Over €2.2 million paid to people sitting on interview panels for public jobs

More than €2.2 million was paid last year to people for sitting on interview panels for public jobs with one former semi-state employee earning more than €50,000.

Nearly two-thirds of all the payments, in total €1.44 million, were made to individuals that had retired from the civil service or the public sector.

A further €175,601 was paid to ex-employees of semi-state agencies while interview board members from the private sector received €627,987.

There was also a small payment of €3,150 to retired trade union members, according to data released by public jobs, which manages appointments across the public sector.

They said a total of €2,246,279 had been spent on fees last year which covered the cost of conducting 18,436 separate interviews with candidates.

For some retirees and private sector staff, serving on panels proved lucrative in 2023.

One retired semi-state worker was paid a total of €50,085 while a member of the private sector received €48,150.

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