Two entity officials who resigned after the report on the public inquiry into the death of Jean Paul Sofia was published did not receive any severance packages upon their resignations, information tabled in Parliament showed.

On Tuesday, PN MP Albert Buttigieg posed parliamentary questions to Economy Minister Silvio Schembri, as well as Justice Minister Jonathan Attard, asking whether two individuals who resigned from their posts following the public inquiry into Sofia's death (one who was head of the Micro Enterprise Unit within Malta Enterpriser and the other who was the head of the OHSA) have received any severance packages after they have left their office.

Sofia died when a building under construction collapsed in Kordin in December 2022. The public inquiry into his death concluded in February 2024, and resulted in several public entity officials resigning from their post. The Chairman of the Malta Enterprise Peter Borg, the Chairman of the Occupational Health and Safety Authority (OHSA) David Xuereb, the Head of the Malta Enterprise micro-enterprise unit Kevin Camilleri as well as Malta Enterprise board members Victor Carachi and Paul Abela were all singled out in the public inquiry report, and all resigned from their posts.

Schembri said that the individual who worked as Head of the Micro Enterprise Unit within the Malta Enterprise was employed with the corporation in 2004 and was not granted a severance package.

Attard also confirmed that Xuereb, who held the post of Chairman of OHSA, did not receive a severance package after he left his position.