving up a portion of her entitlements.