Written answers

Tuesday, 24 February 2009

Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources

Departmental Staff

11:00 pm

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 394: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid to same in respect of their employment and in Civil Service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8051/09]

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources currently employs two former civil servants who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension. In the first case the services of a former staff member of my Department are being retained on a part-time basis for which he is paid at a daily rate. Since his retirement in mid 2008 he has been paid a total of €29,721 in salary and expenses. His Civil Service pension is currently €38,764 per annum. The abatement principle was applied in setting his level of fees so as to ensure that this rate plus pension does not exceed his pre-retirement salary.

In the second case the individual concerned has been engaged by the Department since October 2008. In that time the Department has paid €11,000 for his services. This cost is shared with the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. As this individual was a career servant in another Department, this Department does not have details of his Civil Service pension, which is a matter for the Paymaster General's Office and his former Department.

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