Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 March 2024
23. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied). [11160/24]
View answerSet out below, in tabular form, is the information requested in respect of civil servants employed in my Department. A second table is provided in respect of staff employed locally in our overseas mission network.
The payments set out below were all reported in the relevant annual appropriation accounts, as is required.
There are no agencies under the aegis of my Department.
Table 1:
The following staff of the Department of Foreign Affairs received redundancy/severance packages in the period in question, which were authorised in line with the relevant DPENDR guidelines.
|
Role/Grade |
Amount Paid |
Year Paid |
Reason |
|
Civilian Driver |
€25,945.22 |
2018 |
Severance awarded to civilian driver when Minister appointed Tánaiste, and Garda drivers put in place |
|
Civilian Driver |
€25,945.22 |
2018 |
Severance awarded to civilian driver when Minister appointed Tánaiste, and Garda drivers put in place |
|
Special Adviser |
€66,311.00 |
2019 |
Severance awarded to Special Adviser to Tánaiste. |
|
Civilian Driver |
€12,592.17 |
2020 |
Severance awarded with change of MoS Diaspora & Development |
|
Civilian Driver |
€10,549.99 |
2020 |
Severance awarded with change of MoS Diaspora & Development |
|
Civilian Driver |
€17,029.29 |
2020 |
Severance awarded with change of MoS for Europe |
|
Special Adviser |
€19,498.99 |
2020 |
Severance awarded with change of MoS for Europe |
|
Civilian Driver |
€6,723.31 |
2022 |
Severance awarded with change of MoS for Europe |
My Department’s records confirm that with regard to Ministerial Staff, in 2016 a total of €125,233.00 was paid to 6 people and in 2017 a total of €45,436.00 was paid to 4 people.
There were no relevant payments in 2021, 2023 and to date in 2024.
Table 2:
This table includes information on severance and redundancy payments made to staff of the Department of Foreign Affairs recruited locally at overseas missions. Payments were made in line with local legislation, and are divided between the Vote 27 and Vote 28 of the Department.
|
- |
Vote 27: International Cooperation |
Vote 28: Foreign Affairs |
|
2016 |
Nil. |
Redundancy and Severance payments amounting to €26,143 was paid to one locally employed staff at an Embassy abroad. |
|
2017 |
Nil. |
Redundancy and Severance payments amounting to €50,668 was paid to two locally employed staff at Embassies abroad. |
|
2018 |
Nil. |
Nil. |
|
2019 |
Nil. |
Redundancy and Severance payments amounting to €28,870 was paid to two locally employed staff at Embassies abroad. |
|
2020 |
Redundancy and Severance payments amounting to €28,838 was paid to one locally employed staff at an Embassy abroad. |
Nil. |
|
2021 |
Nil. |
Nil. |
|
2022 |
Redundancy and Severance payments amounting to €4,267 was paid to one locally employed staff at an Embassy abroad. |
Nil. |
|
2023 |
Nil. |
Nil. |
|
2024 |
Nil to date. |
Nil to date. |
