The average number of employees during the financial year was as follows:
|
2022 |
2021 |
Ferries |
202 |
197 |
Container and Terminal |
86 |
86 |
|
288 |
283 |
The number of employees at financial year-end was |
288 |
284 |
Aggregate costs of employee benefits were as follows:
|
2022 |
2021 |
|
€m |
€m |
Wages and salaries |
19.7 |
17.2 |
Covid-19 government subsidies |
- |
(1.4) |
Social insurance costs |
2.0 |
1.7 |
Defined benefit obligations – current service cost (note 31 vii) |
1.7 |
1.7 |
Defined contribution pension scheme – pension cost (note 31) |
0.4 |
0.3 |
Share-based payment expense (note 30) |
3.0 |
1.3 |
Total employee benefit costs incurred |
26.8 |
20.8 |
There were no staff costs capitalised during the financial year (2021: €nil) in relation to management and supervision of the contracts for the construction of new vessels.