Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 March 2024
1550. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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 €100,000 and above but less that €200,000, by the amount and by each body in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024. [12351/24]
View answerRedundancy or severance payments in the Civil Service generally arise with respect to specific categories of employees, as determined by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (DPENDR) and approved by Government.
My Department was established in August 2020. Accordingly, there are no arrangements of the kind referred to in the Deputy's question to report on prior to that time with regard to the staff of my Department. The total amount paid by my Department in this regard was €326,212.41. These amounts have been aggregated.
The information requested in relation to the agencies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for each agency. The Department will request the relevant bodies to reply directly to the Deputy with the information requested in respect of their organisation.
|
Year |
Number of Severance Payments |
Number of Redundancy Payments |
|
2020 |
0 |
0 |
|
2021 |
1 |
1 |
|
2022 |
0 |
0 |
|
2023 |
4 |
2 |
|
2024 |
0 |
0 |
