The Minister for Public Expenditure said that 10 serving Ministers who were overpaid have not yet agreed to a plan to repay the money. Last June, it came to light that 34 serving Ministers had received overpayments as a result of miscalculations made on their pension entitlements by the National Shared Services Office (NSSO). Of those, 32 owed money to the State ranging from hundreds of euro, to more than €30,000. Subsequently, in a follow-up examination, it was discovered that 39 former ministers had also been overpaid because of the same error. Mr Chambers said the situation with the former ministers had come to light later than that with serving Ministers.

Source: The Irish Times January 14, 2026 23:56 UTC