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Questions— 14 February 2012. Written Answers
their external stakeholders in making such decisions. In these circumstances, I do not believe
that it is appropriate for the State to impose on the Society, which is an independent body
corporate, changes to its election procedures that have not been sought by its members or by
the International Federation.
The position in relation to the proposed legislation is that officials from my Department are
currently liaising with the Office of the Attorney General on the final text of an amendment
to the Irish Red Cross Society Order 1939. I expect to be in a position to bring this legislation
to Government for approval in the coming weeks.
Question No. 552 answered with Question No. 546.
Question No. 553 answered with Question No. 542.
Departmental Staff
554. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence 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. [8269/12]
Minister for Defence (Deputy Alan Shatter): I can confirm that no remuneration, stipend,
expense facility, financial facility or similar payment is being made from the Exchequer by my
Department, beyond any accrued pension entitlements, to any senior civil servant who has
retired from the Department of Defence in the past five years. It was not possible to gather
the detailed information sought by the Deputy in respect of the Defence Forces in the time
available. My Department is currently seeking to compile the relevant data and I will provide
the information directly to the Deputy once it comes to hand.
555. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Defence if he will outline on a yearly basis
from 2008 to 2015 in respect of staff leaving the public service in his Department; the cost of
lump sums; the cost of severance payments; the cost of pensions of those leaving the service
through retirement or other means; the loss of the pension levy from employees who have left;
the loss of superannuation payments from retired or departed employees, in tabular form; and
if he will make a statement on the matter. [8433/12]
Minister for Defence (Deputy Alan Shatter): It has not been possible in the time available
to compile all the necessary information requested by the Deputy. The information will be
forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Army Barracks
556. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement
on Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, County Tipperary. [8487/12]
Minister for Defence (Deputy Alan Shatter): As I have previously outlined to the House the
consolidation of the Defence Forces formations into a smaller number of locations is a key
objective in the ongoing defence modernisation programme and has been recommended in
many reports over the past number of years. This was a key consideration of Government in
addressing this issue as releasing personnel from security and support functions enables the
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