Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 151: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of public servants who have left under the incentivised early retirement scheme with details of grades; the number of public servants who left for other reasons with details of grades; the number of new staff recruited with details of grades; the number of promotions with details of grades; the net savings arising from the staff leaving over and above those recruited and promoted and to provide a breakdown of each of these figures for years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 [38327/10]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.

Officers recruited on temporary contacts of less than two years duration, for example interns and temporary clerical staff, have not been included in the tables.

I am unable to provide figures for net savings for the three years in question. In the case of retirements, net savings vary depending on the amount of pension and lump sum payable, which in turn depends on length of accrued service. The pensions and lump sums payable to retiring staff of my Department are calculated by the Department of Finance and paid by the Office of the Paymaster General.

I can, however, advise the Deputy that in the period since 27 March 2009, when the current moratorium on recruitment was introduced, the number of staff serving at Assistant Principal Level and higher in the Department has reduced by 29, representing gross annual savings of an estimated €2.5m. The equivalent number for grades up-to and including Higher Executive Officer level was 35, representing gross annualised savings of some €1.4m.