Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 214: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the payments made to senior officials in his Department under the performance related pay scheme for each of the years 2005 to 2008, if he has approved the payments for 2008; if so, the date of this approval; the date of the approval of payments relating to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14221/09]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Scheme of Performance-Related Pay Awards in the Civil Service applies to Deputy and Assistant Secretaries and equivalent grades. It does not apply to Secretaries General.

The following table sets out the amounts paid for the years 2005 to 2007, inclusive.

These payments were subject to tax and PRSI.

The awards were made by the Committee for Performance Awards, chaired by the Secretary General for Public Service Management and Development in the Department of Finance, following recommendations by the Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs. The Minister for Foreign Affairs has no role in the approval of these awards.

Details of the operation of the Performance-Related Pay Awards scheme are available in the annual reports of the Committee for Performance Awards. The Committee's reports for 2005, 2006 and 2007 can be accessed on the website of the Department of Finance at the following links: http://www.finance.gov.ie/documents/civilservice/civilservice/CPA2005.pdf http://www.finance.gov.ie/documents/publications/reports/CPArep2006.pdf http://www.finance.gov.ie/documents/publications/reports/2008/cpareport07final.pdf

Payments in respect of 2007 were approved by the Committee for Performance Awards in April 2008. No payments have been made in respect of performance in 2008.