asked the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry if he will give details in respect of his Department or any office under his control of each person employed as a special adviser or consultant on contract by way of excluding order or otherwise appointed to that office or Department other than through the Civil Service Commission during the periods 5 July 1977 to 30 June 1981 and, 9 March to 14 December 1982; the grades at which each such person served; the rate of remuneration paid; the dates at which the employments of any such persons ceased; if he will give details of any such persons who were appointed as permanent civil servants; the grade and rate of remuneration of persons so appointed; and the total cost of remunerating such person in 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982 from the dates of their initial employment.
Written Answers. - Departmental Special Advisers.
Ten such appointments have been made.
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Name |
Title |
Length and basis of employment |
Remuneration |
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£ |
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Mr. B.W.H. Stronach |
Forestry Insp. Grade I Established |
From 7.7.1977 to date Public Interest appointment under Section 13 (3) Civil Service Commissioners Act (1956) |
1977 — 4,214 |
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1978 — 9,687 |
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1979 — 11,471 |
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1980 — 14,187 |
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1981 — 7,919 |
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1982 — 14,249 |
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Permanent Civil Servant |
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Mr. J.L. Mallin |
Departmental Representative at the UN Conference on the Law of the Sea. |
From 11.3.77 to 15.10.79 Employed periodically in short-term capacity |
1977 — 198 |
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1978 — 826 |
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1979 — 106 |
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(Daily fee basis) |
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Mr. E. O'Kelly |
Consultant |
From July 1977 to Sept. ’78 in a consultancy capacity on revision of fisheries legislation. |
1977 — 2,238 |
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1978 — 1,389 |
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(Contract — Daily fee basis) |
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Dr. H. Heuff |
Algologist (Temporary) |
From 1.9.1977 to 30.10.1982 employed under contract to undertake Wetlands Survey |
1977 — 1,156 |
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1978 — 3,508 |
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1979 — 6,263 |
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1980 — 7,252 |
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1981 — 3,914 |
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1982 — 6,341 |
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(Daily fee basis) |
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Mr. N. Goalby |
Consultant on Plant Ecology |
From 14.7.1978 to 5.5.1980 employed periodically in a short-term consultancy capacity |
1978 — 653 |
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1979 — 356 |
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1980 — 466 |
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(Daily fee basis) |
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Mr. C. Ryan |
Consultant |
From Aug. 1979 to Jan. 1980 employed in a consultancy capacity for fisheries for the period of Ireland's Presidency of the EEC. |
1979 — 608 |
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1980 — 94 |
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(Contract — Daily fee basis) |
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Mr. N. Lockhart |
Bryologist (Temporary) |
From 1.9.1980 to date employed to conduct field surveys in plant ecology |
1980 — 2,237 |
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1981 — 4,398 |
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(Daily fee basis) |
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Miss C. Douglas |
Lichenologist (Temporary) |
From 1.1.1981 to date employed to conduct field surveys in plant ecology |
1981 — 3,984 |
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1982 — 6,504 |
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(Daily fee basis) |
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Miss Marian O'Neill |
Temporary Publicity and Information Officer |
From Feb. 1981 to Feb. 1982 on a 1 year contract basis. |
1981 — 10,537 |
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1982 — 1,312 |
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(1 year contract) |
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Mr. P. Sharkey |
Consultant Electrical Engineer to Fisheries Div. |
From July 1977 to Dec. ’82 employed on an annual retainer |
1977 — 950 |
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1978 — 1,900 |
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1979 — 1,742 |
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1980 — 2,058 |
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1981 — 792 |
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1982 — 362 |
Total cost in each of the years of remunerating such persons:
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Year |
Cost |
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£ |
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1977 |
8,756 |
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1978 |
17,963 |
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1979 |
20,546 |
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1980 |
26,294 |
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1981 |
31,544 |
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1982 |
36,676 |
643.
asked the Minister for the Gaeltacht if he will give details in respect of his Department or any office under his control of each person employed as a special adviser or consultant on contract by way of excluding order or otherwise appointed to that office or Department other than through the Civil Service Commission during the periods 5 July 1977 to 30 June 1981 and 9 March to 14 December 1982; the grades at which each such person served; the rate of remuneration paid; the dates at which the employments of any such persons ceased; if he will give details of any such persons who were appointed as permanent civil servants; the grade and rate of remuneration of persons so appointed; and the total cost of remunerating such persons in 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982 from the dates of their initial employment.
