TD and ministerial salaries

The basic starting salary of a Dáil deputy is €95,363 per annum as of June 1st.

The basic starting salary of a Dáil deputy is €95,363 per annum as of June 1st.

This is in addition to a range of allowances a TD is entitled to, including travel and attendance expenses, which total approximately €65,000 a year.

TDs with more than seven years' service will earn 98,407, while those with more than 10 years' service will earn €101,446.

From June 1st, the Taoiseach's salary increased to €271,822, the Tánaiste's to €233,503. A Minister now earns 214,344.

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A Junior Minister will earn 147,284. The Ceann Comhairle will also be paid a Cabinet Minister's salary.

After this year's election, 91 out of the 166 TDs in the new Dáil will have at least 10 years' service.

Termination Payments

3 years' service ... 1 payment at 75% of salary

4 years' service ... 2 payments at 75% of salary

5 years' service ... 3 payments at 75% of salary

6 years' service ... 4 payments at 75% of salary

7 years' service ... 5 payments at 75% of salary

8 years' service ... 6 payments at 75% of salary

9 years' service ... 6 payments at 75% of salary plus 1 payment at 50%

10 years' service ... 6 payments at75% of salary plus 2 payments at 50%

11 years' service ... 6 payments at 75% of salary plus 3 payments at 50%

12 years' service ... 6 payments at 75% of salary plus 4 payments at 50%

13 years' service ... 6 payments at 75% of salary plus 5 payments at 50%

14 years' service ... 6 payments at 75% of salary plus 6 payments at 50%

TDs who lost their seats

Martin Brady FF Dublin North East 10 years

Joe Callanan FF Galway East 5 years

Ivor Callely FF Dublin North Central 18 years

John Carty FF Mayo 5 years

Donie Cassidy FF Longford-Westmeath 5 years

John Dennehy FF Cork South Central 15 years

John Ellis FF Roscommon-South Leitrim 11 years

Cecilia Keaveney FF Donegal North East 11 years

Donal Moynihan FF Cork North West 20 years

Denis O'Donovan FF Cork South West 5 years

Michael Smith FF Tipperary North 29 years

Ollie Wilkinson FF Waterford 5 years

Gerard Murphy FG Cork North West 5 years

Dr Liam Twomey FG Wexford 5 years

Breda Cronin Moynihan LAB Kerry South 15 years

Michael McDowell PD Dublin South East 12 years

Liz O'Donnell PD Dublin South 15 years

Fiona O'Malley PD Dún Laoghaire 5 years

Tim O'Malley PD Limerick East 5 years

Tom Parlon PD Laois-Offaly 5 years

Mae Sexton PD Longford-Westmeath 5 years

Dan Boyle GP Cork South Central 5 years

Seán Crowe SF Dublin South West 5 years

James Breen IND Clare 5 years

Paudge Connolly IND Cavan-Monaghan 5 years

Dr Jerry Cowley IND Mayo 5 years

Séamus Healy IND Tipperary South 7 years

Paddy McHugh IND Galway East 5 years

Catherine Murphy IND Kildare North 2 years

Joe Higgins IND (SOC) Dublin West 10 years