asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce in relation to the taking up of voluntary redundancy by public servants in State or semi-State agencies, the indications to date with regard to the numbers, grades and financial implications of such take-up; if he has satisfied himself that the work heretofore being carried out by such voluntarily retiring public servants can now be properly reassigned and carried out; and if he will give this information in respect of each individual agency, especially those relating to industrial strategy and promotion.
Written Answers - Voluntary Redundancy.
129.
The Deputy will appreciate that I do not have available to me the details requested in respect of all public servants. However, the information relating to the staff of my Department and the semi-State agencies under its aegis who have to date taken up the Government's voluntary redundancy scheme introduced in August 1987 for non-commercial semi-State bodies and in November 1987 for civil servants over the age of 50, is set out in the following tabular statement:
|
Body |
No. |
Grades |
Saving to Age 65 |
|
£m |
|||
|
Department of Industry and Commerce |
18 |
Assistant Secretary (1) |
1.6 |
|
Principal Officer (1) |
|||
|
Assistant Principal Officer (5) |
|||
|
Higher Executive Officer (2) |
|||
|
Executive Officer (2) |
|||
|
Assistant Head Messenger (1) |
|||
|
Messenger (3) |
|||
|
Cleaner (2) |
|||
|
Paperkeeper (1) |
|||
|
CTT |
30 |
Assistant Chief Executive (1) |
14.9 |
|
Department Manager (2) |
|||
|
Section Manager (3) |
|||
|
Marketing Assistant (12) |
|||
|
Grade 3 (1) |
|||
|
Grade 2 (10) |
|||
|
Grade 1 (1) |
|||
|
IDA |
37 |
Grade 1 (2) |
13.1 |
|
Grade 2 (2) |
|||
|
Grade 3 (2) |
|||
|
Grade 4 (11) |
|||
|
Grade 5 (9) |
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|
Grade 6 (7) |
|||
|
Grade 7 (2) |
|||
|
Estate Assistant (2) |
|||
|
KDW |
8 |
Commercial Grades |
1.8 |
|
NBST¹ |
8 |
Programme Director (1) |
3.3 |
|
Assistant Head of Division (2) |
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|
Project Manager (3) |
|||
|
Administrative Assistant (1) |
|||
|
Clerk Secretary (1) |
|||
|
IIRS¹ |
37 |
Principal Scientific Officer (2) |
8.3 |
|
Senior Scientific Officer (10) |
|||
|
Experimental Officer (1) |
|||
|
Technician 1 (1) |
|||
|
Technician 2 (4) |
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|
Technical Assistants (3) |
|||
|
Clerical Officer 1 (6) |
|||
|
Clerical Officer 2 (9) |
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|
Clerical Officer 3 (1) |
¹IIRS and NBST were amalgamated into one body, Eolas — the Irish Science and Technology Agency, on 1 January 1988.
Responsibility for implementing this package rests with the management of the various agencies concerned, who, I am satisfied, are organising their resources in such a way as to ensure that they are capable of achieving their objectives.