Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 June 2012
454 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Defence if he will set out in tabular form the number of staff who retired from the defence sector in each year since 2009; the total gratuity payments made to retiring staff in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30856/12]
Amharc ar fhreagra459 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Defence 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. [30878/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 454 and 459 together.
The number of personnel who retired in each year since 2009, to date, with entitlement to gratuity immediately on retirement, as well as the total gratuity payments made to retiring personnel in each of these years, are shown in tabular form below:
Table 1 — retired members of the Permanent Defence Force (PDF).
Table 2 — retired civil servants from the Department of Defence.
Table 3 — retired civilian employees employed with the PDF.
The annual cost of retirement gratuities shown includes payments in relation to some personnel who retired towards year-end and to whom payment was actually made at the start of the following year. The data does not include lump sums paid in respect of severance and redundancy-type payments (specifically for those in Tables 2 and 3) or for deaths in service generally.
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Permanent Defence Force |
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|---|---|---|
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Year |
Cost of Retirement Gratuities €m |
Numbers of retired personnel paid immediate pension and/or gratuity (see note) |
|
2009 |
23.831 |
443 |
|
2010 |
21.574 |
448 |
|
2011 |
25.757 |
525 |
|
2012 to date |
29.185 |
538 |
Note: These figures include 82 military personnel (18 in 2009, 21 in 2010, 27 in 2011 and 16 in 2012) who retired with entitlement to a short-service gratuity only (i.e. with no pension). The figures also include 13 members of the Army Nursing Service (4 in 2009, 3 in 2010, 2 in 2011 and 4 in 2012) who retired with entitlement to pension only (i.e. with no gratuity).
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Civil Servants employed with the Department of Defence |
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|---|---|---|
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Year |
Cost of retirement gratuities €m |
Numbers who retired with immediate benefits (pension and gratuity) |
|
2009 |
1.132 |
26 |
|
2010 |
0.588 |
11 |
|
2011 |
0.437 |
10 |
|
2012 to date |
0.648 |
7 |
|
Civilian employees employed with the PDF |
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|---|---|---|
|
Year |
Cost of retirement gratuities €m |
Numbers who retired with immediate benefits (pensions and gratuity) |
|
2009 |
1.539 |
41 |
|
2010 |
1.345 |
33 |
|
2011 |
2.406 |
57 |
|
2012 to date |
1.349 |
31 |
455 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the number of persons in his Department’s redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are to be redeployed as their current role is no longer necessary, but have not been redeployed as of yet. [30476/12]
Amharc ar fhreagra456 Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Defence the number of persons employed in his Department and in agencies under his aegis that are in the redeployment pool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30601/12]
Amharc ar fhreagra458 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Defence the number of persons within his Department or within agencies under his aegis that are awaiting redeployment; the maximum period of time that a person has been waiting for redeployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30818/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 455, 456 and 458 together.
There are three civil servants and two civilian employees of this Department on the redeployment panel at present. The civil servants were placed on the redeployment panel in October 2011, and the civilian employees were placed on the redeployment panel in March 2012. My Department is actively engaging with the Public Appointments Service and individual Departments on the redeployment of these staff and it is hoped to identify suitable opportunities for their reassignment at an early date.
