Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied). [11160/24]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Set out below, in tabular form, is the information requested in respect of civil servants employed in my Department. A second table is provided in respect of staff employed locally in our overseas mission network.

The payments set out below were all reported in the relevant annual appropriation accounts, as is required.

There are no agencies under the aegis of my Department.

Table 1:

The following staff of the Department of Foreign Affairs received redundancy/severance packages in the period in question, which were authorised in line with the relevant DPENDR guidelines.

My Department’s records confirm that with regard to Ministerial Staff, in 2016 a total of €125,233.00 was paid to 6 people and in 2017 a total of €45,436.00 was paid to 4 people.

There were no relevant payments in 2021, 2023 and to date in 2024.

Table 2:

This table includes information on severance and redundancy payments made to staff of the Department of Foreign Affairs recruited locally at overseas missions. Payments were made in line with local legislation, and are divided between the Vote 27 and Vote 28 of the Department.