Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 March 2024
168. 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 €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. [12360/24]
View answerThe 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, NDP Delivery and Reform. No exit or redundancy packages of €100,000 and above but less that €200,000 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 include Termination/Severance Payments and Agreements which come to an aggregate value of €10,000 for each reporting period.
Information requested by the Deputy for the period 2019 to 2024 YTD is outlined in tabular form below.
In addition, four employees across three Transport agencies, CIE, CIL and RSA, availed of voluntary redundancy and severance schemes, however, the number of individuals involved means that a breakdown of this information cannot be provided as to do so would infringe on the right of the individuals under General Data Protection Regulations. The total cost of these 4 exits was €499,785.
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Department of Transport agencies |
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Year |
Agency |
Number of Exit/Severance/ Redundancy packages paid to staff |
Total amount of each Package = or > €100k but less than €200k* |
Name of package |
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2019, 2020, 2021* |
Bus Éireann |
5 |
€0.7m |
Severance and redundancies |
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2019 |
Iarnród Éireann |
13 |
€1.56m |
Voluntary Severance |
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2020, 2021, 2022, 2023* |
Iarnród Éireann |
5 |
€0.57m |
Voluntary Severance |
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2019 |
Dublin Port Company |
8 |
€1.5m |
Voluntary Severance Programme |
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2020 |
Dublin Port Company |
3 |
€0.4m |
Voluntary Severance Programme |
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2021 |
Irish Aviation Authority |
6 |
€0.82m |
Voluntary Severance Scheme and Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme |
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2019, 2020* |
daa |
101 |
€14.7m |
Voluntary Severance Scheme and Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme |
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2021 |
daa |
32 |
€4.7m |
Voluntary Severance Scheme and Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme |
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2022 |
daa |
10 |
€1.5m |
Voluntary Severance Scheme and Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme |
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2019, 2020* |
The Shannon Airport Group |
27 |
€3.2m |
Voluntary Exit Scheme |
* As outlined above due to GDPR implications, my Department is unable to provide an individual breakdown of this information
