Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 294: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of retired public servants that have been rehired by him, or rehired by State agencies under his aegis. [5072/12]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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I appointed two former public servants to act as Civilian Drivers at my Department.

Three other former Civil Servants are engaged by my Department on a contract for services basis, i.e.

- A former Assistant Secretary in this Department is serving on the NERA Advisory Board. The only payments made for participation on the Advisory Board are Travel and Subsistence payments in accordance with the Department of Finance rates for civil servants.

- A former Secretary General at the Department of Transport, is currently Chair of the Department's Audit Committee. In line with centrally agreed procedures for external audit committee members in the Civil Service, this individual is paid a fee of €450 per meeting, subject to a maximum of €1,800 per annum.

- A former Principal Officer is the Irish Government representative and Deputy Chair of the Board of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) based in Helsinki, Finland. This individual is engaged as an expert and is paid on a fee per day basis in respect of each Board meeting that he attends and also for attending meetings of the Board Sub-Committee which he chairs.

I have referred this question to all State Agencies under the aegis of my Department for direct reply to the Deputy.