Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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1086. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the pension packages received by individual staff members at principal officer grade and above in her Department and the agencies under its aegis since January 2016; if additional years were granted with approval by her or her predecessors; and the number of these years which were granted in each case. [12450/18]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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I am advised that, since 1 January 2016, four staff at Principal Officer grade  and above  have retired from my Department.  The breakdown is one Secretary General, one Assistant Secretary, and two at Principal Officer level.  There was no added years granted in any of these cases.  The pension and lump sums paid were based on standard public service scheme rules based on length of pensionable service and final pensionable remuneration.

I am advised that a total of five staff at Principal Officer level and above retired from the agencies under the aegis of my Department during the same time period.  Four of these retired from standard public service pension schemes and one from the North South pension scheme.  I understand that there was no grant of added years in any of these cases.