Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 October 2009
787 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of occasions on which his Department has sanctioned or applied for the payment of a pension top-up or discretionary payment on retirement to a staff member of the Department or any agency under its remit in each of the past three years; the amount paid in each case; the position vacated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34335/09]
View answerThere have been no occasions on which the Department has sanctioned or applied for the payment of a pension top-up or discretionary payment on retirement to a staff member of the Department or of any agency under its ambit in the years 2006 to 2008, inclusive.
788 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of staff who have been dismissed for misconduct, poor performance or failing to fulfil the terms of their contract from his Department in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34350/09]
View answerOver the past five years no civil servants in my Department have been dismissed for misconduct, poor performance or failing to fulfil the terms of their contract.
