The information requested by the Deputy relating to retirees from my Department is set out in tabular form as follows:
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012 (to date)
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Number of Staff Retired
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40
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8
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9
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22
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Total Gratuity Payments made to Retiring Staff
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€1,647,647
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€1,010,189
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€529,351
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€2,059,260
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Under the terms of the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement (ISER) of 2009, retiring officers received 10% of their gratuity with the balance of 90% payable on their reaching 60 years of age. Officers that had availed of the ISER and reached 60 years of age between 2010 and 2012 to date were paid a total of €508,821 during 2010, €402,212 in 2011 and €130,252 in 2012. These amounts are additional to those in the table above.