Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
QUESTION NO: 217
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 18 December 2018, if the National Treasury Management Agency will provide a breakdown of all discretionary performance related payments in tabular form (details supplied); the highest discretionary performance related payments made to a single employee in each of the years 2006 to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. (Details Supplied- Email sent 07/01/19 at 14:57) to include the details of discretionary performance-related payments for the following years 2006 to 2012 inclusive to include the overall total amount of remuneration and the number of employees per year that shared extra remuneration; and if the NTMA will indicate the highest discretionary performance-related payments made to a single employee in each years. 1179/19
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
The response to the deputy is set out in the table.
| Year | Total Bonus Pay | Number of Benefiting Employees | Average per Benefiting Employee | Highest Individual Bonus Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | €2,807,229 | 116 | €24,200 | €377,000 |
| 2007 | €3,165,551 | 138 | €22,939 | €403,000 |
| 2008 | €3,459,751 | 161 | €21,489 | €395,500 |
| 2009 | €2,751,361 | 167 | €16,475 | €200,000 |
| 2010 | €1,981,760 | 258 | €6,945 | €40,000 |
| 2011 | €62,610 | 5 | €12,522 | €30,000 |
| 2012 | €43,100 | 6 | €7,183 | €25,000 |
Notes
- In respect of the years 2006-2010, the details provided have been compiled by the NTMA following the retrieval and review of available historical hard-copy documentation.
- Details of the total amount paid in discretionary performance related pay along with the number of staff in receipt of these payments have been published in the NTMA Annual Report for the years 2010 to 2017 (the NTMA’s most recent Annual Report).
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State Claims Agency audited the Health & Safety Management Systems of the Irish Air Corps for a decade before the Health & Safety Authority intervened to prevent serious ongoing harm to Air Corps personnel.
Over the course of this decade of auditing, the “risk profile” of the Irish Air Corps improved year on year. These “paperwork” improvements in risk profile were subsequently part of the remuneration process for personnel in the State Claims Agency and the National Treasury Management Agency