Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 346: To ask the Minister for Transport the bonuses awarded by his Department to staff members for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number and proportion of staff in receipt of bonuses for each of those years; the average bonus paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32007/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The scheme for 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 2006, awards totalling €46,800 (averaging €11,700) were made to 4 officers in my Department in respect of 2005; in 2007, awards totalling €64,000 (averaging €12,800) were made to 5 officers in my Department in respect of 2006 and in 2008, awards totalling €63,500 (averaging €12,700) were made to 5 officers in my Department in respect of 2007.

Details of the operation of the scheme, the numbers covered by the scheme and the total amounts paid in Departments, are available in the annual reports of the Committee for Performance Awards which can be accessed on the website of the Department of Finance www.finance.gov.ie.