Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 March 2024
50. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport 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 his Department, or in any agency or body under the aegis of his Department, from 2018 to date; the value of each and the total value, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10996/24]
View answerI can confirm to the Deputy that the redundancy / exit packages paid to staff or personnel in my Department from 2018 were issued under the terms of severance / redundancy schemes for Ministerial Personal Staff whose appointments were co-terminous with the relevant Minister / Minister of State. The calculation of severance payments to Ministerial Personal Staff were made in accordance with the guidance issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Redundancy payments were calculated in accordance with statutory redundancy arrangements. Details of the relevant payments issued are as follows:
|
Year |
Number of Redundancies/Exit Packages paid to staff |
Total Value |
|
2020 |
5 |
€117,379 |
My Department currently has 19 agencies under its aegis, of which there are 12 commercial and 7 non-commercial agencies.
The Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies 2016 outlines the disclosure requirements for inclusion within the agencies Annual Reports and Financial Statements. These disclosures by the agencies include termination/severance payments and agreements which come to an aggregate value of €1,000 for each reporting period.
4 employees across 3 Transport agencies availed of voluntary redundancy and severance schemes outside of the table below, however, the number of individuals involved means that this information cannot be provided as to do so would infringe on the right of the individuals under General Data Protection Regulations. The cumulative value of these packages was €513,529.
Information requested by the Deputy for the period 2018 to date is outlined in tabular form below.
|
Year |
Agency |
Number of Redundancies/Exit Packages paid to staff |
Value of each Redundancy/Exit Package* |
Total Value |
|
2019 |
daa plc |
Voluntary Severance Scheme 14 employees |
- |
€1.50m |
|
2020 |
daa plc |
Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme 217 employees |
- |
€64.20m |
|
2020 |
daa plc |
Voluntary Severance Scheme 542 employees |
- |
€34.70m |
|
2018 |
The Shannon Airport Group |
Voluntary Severance Scheme VER 27 employees |
- |
€2.50m |
|
2020 |
The Shannon Airport Group |
Voluntary Severance Scheme VER 47 employees |
|
€4.30m |
|
Irish Aviation Authority |
31 May 2021 |
VER/VSS 9 employees |
- |
€1.40m |
|
2019 & 2020 |
Dublin Port company |
Voluntary Redundancy Programme 26 employees |
- |
€4.01m |
|
2018 to date |
Bus Éireann |
Redundancy exit packages 123 employees |
- |
€9.23m |
|
2018 to date |
CIÉ Group |
Redundancy exit packages 9 employees |
- |
€0.60m |
Information in relation to Iarnród Éireann is currently unavailable and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.
