Departmental Staff.

Wednesday, 12 October 2005

Ceisteanna (282)

Joan Burton

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355 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the bonus or merit payments awarded to senior officials and staff each year since 2000, detailing the management and staff category; the purpose and the amount of the award and the highest award made and to whom. [28394/05]

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Minister for Agriculture and Food (Mary Coughlan)

With effect from November 1998, the Minister for Finance sanctioned expenditure of not more than 0.2% of subhead A.1 — Salaries, Wages and Allowances, in respect of ex gratia payments or other awards to individual staff members or groups of staff by way of recognition for exceptional performance of duty. Awards under this provision can be made in the case of all grades below assistant secretary level. The following table gives a breakdown of the moneys paid under this scheme in the years 2000 to 2004.

Civil Service posts at the levels of assistant secretary and deputy secretary are covered by a scheme of performance related awards. The operation of the scheme is overseen by the committee for performance awards. The funding for awards is based on 10% of the payroll for the posts covered by the scheme. Within this overall limit, payments of up to 20% can be made to individuals. Details of the procedures, the numbers covered by the scheme, the range of awards and the total amounts paid in Departments are outlined in the annual reports of the committee, available on the Department of Finance website. The committee does not identify the amount paid to individuals as this is regarded as personal information.

Prior to the introduction of the revised scheme in 2002, there was a scheme for assistant secretaries based on 4% of the pay bill for the group of assistant secretaries. In my Department a total of £27,000 was paid under this scheme in 2000 and £28,550 in 2001.

Merit Awards 2000-2004: Individual Awards by Grade showing Total by Grade and Highest Award by Grade

Grade	2000 Total	2000 Highest	2001 Total	2001 Highest	2002 Total	2002 Highest	2002F&M Total*	2002F&M Highest*	2003 Total	2003 Highest	2004 Total	2004 Highest
			€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€
A/DS											495	495
A/SAO											495	495
AAI	2,204	652	3,900	1,500	3,215	875			3,575	520	6,295	1,000
AI	4,084	652	3,910	800	5,275	720			5,305	1,300	9,400	2,000
AO			300	300					600	600	900	450
AP	9,200	1,000	5,370	550	13,330	2,800			5,995	1,000	6,750	1,000
Area Supt	400	400	1,810	605	1,290	445			1,845	600	5,100	1,400
Assistant Librarian					1,000	1,000
Cleaner	1,260	60			445	445
CO	23,070	500	18,080	600	37,696	600			27,606	700	29,865	750
Dairy Inspector			3,000	1,000
Dairy Produce Officer			500	500	875	875					1,000	1,000
DCVO							35,900	15,200
Deputy Chief Inspector									1,500	1,500
DDVRL							2,550	2,550
Director VRL					445	445	2,550	2,550
DS	5,808	750	9,790	1,000	12,415	1,000			7,360	600	4,485	1,250
EO	17,115	750	12,645	700	17,050	600			16,308	600	22,135	600
Farm Manager			490	490
Farm Operative			490	490
General Operative			300	300	500	500
Head Lab. Attendant					470	470
HEO	13,715	1,500	8,390	1,500	12,580	600			14,427	700	13,475	900
House Superintendant											2,000	2,000
Inspector			3,600	600
Inspector Grade 2	3,508	652			595	445			520	520	495	495
Inspector Grade 3									520	520	1,000	1,000
Lab Tech	750	750	4,640	850	4,430	470			1,800	600
Lab. Attendant	3,750	750			1,610	470					500	500
Librarian	750	750			1,000	1,000					750	750
Machinery Attendant			500	500
PO	6,450	750	4,555	1,000	500	500			6,500	1,500	1,650	550
Professional Accountant Gr 1					500	500					500	250
Regional Insp			600	600
Research Officer			1,830	850	470	470
RHEO	750	325									600	600
S. Supt Surveyor			1,505	1,505
S.R.O.					2,820	470
S.S.R.O.					940	470	15,237	15,237
SAO	8,882	750	9,190	1,000	16,260	1,500			8,230	600	10,955	1,250
Senior Dairy Produce Officer											1,000	1,000
Senior Lab. Technician	3,750	750			3,290	470
Senior Solicitor											200	200
Sero. Assistant	750	750			470	470
Service Officer	2,100	60	300	300	500	500			200	200
SI	1,650	750	800	800	1,150	1,150			2,500	1,500
SO	4,185	325	3,685	400	9,300	600			4,470	520	4,480	590
SSSA			490	490
SSVI			500	500			71,741	15,237
ST2			490	490
Stockkeeper					470	470
Storekeeper					470	470
Superintendant Surveyor											450	450
Supervising Sero. Assistant					445	445
SVI	3,600	900	2,000	1,000	8,500	4,000	34,489	12,289	6,700	1,500	5,000	1,000
TAO	14,104	750	7,722	1,000	20,060	4,000			10,650	600	14,965	1,250
Telephonist			200	200					520	520
Tractor Driver-Lorry Driver					470	470
VI	15,900	800	4,550	1,000	12,250	1,500			11,150	1,500	9,250	1,250
Totals	147,735	116,132	193,086	138,281	154,190

*Foot and Mouth Disease

Exceptional Performance Awards Totals for Individual, Group and Team Awards

Year	Individual	Group + Team	Total Individual + Group + Team	Individual Average
£	£	£	£
2000	147,735	35,620	183,355	344
€	€	€	€
2001	116,132	89,835	205,967	478
2002	193,086	134,181	327,267	545
2003	138,281	191,047	329,328	522
2004	154,190	169,160	323,350	463