Written answers
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Departmental Staff
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of exit and or severance and or redundancy packages granted by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, and of bodies he funds in full or in part, of €200,000 and above in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will provide the amount of same, body, name and year. [11025/24]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The only exit packages agreed by my Department under the terms of severance / redundancy schemes since 2019 were paid to Ministerial Personal Staff whose appointments were co-terminous with the relevant Minister / Minister of State. The calculation of severance payments to Ministerial Personal Staff were made in accordance with guidance issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I can confirm that no exit or redundancy packages of €200,000 and above were granted by my Department in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024.
My Department currently has 19 agencies under its aegis, of which there are 12 commercial and 7 non-commercial agencies.
The Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies 2016 outlines the disclosure requirements for inclusion within the agencies Annual Reports and Financial Statements. These disclosures by the agencies include Termination/Severance Payments and Agreements which come to an aggregate value of €1,000 for each reporting period.
Information requested by the Deputy for the period 2019 to 2024 YTD is outlined in tabular form below.
| Department of Transport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Agency | Number of Exit/Severance/Redundancy packages paid to staff | Total amount of each Package = or more than €200k* | Name |
| 2019 & 2020* | daa plc | 99 | €31.71m | Voluntary Severance 2012 & 2020 Scheme and Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme |
| 2021 | daa plc | 54 | €20.09m | Voluntary Severance Scheme and Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme |
| 2022 | daa plc | 13 | €4.70m | Voluntary Severance Scheme and Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme |
| 2023 | The Shannon Airport Group | 2 | €0.498m | Voluntary Severance Scheme |
| 2019,2020,2023* | Dublin Port Company | 7 | €1.759m | Redundancy/Exit package |
| Department of Transport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Agency | Number of Exit/Severance/Redundancy packages paid to staff | Total amount of each Package = or more than €200k* | Name |
| 2019 & 2020* | daa plc | 99 | €31.71m | Voluntary Severance 2012 & 2020 Scheme and Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme |
| 2021 | daa plc | 54 | €20.09m | Voluntary Severance Scheme and Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme |
| 2022 | daa plc | 13 | €4.70m | Voluntary Severance Scheme and Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme |
| 2023 | The Shannon Airport Group | 2 | €0.498m | Voluntary Severance Scheme |
| 2019,2020,2023* | Dublin Port Company | 7 | €1.759m | Redundancy/Exit package |
* As outlined above due to GDPR implications, my Department is unable to provide an individual breakdown of this information
Information in relation to Iarnród Éireann is currently unavailable and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.
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