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162 Mr. Fleming asked the Minister for Health and Children the details of all severance payments, statutory redundancy payments, payments for untaken leave and minimum notice payments made to all ministerial personal staff, programme managers, special advisers, personal assistants, personal secretaries and civilian drivers arising from the change of Government in 1997. [7929/98]
163 Mr. Fleming asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of days of untaken leave for all ministerial personal staff, programme managers, special advisers, personal assistants, personal secretaries and civilian drivers arising from the change of Government in 1997; the contractual obligations on these staff for the keeping of leave sheets; if leave sheets were kept in accordance with their contracts; if the staff complied with the usual Civil Service conditions regarding the granting of annual leave and the making of returns of annual leave taken; and, if not, the way in which untaken leave was verified in each case. [7943/98]
164 Mr. Fleming asked the Minister for Health and Children the details of all severance payments, statutory redundancy payments, payments for untaken leave and minimum notice payments made to any ministerial programme managers, special advisers, personal assistants, personal secretaries and civilian drivers who resigned before the change of Government in 1997; if these payments were provided for in their contracts or were legally claimable; and, if not, the reasons the payments were made. [7957/98]
165 Mr. Fleming asked the Minister for Health and Children if any ministerial programme managers, special advisers, personal assistants, personal secretaries and civilian drivers received severance, statutory redundancy, untaken leave or minimum notice payments in 1994 arising from the change of Government; and if they also received similar payments in 1997 arising either from their resignation or from the change of Government. [7971/98]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 162 to 165, inclusive, together.
The statistical information requested by the Deputy is listed in the table below. The monitoring of annual leave of the previous Administration's ministerial staff was handled directly by the Minister and Ministers of State and any claims for untaken annual leave were verified by the Ministers in question. Two persons working as part-time personal secretaries to one of the Ministers of State resigned before the change of Government in 1997. No payments as described in the question were made to either person. No ministerial staff member who received payments in 1994 arising from the change of Government also received payments in 1997.
|
Severance Pay |
Redundancy Pay |
*Minimum Notice |
*Untaken Leave |
Number of days Leave |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
||
|
Minister Noonan |
|||||
|
Programme Manager** |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
1,374.91 |
37.5 |
|
Special Adviser |
Nil |
Nil |
1,360.41 |
1,943.44 |
20.0 |
|
Personal Assistant |
3,920.33 |
600.00 |
901.57 |
1,931.94 |
30.0 |
|
Personal Secretary |
2,784.90 |
868.29 |
578.88 |
1,045.39 |
25.5 |
|
Minister Currie |
|||||
|
Special Adviser** |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Personal Assistant |
Nil |
3,059.00 |
745.65 |
346.19 |
6.5 |
|
Personal Secretary (J/S) |
1,043.60 |
Nil |
120.00 |
72.00 |
3.0 |
|
Personal Secretary (J/S) |
Nil |
347.16 |
231.44 |
162.01 |
7.0 |
|
Driver (J/S) |
2,642.24 |
788.79 |
525.86 |
2,366.36 |
22.5 |
|
Driver (J/S) |
2,544.30 |
788.79 |
525.86 |
2,287.50 |
21.75 |
|
Minister O'Shea |
|||||
|
Special Adviser** |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Personal Assistant |
3,163.80 |
997.03 |
398.82 |
580.48 |
5.0 |
|
Personal Secretary |
Nil |
Nil |
605.86 |
545.27 |
9.0 |
|
Driver (J/S) |
4,607.37 |
1,314.65 |
525.86 |
2,366.36 |
22.0 |
|
Driver (J/S) |
4,607.37 |
1,314.65 |
525.86 |
2,366.36 |
22.5 |
