Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 December 2011
45 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide the following details for all Secretaries General who have retired between January 2008 up to and including March 2012: the Department from which they retired; the date of retirement, name, age at retirement, gross lump sum received, gross special severance gratuity payment received and gross annual pension payment. [39776/11]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, my Department was established on 2 June 2011 and brings together functions from the former Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport, Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs and the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
The severance package paid to Mr Con Haugh, the outgoing Secretary General of the former Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports, on his retirement in May 2011 was as follows:
Retirement Lump Sum: €332,896
Annual Pension: €100,889
Severance Pay: €110,964
While the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs was renamed the Department of Children and Youth Affairs on 1st June 2011, legacy issues relating to the former Department were assigned to the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Accordingly, for completeness, I am again including in this reply details of the severance package paid to Mr Gerry Kearney, the outgoing Secretary General of the then Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, on his retirement in December 2009 as follows:
Retirement Lump Sum: €332,893
Annual Pension: €110,964
Severance Pay: €110,964
