Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 June 2011
290 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any opportunities for persons currently working at a location (details supplied) to be redeployed, as agreed under the Croke Park deal; and if there are opportunities for such redeployment in the area of mediation of family courts. [16239/11]
View answerI can inform the Deputy that, in the context of the ongoing development of a single national detention facility for children on the Oberstown campus, there is an opportunity for flexible deployment of staffing resources across the three children detention schools on the campus. This is to enable management to best utilise available skills and experience. The staffing needs of the children detention schools are kept under review and there are no plans to redeploy staff outside the schools at this time.
As the Deputy is aware the Croke Park Agreement provides the backdrop as to how staff redeployment within the public sector can be facilitated. The Deputy will note from the first progress report on the Croke Park Agreement published last week by my colleague Minister Howlin that flexible redeployment is critical to the Agreement's capacity to supporting the maintenance of essential services where significant reductions in staff numbers are to be achieved.
