Departmental Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 10 November 2010

Wednesday, 10 November 2010

Questions (226)

Róisín Shortall

Question:

263 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons in his Department who availed of the incentivised career break arrangements and the net savings to the Exchequer of the initiative. [42080/10]

Written answers

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Deputy Eamon Ryan)

A total of 7 staff members in my Department have availed of the 3-year incentivised career break scheme introduced in 2009. The net savings to the Exchequer of this initiative, over the three year period of the scheme, amount to €748,878.