Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of people who are on the payroll in his Deportment; the number of physical payslips that his Department processes each month; the percentage of these that are sent to payees in the post; the breakdown in the overall cost of physical payslips and postage per year for the years 2008 to 2012; if payees have the option of switching to online payslips; if he and his Department will implement online payslips in the near future; if he has considered the savings this would make; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16062/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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There are 3,454 staff on the Department’s payroll. Since 2006, all Departmental staff that have access to the Department’s computer network view their payslips online and do not have the option of receiving a hard copy payslip. The costs of the payslips and postage in relation to issuing the hardcopy payslips is as follows: