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The Deputy is entitled to the money as new legislation had not been signed in when he stepped down from his role.
Previous ministers have declined to accept some of these payments.
That’s despite comments to the contrary from the Transport Minister. Leo Varadkar said he could “see strikes happening” before March.
The staff want a 2011 redundancy package to be honoured, and have threatened industrial action if they don’t receive “just severance”.
Former Labour minister Willie Penrose, and Fianna Fáil duo Dara Calleary and Billy Kelleher, received severance last year.
The former junior minister says she had instructed officials not to pay her any severance she may be entitled to.
The Dáil’s committee on members interests says TDs failed to honour their obligations by leaving their former council jobs out of their annual Register of Members’ Interests.
Ministers aren’t allowed to receive both – but Róisín Shortall isn’t entitled to one, so she is entitled to the other.
Government figures show that of the 28 county council managers who have retired since 2000, 19 were given gratuity payments.
Meanwhile, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has revealed that one civil servant has taken a voluntary pay cut of more than 50 per cent.