Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 March 2024
76. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 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. [10983/24]
View answerMy Department paid severance and redundancy to Ministerial Personal Staff and Ministerial Advisers on the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil under the terms laid out by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform and statutory entitlements under the Redundancy payments Acts 1967-2014.
Additionally, my Department paid severance and redundancy to Ministerial Personal Staff and Ministerial Advisers whose contracts were co-terminus with a Minister who resigned during the tenure of the current Government.
Details are included in the table below and in the interest of GDPR and to minimise individual identification, the information is provided by way of overall numbers and payment bands.
My Department has not sanctioned or paid any other exit packages or payments in addition to severance and redundancies outlined above.
|
Year |
No of Redundancies |
Range of payments € |
No of Severance |
Range of payments € |
|
2018 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3,467 – 10,160 |
|
2020 |
3 |
3,936 – 5,496 |
3 |
8,603 – 11,690 |
|
2023 |
2 |
9,120 – 10,716 |
2 |
15,515 – 16,280 |
|
2024 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Regarding the Agencies under the remit of my Department, my officials have reached out to the Agencies who are examining their records to respond to the specific details requested by the Deputy. My Department will provide a direct response to the Deputy on receipt of the information.