Ní raibh aon cheapachán den chineál sin i mo Roinnse sna tréimhsí a luaitear ach fuair an Roinn comhairle, ar chostas timpeall £2,000 sa bhliain 1980, maidir le gnéithe teicniúla d'ábhar a bhí á scrúdú.
644.
asked the Minister for Transport if he will give details in respect of his Department or any office under his control of each person employed as a special adviser or consultant on contract by way of excluding order or otherwise appointed to that office or Department other than through the Civil Service Commission during the periods 5 July, 1977 to 30 June 1981 and 9 March to 14 December 1982; the grades at which each such person served; the rate of remuneration paid; the dates at which the employments of any such persons ceased; if he will give details of any such persons who were appointed as permanent civil servants; the grade and rate of remuneration of persons so appointed; and the total cost of remunerating such persons in 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982 from the dates of their initial employment.
Following is the information:
1. Details of Appointments made in the period 5/7/77 — 30/6/81
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Name |
Period of Appointment |
Grade Served |
Rate of Remuneration Paid |
Appointment as Permanent Civil Servant |
Cost of Remunerating from dates of their initial employment |
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Mr. B. Early |
13/12/79 — 24/1/80 |
Special Assistant to Minister |
Mr. Early was paid an allowance of £4,411 p.a. by this Department and the cost of his salary, pension and other contributions amounting to £11,089 p.a. were recouped by An Foras Forbartha which continued to pay him direct. |
Not appointed — on loan from An Foras Forbartha |
1979 — Nil |
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1980 — £2,051 (which includes a sum of £619 in respect of 1979) |
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Mr. B. Cronin |
13/12/79 — 24/1/80 |
Publicity Officer |
£11,410 p.a. |
Transferred as a permanent Civil Servant from the Department of Finance. |
1979 — £227 |
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1980 — £1,772 |
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Miss U. Colivet |
13/12/79 — 24/1/80 |
Personal Secretary |
£6,739 p.a. |
Not appointed |
1979 — £148 |
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to Minister |
1980 — £1,033 |
2. Details of Appointments made in the period 9/3/82 — 14/12/82
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Mr. T. Ferris |
10/11/81 — 30/6/82 |
Senior Economist on loan from the Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society Ltd. |
Mr. Ferris' salary, pension and other contributions amounting to £15,764 p.a. were recouped by the Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society Ltd. which continued to pay him direct. |
Mr. Ferris was appointed to an established position as Senior Economist on 1st July, 1982 as a result of a competition held by the Civil Service Commission. |
1981 — £2,522 |
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1982 — £10,171 |
645.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be transferred for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9.
A removal of service will be provided for the person named as soon as possible but it is unlikely that the necessary engineering work will be completed before the end of this year.
646.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will waive part of a telephone bill in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 as he has been overcharged.
The answer is no. The account in this case has been rechecked and was found to be correct as issued.
647.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he has completed the investigation into a telephone account for a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon as was requested on 14 December 1982.
The investigation of this subscriber's account has just been completed and the result will be communicated to him shortly.
648.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will arrange to have a senior official of his Department visit a firm (details supplied) in County Roscommon to discuss serious problems with telephone service and accounts; and the reason an official was not in contact with this firm as agreed in December 1982.
The subscriber was visited on 10 December 1982 as agreed with him. A further visit to the subscriber is being arranged.
649.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he has made any decision on redundancies at Sligo telephone exchange; and if he will also outline in detail the agreed redundancy scheme for telephonists with the POWU.
There are no proposals to make staff redundant at Sligo Telephone Exchange. Staff at that exchange who wish to resign of their own accord may, however, avail themselves of a voluntary retirement scheme negotiated with the Post Office Workers' Union. This scheme is the same as that applied to operating staff at manual exchanges which was introduced early in 1982.
650.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will investigate the circumstances surrounding the overcharging of the telephone account of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and the action he proposes to take to prevent the abuse of the system which has resulted in calls charged to this account but not made by subscriber.
The matter has been fully investigated and there is no evidence of overcharging or of calls being wrongly charged to the subscriber concerned.