Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 392: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the cost of bonus payments made to staff in his Department for 2008; the amount set aside in his Department for bonus payments in 2009; if he will make a statement on the circumstances where a staff bonus will be paid in 2009. [4824/09]

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

No bonus payments have been made in respect of 2008 and there is no specific provision for bonuses in the Department's budget for 2009.