Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 June 2012
334 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff who retired from his Department in each year since 2009 and the total gratuity payments made to retiring staff in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30875/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy will be aware, my Department was established on 2nd June 2011. The table below sets out the details requested for the period from that date to 25 June 2012.
|
Year |
No. of retirements |
Value of retirement lump sums |
|
2011 (2.2.11-31.12.11) |
8 |
€475,432 |
|
2012 (1.1.12-25.6.12) |
24 |
€1,478,446 |
For completeness, I would also advise that a further €479,155 has been paid in 2012 in respect of the balance of retirement lumps sum payments due to staff who had retired under the former Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement.
