{"id":14368,"date":"2025-11-12T13:16:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T13:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=14368"},"modified":"2025-11-12T13:16:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T13:16:27","slug":"minister-has-questions-to-answer-on-proposed-e1-million-exit-package-for-daa-chief-executive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/minister-has-questions-to-answer-on-proposed-e1-million-exit-package-for-daa-chief-executive\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister has questions to answer on proposed \u20ac1 million exit package for DAA chief executive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister for Transport must answer questions relating to a proposal by DAA to make an extravagant exit payment of almost \u20ac1 million to its chief executive, according to Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Whitmore, who is the party\u2019s transport spokesperson, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe eye-watering sum of money involved in this proposed exit package for Kenny Jacobs is deeply concerning. It is extraordinary that DAA should recommend a golden handshake of this scale when its CEO is less than three years into a seven-year term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is now within Minister Darragh O\u2019Brien\u2019s remit to either approve or reject the DAA\u2019s proposed deal. However, the minister first needs to explain how we have got to a point where this incredible sum of money has been put on the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also need to know why such a large exit package is being proposed in this instance when template contracts for CEOs of semi-State bodies provide for a three-month termination package. Has Mr Jacobs\u2019s contract deviated from this and, if so, is the minister aware of why it has been amended in this case?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the significant amount of money involved, this exit deal could have serious repercussions and set a precedent for other semi-State bodies if signed off by the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very important that the minister deals promptly with these questions and we don\u2019t see the issue kicked down the road \u2013 only to be quietly announced over the Christmas period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>November 12, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister for Transport must answer questions relating to a proposal by DAA to make an extravagant exit payment of almost \u20ac1 million to its chief executive, according to Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore. Deputy Whitmore, who is the party\u2019s transport spokesperson, said: \u201cThe eye-watering sum of money involved in this proposed exit package for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[780,268,7,547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daa","category-jennifer-whitmore","category-press-release","category-transport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Minister has questions to answer on proposed \u20ac1 million exit package for DAA chief executive - Social Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/minister-has-questions-to-answer-on-proposed-e1-million-exit-package-for-daa-chief-executive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minister has questions to answer on proposed \u20ac1 million exit package for DAA chief executive - Social Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Minister for Transport must answer questions relating to a proposal by DAA to make an extravagant exit payment of almost \u20ac1 million to its chief executive, according to Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore. 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