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Taoiseach Brian Cowen
# Pay
Ireland's 10 highest paid public servants
And they all earn more than Brian Cowen.
Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal released a list of the top 25 earners of the decade and it got us thinking.
Who are the best paid civil and public servants in Ireland? So we compiled a list from their respective annual reports. We’ve put their salaries together with the value of their known benefits and bonuses.
Perhaps the new McCarthy group will want to take a look at this.
1. Padraig McManus, CEO, ESB, €654,309
2. Declan Collier, CEO, Dublin Airport Authority, €568,100
3. John Corrigan, Head of NTMA, €500,000 + (Estimated as NTMA refuses to release salary details)
4. Brendan McDonagh, Head of NAMA, €500,000 + (Estimated as NAMA refuses to release salary details)
5. Mike Aynsley, CEO, Anglo Irish Bank, €500,000
6. Donal Connell, CEO, An Post €500,000
7. Cathal Magee, Chief Executive, HSE €415,000
8. Donal Byrne, CEO, Eirgrid, €407,000
9. John Mullins, CEO, Bord Gais, €394,000
10. Gabriel D’arcy CEO, Bord na Mona, €392,000
And what does poor old Taoiseach Brian Cowen earn? A measly €228,000 – not bad in comparison to his British counterpart David Cameron who’s only pulling in €169,500. There are sixty-six civil and public servants on higher pay than Cowen according to The Sunday Tribune.
