Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel at any level of seniority in his Department, or in any agency or body under the aegis of his Department, from 2018 to date; the value of each and the total value, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10983/24]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department has not paid severance or redundancy in excess of €200,000 in the years specified by the Deputy.

Regarding the Agencies under the remit of my Department, with the exception of Enterprise Ireland, no agencies have paid exit, severance or redundancy payments of €200,000 or greater in the years specified by the Deputy.

Enterprise Ireland has paid no exit, severance or redundancy packages in relation to staff working in their operations in Ireland. In countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, India, China, South Korea and Saudi Arabia, there are provisions for statutory benefits, payable on exit, related to local service in those jurisdictions. Since 2019, there has been one instance of a statutory benefit, paid on retirement, in excess of €200,000. This payment, which is detailed below, relates to an individual with long service, in excess of 35 years, which was payable upon their retirement. This was an end of service payment in line with local legislative requirements, with no discretionary element.

Enterprise Ireland Senior Market Adviser Overseas Role €316,882.

Statutory benefit arising from over 35 years service 2020.

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied). [11157/24]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department paid severance and redundancy to Ministerial Personal Staff and Ministerial Advisers on the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil under the terms laid out by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform and statutory entitlements under the Redundancy payments Acts 1967-2014.

Additionally, my Department paid severance and redundancy to Ministerial Personal Staff and Ministerial Advisers whose contracts were co-terminus with a Minister who resigned during the tenure of the current Government.

My Department has not sanctioned or paid any other exit packages or payments in addition to severance and redundancies outlined above.