Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to her Department and each agency under the aegis of her Department for early retirements, termination of contracts and resignations for 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 in tabular readable form. [33950/09]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons in her Department and each agency under the aegis of her Department who took early retirement, had their contract terminated or resigned in 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 in tabular readable form. [33965/09]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 215 and 216 together.

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below.

*Numbers refer to Ministerial private office staff appointments, i.e. posts of Personal Assistant, Personal Secretary, Special Adviser and Civilian Driver employed under contract. These contracts terminate not later than the date on which the office holder who made the appointment ceases to hold the office by reference to which he or she is an office holder (i.e. ceases to hold the office of Minister of the Government or Minister of State).

**The figure of €84,864.92 in 2008 reflects the total amount of severance payments made to two ministerial appointees while the figure of €83,057.99 reflects the total amount of severance payments to seven ministerial appointees in 2009.

*** For ill health early retirement in 2007 Pension of €19,486 p.a is payable and a lump sum of €58,457 has been paid in 2007, however as its ill health retirement, the cost of this is borne by the IDA pension fund and not by the IDA/DETE.