Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 344: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the 10 largest bonus payments made to staff in his Department and each of its agencies in the past 12 months. [30656/07]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, 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. 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 awards totalling €168,000 were made to 14 officers in my Department and associated Offices in respect of 2006 (as shown on page 10 of the report of the Committee for Performance Awards for 2006).

CEOs of Agencies under the aegis of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment are eligible to apply for a performance related bonus award of up to 20% of annual salary, as sanctioned by the Department of Finance in line with recommendations of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector Report No 42, 2007. At present the following agencies have a performance related bonus award scheme:

FÁS

Forfás

IDA

Enterprise Ireland

H.S.A.

Science Foundation Ireland

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.

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 345: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil servants in his Department who have transferred to other Government Departments or left the Civil Service in each of the past five years in tabular readable form. [30671/07]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The following table identifies the number of civil servants in my Department who transferred to other Government Departments and those who left the Civil Service in each of the past five years.

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 346: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of allegations of victimisation for whistleblowing that have been reported to his Department by Departmental staff since 1 January 2007. [30686/07]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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As far as I am aware, there have been no allegations of victimisation for whistleblowing reported to my Department by any of my staff since 1 January 2007.