Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 241: To ask the Taoiseach 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. [1916/06]

Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, 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. 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. The total amount paid by my Department in 2005 in respect of this scheme was €44,000. 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 available on the website, www.finance.gov.ie.

In addition, a total of €23,403 was paid in 2005 for 2004 in respect of this Department's employee recognition awards scheme. Of this, €3,500 was paid to 13 staff in individual awards and the remainder was for team awards-cross divisional awards.