Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 March 2024
105. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel at any level of seniority in her Department, or in any agency or body under the aegis of her Department, from 2018 to date; the value of each and the total value, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10995/24]
View answer106. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of exit and or severance and or redundancy packages granted by her Department, and bodies under her aegis, and of bodies he funds in full or in part, of €200,000 and above in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if she will provide the amount of same, body, name and year. [11024/24]
View answer107. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied). [11169/24]
View answerMy Department in its current configuration was established in September 2020 and the reply relates to the period from that date.
Redundancy or severance payments in the Civil Service generally arise with respect to specific categories of employees, as determined by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (DPENDR) and approved by Government. There was one severance payment and one redundancy payment made over that period in respect of my Department, as set out in the table below. The contractual entitlements arising were calculated in accordance with the rules as determined above. The payments did not arise out of settlement agreements outside the normal arrangements and the issue of separate sanction did not arise.
|
Year |
Number of Redundancy payments |
Number of Severance Payments |
Amount |
|
Year |
Number of Redundancy payments |
Number of Severance Payments |
Amount |
|
2024 |
|
1 |
€219,240.00 |
|
2023 |
1 |
|
€16,603.90 |
|
Total Value |
|
|
€235,843.90 |
For the bodies under the aegis of my Department, this is an operational matter for each body and my Department will request the relevant bodies to reply directly to the Deputies with the information requested in respect of their organisations. It should be noted that while my Department provides grant assistance to many organisations and programmes across the Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport & Media sectors, we do not have any operational role in those organisations.
