Kenny Pension Revelation Raises Major Issues – Kelleher

'Yep. That's right folks. I'm getting €100,000 plus €30,000 a year for a four year job I had 35 years ago. Lovely Jubbly'

Statement by Minister of State Billy Kelleher TD, Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Transport

“The revelation in the Sunday Business Post that Enda Kenny intends taking a €100,000 severance and €30,000 annual pension for a teaching job he did for only 4 years over 35 years ago raises major issues about what he has said during recent weeks.

“He has already admitting to having taken €1/4million in severance and pension while still a TD even though he has been campaigning against these payments but today’s revelation goes much further.

“Having refused to answer questions about his teaching pension for over a week he has now admitted that he deliberately deferred it in order to get a bigger payout. It now appears that he will get paid 3 pensions – TD, minister and teacher and that he will get the teaching pension for 34 years service even though he didn’t set foot in a classroom for 30 of those years.”