Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 128: To ask the Taoiseach the ten largest bonus payments made to staff in his Department and each of its agencies in the past 12 months. [30663/07]

Bertie Ahern (Dublin 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, during 2007, awards totalling €51,200 were made to 4 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 (www.finance.gov.ie). In October of this year, eight individual Departmental staff members were given employee recognition awards of €500 each.

With regard to the bodies under the aegis of my Department: no bonus payments made to the staff of the Law Reform Commission in the past twelve months; and the ten largest bonus payments made to staff in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in the last 12 months are as follows:

1. €20,400

2. €11,500

3. €11,500

4. €11,500

5. €500

6. €500

7. €500

8. €500

9. €250.

10. €250

Payments 1 to 4 were made to staff at or above Assistant Secretary level and were approved by the Committee for Performance Awards. Payments 5 to 10 were made under a scheme for the payment of exceptional performance awards to staff below the level of Assistant Secretary; and the ten highest bonus payments paid to staff in the Central Statistics Office in the last twelve months are as follows:

1. €8,456.71

2. €6,820.49

3. €6,423.93

4. €6,384.50

5. €6,081.27

6. €6,075.49

7. €6,054.93

8. €6,039.98

9. €5,788.34

10. €5,864.35.

The above payments were awarded to permanent field staff under the CSO Completion Payments Scheme. The staff are at Clerical Officer grade.

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 129: To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil servants in his Department who have transferred to other Departments or left the Civil Service in each of the past five years in tabular readable form. [30678/07]

Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below:

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 130: To ask the Taoiseach the number of allegations of victimisation for whistleblowing that have been reported to his Department by departmental staff since 1 January 2007. [30693/07]

Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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No allegations of victimisation for whistleblowing have been reported to my Department by Departmental staff in the period concerned.