Frank Feighan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 236: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a gratuity scheme in place for councillors who lost their seats in the 2004-09 local elections. [44894/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Under Regulations made by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, a gratuity is, subject to certain conditions, payable by a local authority to a councillor in the event of retirement (whether voluntarily or due to not being successful in an election), death or ill-health. The amount of gratuity payable is four-twentieths the amount of a councillor's Representational Payment for each year of service, subject to a maximum of four times the amount of Representational Payment (i.e. twenty year's service). The minimum service required to quality for a gratuity is two years. It is payable when a councillor retires at or after the age of fifty, or where a serving councillor dies.