Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 November 2016
374. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications that have been refused for injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts since 1995 within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35979/16]
View answerThe Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs was established on 9 June 2016. The Department has responsibility for all the matters that previously came within the remit of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, which was itself established on 2 June 2011, and in addition is also responsible for certain functions transferred from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and from the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.
I am informed that since the establishment of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in June 2011 there are no records of any applications from staff in my Department being refused for injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts. It should be noted that the decision to make such an award rests with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
