Former Department of Media secretary general Katherine Licken left her role with a severance package of almost €220,000 when she retired in January.
The Department confirmed the figure in responses to parliamentary questions from Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy, Labour TD Alan Kelly and Independent TD Carol Nolan.
In a parliamentary response seen by RTÉ News, the Department confirmed the €219,240 severance package figure and said it was “a secretary general severance payment”.
The department said the payment was made “in accordance with the Top Level Appointments Committee retirement terms” which have applied to all new secretary general appointments since October 2011.
Ms Licken came to public prominence in recent weeks over the RTÉ payments controversy.
