Departmental Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 February 2012

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Ceisteanna (508, 509)

Catherine Murphy

Ceist:

554 Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if any remuneration, stipend, expense facility, financial facility or similar payment is being made from the Exchequer to any senior public servant who has retired from his Department beyond any accrued pension entitlement; if any such payment has been sanctioned for current senior public servants who are about to retire from his Department; if he will list the name, positions and details of any relevant moneys paid or scheduled to be paid of any person in receipt of or sanctioned to receive such a payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8269/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Defence (Deputy Alan Shatter)

I can confirm that no remuneration, stipend, expense facility, financial facility or similar payment is being made from the Exchequer by my Department, beyond any accrued pension entitlements, to any senior civil servant who has retired from the Department of Defence in the past five years. It was not possible to gather the detailed information sought by the Deputy in respect of the Defence Forces in the time available. My Department is currently seeking to compile the relevant data and I will provide the information directly to the Deputy once it comes to hand.

Sean Fleming

Ceist:

555 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Defence if he will outline on a yearly basis from 2008 to 2015 in respect of staff leaving the public service in his Department; the cost of lump sums; the cost of severance payments; the cost of pensions of those leaving the service through retirement or other means; the loss of the pension levy from employees who have left; the loss of superannuation payments from retired or departed employees, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8433/12]

Minister for Defence (Deputy Alan Shatter)

It has not been possible in the time available to compile all the necessary information requested by the Deputy. The information will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.