Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 313: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount spent by her Department and the agencies under the aegis of her Department on overtime in 2008 and to date in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35207/09]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 314: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount spent by her Department and the agencies under the aegis of her Department on all non-core pay in 2008 and to date in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35222/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 313 and 314 together.

Details of overtime and other non-core pay for the Department and the agencies under its aegis in respect of 2008 and to date in 2009 are set out in the following table. Non core-pay is taken to mean remuneration that is not directly related to an officers' contract of employment and includes exceptional performance awards, input suggestion awards, performance related pay, reduced rate expenses paid to shift workers for attendance outside core hours and delegates allowances.

The four agencies under the aegis of my Department are the Pensions Board, Citizens Information Board, Family Support Agency and The Social Welfare Tribunal. On the commencement of part five of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 the Combat Poverty Agency was dissolved on 1 July 2009.