Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 376: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of persons in her Department and office, including any Departments and Offices under her aegis, employed in the civil and public service who are in receipt of a State pension. [21161/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I presume that the Deputy is referring to occupational pensions paid to staff employed in the Department or in the agencies under the aegis of the Department.

The specific information requested is not available for all departmental staff as records of past employments of new recruits are not captured in such a way as to provide a dedicated basis for compiling the information requested by the Deputy.

However, I can confirm that none of my political staff or my special adviser are currently drawing down pension payments on foot of previous public sector employment.

Retired public servants are occasionally engaged by the Department for specific tasks or projects. Such engagements are normally remunerated on a fee basis where provision exists for the fees to be abated, where appropriate, by reference to pension payments.

Details in relation to staff employed by the agencies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the agencies themselves.