Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 June 2011
132 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance, following the controversy surrounding the severance package of the former FÁS chief executive, Rody Molloy, which was agreed by the previous Administration, the changes he has made to his Department’s guidelines on the exit packages of senior civil servants. [15267/11]
View answerAs regards the terms provided previously to Chief Executive Officers of non-commercial semi-State bodies, this Department's letter of 26 May 1998 giving delegated sanction to line Departments to apply the terms of that letter, including added years under certain conditions, was withdrawn on 4 February 2010.
A new Bill will be published shortly which will provide for a new pension accrual arrangement as part of the new single Public Service pension scheme. The new scheme does not make specific provision for any enhanced pension arrangements, such as added years, for new entrant senior Civil Service appointees. The scheme treats all such appointees in the same way, that is, their pension will accrue annually based on the pensionable salary for each individual year and will be aggregated to produce a pension on retirement. However, the Top-Level Appointments Committee (TLAC) terms, including added years, continue to apply to existing Secretaries General where appropriate.
