Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 591: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff who retired from his Department in each year since 2009 and the total gratuity payments made to retiring staff in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30883/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy relating to retirees from my Department is set out in tabular form below.

Under the terms of the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement (ISER) of 2009, retiring officers received 10% of their gratuity with the balance of 90% payable on their reaching 60 years of age. Officers that had availed of the ISER and reached 60 years of age between 2010 and 2012 to date were paid a total of €508,821 during 2010, €402,212 in 2011 and €130,252 in 2012. These amounts are additional to those in the table above.