Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 283: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount paid in bonuses to anyone under the jurisdiction of his Department for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37365/08]

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 total amounts paid under this scheme to Officers in my Department for the years in question are:

2006: €46,800 (in respect of 2005);

2007: €64,000 (in respect of 2006);

2008: €63,500 (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. Staff remuneration in Commercial and non-Commercial State bodies is a day-to-day matter for each body.