Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 179: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of State employees on suspension with pay as on 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2005; and the details of same. [13146/06]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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There were no staff in my Department on suspension with pay on 31 December 2004. One member of staff was on suspension without pay under section 13 of the Civil Service Regulation Act 1956. On 31 December 2005, three staff of the Department were on suspension without pay under the section of the Act referred to above. There were no staff members on suspension with pay on that date. A payment for the mitigation of hardship, as provided for under section 14 of the Act, is being made to one of the suspended members of staff. Two of the three cases are currently the subject of investigations under the Civil Service disciplinary code and comment would be inappropriate. There were no employees on suspension in any of the agencies under the aegis of my Department on either of the dates specified.