Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 251: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [30886/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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My Department was established on 6 July 2011 and since that date 23 staff have retired. The table below gives a breakdown for 2011 and for the period from 1 January 2012 to date. In accordance with the relevant superannuation scheme, on retirement staff are entitled to receive a lump sum payment, and the total paid out in respect of these payments in 2011 and 2012 is also included in the table.

Of the 23 staff who retired there was one Second Secretary, six Principal Officers or equivalent grades, nine Assistant Principal Officers, four Higher Executive Officers, 1 Staff Officer and 2 Clerical Officers.