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[Deputy Sean Fleming.]
Questions— 14 February 2012. Written Answers
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. [8444/12]
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (Deputy Leo Varadkar): The Department of
Transport, Tourism and Sport was established on 9 March 2011. The information requested by
the Deputy on the cost of lump sums, pensions and severance payments for the years between
2008 and the end of February 2012 is set out in Table 1, which follows this reply. The information
provided is available with respect to the former Department of Transport only prior to
March 2011. As the Department does not know at present how many staff will retire from 1
March 2012 to the end of 2015, it is not possible to provide information in respect of this
period. With regard to the loss of the pension levy and superannuation payments, the collation
of this information would involve considerable expenditure of time as it would have to be
compiled manually for each individual concerned. The severance payments were as a result of
cessation of employment contracts which either reached the end of the contract terms or were
as a result of a change in Government.
Table 1
Year Department Lump sum cost Gross annual Cost of
Pension cost Severance
Payment
2008 Transport €665,275 €219,120 Nil
2009 Transport €4,775,230 €1,622,743 €164,467
2010 Transport €2,050,145 €784,128 Nil
2011 Transport, Tourism and Sport €1,550,960 €494,500 €33,543
1/1/12-29/2/12 Transport, Tourism and Sport €1,688,020 €530,472 Nil
(anticipated)
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