Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 349: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism 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. [37353/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, 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. On the basis that the awards are confidential to the officer concerned, details of individual awards are not disclosed nor is the total amount awarded under the scheme made known in respect of Departments where there are less than 5 officers covered by the scheme which would allow them to be identified, which is the case in the Department. 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:

www.finance.gov.ie/documents/publications/reports/CPArep2006.pdf. The payment of bonuses by the agencies under the aegis of the Department is a matter for the agencies themselves.