Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if bonuses have been paid to staff under the aegis of her Department in 2009; if she will undertake to ensure that none is sanctioned for 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35786/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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Performance-related awards for the HSE, the non-commercial State-sponsored bodies and the voluntary hospitals is a matter for the boards of each of these agencies. However, given the difficult economic situation, the Department wrote to the boards of the agencies on 15 May 2009 stating that bonus payments should be suspended pending the issue of further guidelines from central government.