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Tue 09 Sep 2008Payments to retiring ministers criticised
THE LARGE severance payments paid to retiring ministers, including a €68,000 sum to former taoiseach Bertie Ahern, does little for the credibility of politicians at a time they are calling for cutbacks, a senior member of the Opposition has contended.
Fine Gael enterprise spokesman Leo Varadkar yesterday questioned the practice of paying retiring ministers lump sums when they return to the backbenches.
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