Written answers

Tuesday, 7 April 2009

Department of Agriculture and Food

Departmental Staff

11:00 pm

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 330: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 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. [14212/09]

Photo of Brendan SmithBrendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Performance-related awards apply to Assistant Secretaries and equivalent grades in my Department. Details of awards for the years 2005 to 2007 are set out in the annual reports of the Committee for Performance Awards which are available from the Department of Finance website (www.finance.gov.ie).

Payment of the 2007 performance related awards was approved by the Department of Finance on 16th April 2008. The Minister for Finance announced in the Dáil on 5 February 2009 the discontinuation of the performance awards scheme for Assistant Secretaries, Deputy Secretary and related grades subject to consultation with the relevant staff associations. Pending consideration of the outcome of these consultations, the current position is that no assessments or payments have been made for effective performances carried out in 2008.

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