Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 March 2024
3. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach the number of exit and or severance and or redundancy packages granted by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, and of bodies he funds in full or in part, of €200,000 and above in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will provide the amount of same, body, name and year. [11023/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraAll lump sum payments to civil servants retiring from the Department of the Taoiseach are paid from Vote 12 Superannuation and Retired Allowances overseen by the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform subject to normal eligibility requirements.
No discretionary exit payments have been made to staff in the Department or the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO), which is the only body under the aegis of the Department. In 2019, an ex-gratia payment of €50,000 was made to a former employee of that body under a legal settlement which was sanctioned by the Department of Finance and disclosed in the 2019 Financial Statement of NESDO which is published on NESC.ie as part of their Annual Report.
Ministerial personal staff employed on temporary contracts are entitled to severance/ex-gratia payments, including statutory redundancy, when such contracts are terminated, which is mainly following a change of Government. The severance terms are set out by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform and are based on salary, aligned to civil service pay scales, and years’ service. All such severance/ex-gratia payments under these terms are calculated and paid out by the National Shared Services Office and set out each year in the Department’s Appropriation Account and published by the Comptroller and Auditor General - details set out in the table below. Details for the 2023 appropriation account are currently being finalised.
|
Year |
Total amount |
No. of people |
|
2016 |
€76,522 |
3 |
|
2017 |
€445,188 |
10 |
|
2018 |
€230,674 |
2 |
|
2019 |
€29,829 |
1 |
|
2020 |
€322,991 |
11 |
|
2021 |
€195,378 |
3 |
|
2022 |
€29,829 |
1 |
