Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 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. [35201/09]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 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. [35216/09]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 66 and 67 together.

The amounts spent by my Department on overtime and on other non-core pay items in 2008 and to the end of September 2009 are set out on the table below. The figures on the table include costs for my Department and its Offices. They also include expenditure related to the National Consumer Agency, the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA), the Competition Authority and the Labour Relations Commission, as my Department manages the payroll function for those agencies. My Department does not collate information relating to expenditure on overtime or non-core pay costs for the other agencies under my Department's remit, as the payment of these costs is an operational matter for the agencies concerned.

The non-core pay costs provided on the table below include various allowances payable in accordance with civil service provisions. However, the Deputy may wish to note that in addition to the amounts shown on the table, expenditure was incurred by my Department in 2008 and 2009 on certain items that are not strictly considered to be either core or non-core pay costs. In particular, my Department spent €2,933,156.42 in 2008 and €2,181,063.14 million to the end of September 2009 on fees, paid primarily to Rights Commissioners and Members of the Employment Appeals Tribunal for hearings attended. My Department also paid €106,732.90 on severance and redundancy payments in 2008 to staff whose contracts ended that year. The corresponding figure for 2009 was €53,617.19.

Table 1 – Details of Overtime and other Non-Core Pay costs for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and certain agencies in respect of which the Department administers payroll