Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has set a cap of two years salary as a maximum in potential redundancy packages for affected workers in terms of proposed or future redundancies that may arise in the public sector; if this cap is being applied in other Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52738/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Public Services Committee of ICTU agreed under the Public Service Agreement 2010 – 2014 that, inter alia, with effect from 1 June 2012 in the case of redundancy in the public service, any ex gratiapayment will amount to no more than 3 weeks' pay per year of service, subject to the total statutory redundancy and ex gratia payment not exceeding either 2 years’ pay or one half of the salary payable to preserved pension age, whichever is less. This Agreement applies across all public service Departments.

These terms also inform this Department’s position with respect to redundancy proposals in the wider commercial State sector.