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Questions— 14 February 2012. Written Answers
Question No. 250 answered with Question No. 206.
Departmental Staff
251. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if any remuneration,
stipend, expense facility, financial facility or similar payment is being made from the
Exchequer to any senior public servant who has retired from his Department beyond any
accrued pension entitlements; if any such payment has been sanctioned for current senior public
servants who are about to retire from his Department; if he will list the name, positions and
details of any relevant moneys paid or scheduled to be paid of any person in receipt of or
sanctioned to receive such a payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8270/12]
Minister for Education and Skills (Deputy Ruairí Quinn): At the 31st, December 2011 one
retired Assistant Principal Officer, two retired Principal Officers and eleven retired school
inspectors were engaged by my Department to assist the Department in certain functions. In
addition to this one retired Assistant Secretary was appointed to the board of FÁS. Where
appropriate, pension abatement was applied. The tabular statement gives details of the officials
concerned, their grade at retirement and the remuneration they received in 2011.
One retired school inspector has been appointed to the holding company and another
appointed to the board of directors of the Middletown Centre for Autism which is a body
jointly funded by my Department and the Department of Education in Northern Ireland. The
holding company meets once a year while the Board of Directors is expected to meet 8 to 10
times a year. A daily rate for attendance of £160 (sterling) will apply. No payments were made
in 2011.
At this juncture 39 officials at my Department have applied to retire on or before the 29th,
February 2012. There are currently no plans to re-engage any of these officials.
Department of Education and Skills 2011 List of re-engaged retired civil servants
Name: Grade at Retirement: Amount Payable in 2011 €
Joan Williams Inspector €2,901.51
Frank Murray Principal Officer 1923.18
Ian Murphy Assistant Chief Inspector €22,364.90
Eamonn Stack Chief Inspector €13,000.00
Sean MacConmara Divisional Inspector €1,714.50
Tadhg O’Ruairc Assistant Principal Officer €690.00
Con O’Caoimh Inspector €927.81
Sean O Cearbhaill Divisional Inspector €1,858.65
Liam O hEigearta Assistant Chief Inspector €6,720.45
Caitlin Ni Bhraonain Inspector €3,315.30
Michael Leonard Inspector €1,314.17
Eddie Bracken Primary Inspector €654.93
Dermot Ryan Principal Officer €230.00
Torlach O’Connor Assistant Chief Inspector €15,088.00
Paddy McDonagh Assistant Secretary €11,970.00
€84,673.40
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252. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is permissible
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