Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if bonuses will be authorised for staff in her Department or in the Health Service Executive in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10417/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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I presume that the Deputy is referring to the Performance Related Awards Scheme (PRA) which was introduced following a decision by the Government on the implementation of Report No. 38 of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector in 2000. This Scheme, in the Civil Service, applied at the level of Deputy and Assistant Secretary and related grades. On 5th February 2009, the Minister for Finance announced in the Dáil the discontinuation of the scheme within the Civil Service. Performance Related Awards have also been abolished for related grades in the wider public service including the Health Service Executive.