Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 October 2008
373 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount that was granted in pensions in each of the past five years to individuals who retired early from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35642/08]
View answer374 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount that was spent in each of the past five years on staff who replaced those who took early retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35657/08]
View answer378 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff within his Department who have availed of early retirement schemes in each of the past three years; the breakdown of such by the grade and age of the staff who availed of the schemes; the breakdown of the reason for granting early retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35830/08]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 373, 374 and 378 together.
In 2006, one member of staff of my Department retired early under the terms of the Cost Neutral Early Retirement Scheme. No other officers have availed of early retirement within the last five years.
The Deputies will appreciate that, since we had only one individual availing of early retirement, to release any further information about that individual would be inappropriate, as it could clearly identify the officer concerned.
However, I would like to inform the Deputies that the grade at which the officer retired attracted the following salary:
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2006 |
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€80,408 |
€83,815 |
€87,202 |
€90,617 |
€93,493 |
€96,477 |
€99,457 |
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2007 |
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€82,016 |
€85,491 |
€88,946 |
€92,429 |
€95,363 |
€98,407 |
€101,446 |
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2008 |
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€86,168 |
€89,819 |
€93,449 |
€97,109 |
€100,191 |
€103,389 |
€106,582 |
The last two points on each of the scales listed above are long service increments, payable after three and six years' satisfactory service at the maximum of the scale.
