Alan Kelly
Question:4. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied). [11168/24]
View answerWednesday, 6 March 2024
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All lump sum payments to civil servants retiring from the Department of the Taoiseach are paid from Vote 12 Superannuation and Retired Allowances overseen by the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform subject to normal eligibility requirements. No discretionary exit payments have been made to staff in the Department.
Ministerial personal staff employed on temporary contracts are entitled to severance/ex-gratia payments, including statutory redundancy, when such contracts are terminated, which is mainly following a change of Government. The severance terms are set out by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform and are based on salary, aligned to civil service pay scales, and years’ service. All such severance/ex-gratia payments under these terms are calculated and paid out by the National Shared Services Office and set out each year in the Department’s Appropriation Account and published by the Comptroller and Auditor General - details set out in the table below. Details for the 2023 Appropriation Account are currently being finalised.
|
Year |
Total amount |
No. of people |
|
2016 |
€76,522 |
3 |
|
2017 |
€445,188 |
10 |
|
2018 |
€230,674 |
2 |
|
2019 |
€29,829 |
1 |
|
2020 |
€322,991 |
11 |
|
2021 |
€195,378 |
3 |
|
2022 |
€29,829 |
1 |