Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 431: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the 10 largest bonus payments made to staff in her Department and each of its agencies in the past 12 months. [30650/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South 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 awards totalling €144,000 were made to 11 officers in my Department in respect of 2006 (as shown on page 10 of the CPA report for 2006). 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

With regard to state agencies under the aegis of my Department, the payment of bonuses is a matter for the bodies themselves and the Deputy should request the information directly from them.

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 432: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of civil servants in her Department who have transferred to other Government Departments or left the Civil Service in each of the past five years in tabular readable form. [30665/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The following table shows the number of permanent Civil Servants in this Department who have either transferred to other Departments or who have left the Civil Service in the years 2003 to 31 October 2007. Temporary Officers, who are recruited to fill temporary vacancies arising as a result of Special Leave, eg. Term Time, Maternity, etc., for special projects or for seasonal increases in workload are not included in the numbers.

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 433: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of allegations of victimisation for whistleblowing that have been reported to her Department by departmental staff since 1 January 2007. [30680/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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There have been no allegations of victimisation for whistleblowing reported to the Personnel Division of my Department by staff since 1 January 2007.