Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 109: To ask the Minister for Defence if any employee at senior management level of any State body or organisation under the auspices of his Department has received any bonus payment in the past 12 months; if so, the amounts received and the reasons for same; the person who made the decision to grant this payment and the reason for same; if this matter was referred to him or if he was informed of the matter; if so, the views he expressed; the response, if any, from the body concerned; the subsequent decision taken by such body; the rank of the recipient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46580/10]

Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 113: To ask the Minister for Defence if any civil servant in his Department has received a bonus payment in the past 12 months; if so the amount received; the reason given for such payment; who made the decision to grant same; the rank or grade of the recipient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46660/10]

Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 109 and 113 together.

Performance awards for civil service grades are made to individual staff members and to groups of staff under a scheme for Recognition of Exceptional Performance of duty. In assessing eligibility for awards, regard is given to the nature and quality of the activities involved and to the circumstances under which they were carried out. Attention is also paid to the grade level of the staff members concerned and to what would be regarded as high quality performance from staff in such grades.

In 2010 the Secretary General granted an Exceptional Performance Award to one individual in the sum of €1,500. The award was granted to an Assistant Principal at the Department of Defence in recognition of exceptional performance while working on the Judicial Reviews and the Military Archives Pensions Project. This award is comprehended as a benefit in kind and subject to the relevant statutory deductions.