Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of her Department with a yearly breakdown from 2008 outlining the overall amount paid in each year period and the number of staff that received such payments and or allowances. [10171/13]

Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of payments made to the CEO or equivalent of all agencies under the aegis of her Department including details of any bonuses, pension entitlements or any other remuneration paid to him or her in 2012. [10188/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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It is proposed to take Question Nos. 371 and 372 together.

The Agencies that operate under the aegis of the Department are the Pensions Board and the Citizens Information Board. The Office of the Pensions Ombudsman also falls under the remit of the Department.

Since 2009, there have been no performance related bonuses to any staff in the organisations concerned. The only bonus paid in respect of performance in 2008 was to the Chief Executive Officer in the Pensions Board who received a bonus of €6,179 in 2009. As the Pensions Board is not funded by the Exchequer, this was not paid for by the State.

The CEOs and the Pensions Ombudsman are ordinary members of their organisations superannuation schemes and their entitlements do not extend beyond the normal entitlements of the standard public/civil service superannuation scheme.

The remuneration, which comprises basic salary for the CEOs and Pensions Ombudsman in respect of 2012 was as follows:

CEO in the Pensions Board - €153,885

CEO in the Citizens information Board - €117,570

Pensions Ombudsman - €125,655