Ireland paid nearly €500,000 in exit packages to former Taoiseach Varadkar’s staff after his resignation in late 2024.

In late 2024, the Department of the Taoiseach made exit payments totaling nearly €500,000 to former ministerial staff, including political advisers, following the resignation of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. The payments, which included statutory redundancy and severance, were processed by the National Shared Services Office and confirmed in the 2024 Appropriation Account. All disbursements followed public expenditure guidelines and were audited. The move was part of a broader office restructuring, though specific details on recipients or timing were not released.