Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 1493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the bonuses that were paid to his staff for the year ending 31 December 2005; the amount of money that was paid; the way in which this was calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1930/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Civil Service posts at the levels of assistant secretary and deputy secretary are covered by a scheme of performance-related awards. The operation of the scheme is overseen by the committee for performance awards. Since 2002, the funding for awards is based on 10% of the payroll for the posts covered by the scheme. Within this overall limit, payments of up to 20% can be made to individuals.

Details of the procedures, the numbers covered by the scheme, the range of awards and the total amounts paid in Departments are outlined in the annual reports of the committee for performance awards, available on the website www.finance.gov.ie. The committee does not identify the amount paid to individuals as this is regarded as personal information. Payments for 2004 in the sum of €100,000 were made in 2005 to staff in my Department. Payments under the scheme have not yet been paid for 2005.