Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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298. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all bonus payment to chief executives of commercial semi-State agencies under the remit of his Department paid in each year from 2011 to 2014; if bonuses were withheld by commercial semi-States during the period; the reasons for withholding of bonuses; the current policy regarding the payment of bonuses in the commercial semi-State sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4994/15]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In 2013 the Government reviewed the position on the payment of performance related reward schemes or bonuses for Chief Executive Officers in Commercial State Companies and agreed to continue with the policy which it introduced in 2011 of requesting the State Companies concerned not to award such bonus payments in light of the serious state of the public finances. Furthermore the Government agreed to continue with the practice of excluding the payment of bonus provisions in the employment contracts of newly appointed CEOs to such State Companies as well as in respect of contract renewals for incumbent CEOs.

With regard to commercial semi State agencies under my remit no bonus payments were made to, nor sought by, the Chief Executive of the National Lottery since 2011.