I propose to take Questions Nos. 32, 33 and 35 together.
Redundancy or severance payments in the Civil Service generally arise with respect to specific categories of employees, as determined by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (DPENDR) and approved by Government.
My Department had no payments in 2016 or 2017. In the period since 2018, the total amount paid by my Department in this regard was €325,357.27 in respect of severance payments and €23,136 in respect of redundancy payments. These amounts have been aggregated in order not to identify the amounts paid to any individual person.
The information requested in relation to the agencies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for each agency. The Department will request the relevant bodies to reply directly to the Deputy with the information requested in respect of their organisations.
Year
|
Number of Severance Payments
|
Number of Redundancy payments
|
2018
|
4
|
0
|
2019
|
0
|
0
|
2020
|
3
|
2
|
2021
|
0
|
0
|
2022
|
0
|
0
|
2023
|
1
|
0
|