Departmental Staff

Wednesday, 6 March 2024

Questions (52)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

52. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of exit and or severance and or redundancy packages granted by his Department, and bodies under his 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 he will provide the amount of same, body, name and year. [11025/24]

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Minister for Transport

The only exit packages agreed by my Department under the terms of severance / redundancy schemes since 2019 were paid to 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 guidance issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I can confirm that no exit or redundancy packages of €200,000 and above were granted by my Department in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024.

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.

Information requested by the Deputy for the period 2019 to 2024 YTD is outlined in tabular form below.

Department of Transport
Year	Agency	Number of Exit/Severance/Redundancy packages paid to staff	Total amount of each Package = or more than €200k*	Name
2019 & 2020*	daa plc	99	€31.71m	Voluntary Severance 2012 & 2020 Scheme and Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme
2021	daa plc	54	€20.09m	Voluntary Severance Scheme and Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme
2022	daa plc	13	€4.70m	Voluntary Severance Scheme and Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme
2023	The Shannon Airport Group	2	€0.498m	Voluntary Severance Scheme
2019,2020,2023*	Dublin Port Company	7	€1.759m	Redundancy/Exit package

Department of Transport
Year	Agency	Number of Exit/Severance/Redundancy packages paid to staff	Total amount of each Package = or more than €200k*	Name
2019 & 2020*	daa plc	99	€31.71m	Voluntary Severance 2012 & 2020 Scheme and Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme
2021	daa plc	54	€20.09m	Voluntary Severance Scheme and Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme
2022	daa plc	13	€4.70m	Voluntary Severance Scheme and Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme
2023	The Shannon Airport Group	2	€0.498m	Voluntary Severance Scheme
2019,2020,2023*	Dublin Port Company	7	€1.759m	Redundancy/Exit package

* As outlined above due to GDPR implications, my Department is unable to provide an individual breakdown of this information

Information in relation to Iarnród Éireann is currently unavailable and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.