Arising from the establishment of the HSE and following an agreement with IMPACT, the Department of Finance sanctioned the application on an administrative basis of the standard public service superannuation "abolition of office" terms to certain former senior health board personnel who did not obtain posts in the new HSE structure where this was recommended by an independent mediator. This arrangement was subject to the following conditions: it applied only to relevant posts at or above Director function; and the posts in question would be abolished with a corresponding reduction in the HSE's employment ceiling. A total of 20 people have exited the system under this arrangement in the three year period from June 2006 to date (a number of others left prior to June 2006).
In addition, following a recommendation by an independent mediator, special exit arrangements were sanctioned by the Department of Finance for former health board Chief Executive Officers who had been appointed to their posts on fixed term contracts to reflect the fact that their posts no longer existed under the new structure. Only one individual, who had a linkage to this group, has exited on this basis in the three year period from June 2006 to date (others left prior to June 2006).
My Department is also aware of a chief executive officer who retired from a health service provider on grounds of redundancy and of one person who left another organisation as a result of rationalisation/restructuring in accordance with normal public sector arrangements.
While individual benefits constitute personal data, I am making the following information available (based on the information available to me).
Position
|
Year
|
Additional lump sum payment
|
Addition to Pension
|
1
|
2006
|
17,269
|
5,756
|
2
|
2006
|
22,629
|
7,543
|
3
|
2006
|
37,206
|
12,402
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
2007
|
25,888
|
3,650
|
5
|
2007
|
14,277
|
4,759
|
6
|
2007
|
17,500
|
5,834
|
7
|
2007
|
21,236
|
7,079
|
8
|
2007
|
27,476
|
9,159
|
9
|
2007
|
36,926
|
12,308
|
10
|
2007
|
41,686
|
13,896
|
11
|
2007
|
43,518
|
14,506
|
12
|
2007
|
43,562
|
14,521
|
|
|
|
|
13
|
2008
|
17,370
|
649
|
14
|
2008
|
37,707
|
12,569
|
15
|
2008
|
39,541
|
12,761
|
16
|
2008
|
43,595
|
14,532
|
17
|
2008
|
47,925
|
15,976
|
|
|
|
|
18
|
2009
|
3,772
|
1,257
|
19
|
2009
|
27,512
|
9,171
|
20
|
2009
|
79,332*
|
—
|
21
|
2009
|
42,193
|
14,065
|
22
|
2009
|
44,673
|
14,891
|
23
|
2009
|
51,513
|
17,171
|
*On the basis of their contract, this individual was also entitled to added years and six months severance.
The calculation of pension benefits for retired officers of my Department is a matter for the Department of Finance in accordance with regulations governing these arrangements. My Department has not sanctioned, or applied for sanction for, payment of any pension top-ups or discretionary payments in relation to any officer outside the terms of these regulations.