Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 787: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of occasions on which his Department has sanctioned or applied for the payment of a pension top-up or discretionary payment on retirement to a staff member of the Department or any agency under its remit in each of the past three years; the amount paid in each case; the position vacated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34335/09]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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There have been no occasions on which the Department has sanctioned or applied for the payment of a pension top-up or discretionary payment on retirement to a staff member of the Department or of any agency under its ambit in the years 2006 to 2008, inclusive.

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 788: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of staff who have been dismissed for misconduct, poor performance or failing to fulfil the terms of their contract from his Department in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34350/09]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Over the past five years no civil servants in my Department have been dismissed for misconduct , poor performance or failing to fulfil the terms of their contract.