Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will detail and itemise the performance based bonuses or other bonuses paid to Secretaries General and assistant secretaries in his Department and Offices in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26814/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The scheme of performance-related awards in the civil service applies to Deputy and Assistant Secretaries and equivalent grades. It does not apply to Secretaries General. Details of awards to individual officers under the performance-related scheme are not disclosed on the basis that they are confidential to the officer concerned. However, I can say that during 2007 the following awards were made to Deputy Secretaries, Assistant Secretaries and equivalent grades in respect of 2006.

A further €179,000 was paid in respect of Deputy/Assistant Commissioners (14) in An Garda Síochána for the same period.

Details of the operation of the scheme are available in the report of the Committee for Performance Awards which can be accessed on the website of the Department of Finance at the following link: http://www.finance.gov.ie/documents/ publications/reports/CPArep2006.pdf