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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 16 Nov 1988

Vol. 384 No. 3

Written Answers. - Departmental Staff.

92.

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will indicate the total number of staff employed in his Department in September 1987; the total number of staff by grade in his Department who have to date opted for voluntary redundancy or early retirement under the existing scheme for this purpose; and the number of staff by grade and agency who have to date availed of the scheme in agencies, bodies or statutory authorities which operate under the aegis of his Department.

There were 623 staff employed in my Department at the end of September, 1987, while the current staff complement is 559.5 persons.

A total of 31 applications have been received from staff in my Department wishing to avail of the early retirement scheme. To date 27 staff have availed of the scheme and a breakdown by grade of these retirements is contained in the table I am circulating in the Official Report.

Details of the number of staff by grade who have to date availed of the early retirement-voluntary redundancy scheme in bodies under the aegis of my Department are also contained in the table.

Body

No. Availed of Scheme

Grades

Department of Industry and Commerce

27

Assistant SecretaryPrincipal Officer

12

Assistant Principal

7

Higher Executive Officer

5

Executive Officer

2

Staff Officer(Superintendent of Typists)

1

Paperkeeper

1

Assistant Head Messenger

1

Messenger

4

Cleaner

3

Coras Tráchtála

48

Assistant Chief Executive

1

Department Manager

4

Section Manager

6

Marketing Officer

1

Marketing Assistant

12

Marketing Assistant I

2

Grade 3

4

Grade 2

11

Grade 1

1

Overseas Messenger

1

Overseas Secretaries

5

Industrial Development Authority

88

Executive DirectorGrade 1

32

Grade 2

7

Grade 3

8

Grade 4

27

Grade 5

23

Grade 6

14

Grade 7

2

Estate Assistants

2

Kilkenny Design Workshops Ltd.

31

Commercial Grades

14

Designer Grades

8

Administrative Grades

9

EOLAS (Inclusive of ex NBST and IIRS Staff)

121

Chief ExecutiveProgramme Director

11

Head of Division

3

Assistant Head of Division

4

Senior Principal Scientific Officer

2

Principal Scientific Officer

5

Senior Scientific Officer

20

Project Manager

3

Assistant Project Manager

2

Administrative Assistant

5

Experimental Officer

2

Technician Grades 1 & 2

20

Technical Assistant

2

Laboratory Attendants

2

Clerical Officer 3

3

Clerical Officer 2

19

Clerical Officer 1

19

Clerk Secretary

2

Cleaners and Service Attendants

6

93.

asked the Minister for Energy if he will indicate the total number of staff employed in his Department in September, 1987; the total number of staff by grade in his Department who have to date opted for voluntary redundancy or early retirement under the existing scheme for this purpose; and the number of staff by grade and agency who have to date availed of the scheme in agencies, bodies or statutory authorities which operate under the aegis of his Department.

The total number of staff employed in my Department in September 1987 was 3,438.

The Nuclear Energy Board is the only body under my Department's aegis to which the terms of the public service voluntary redundancy-early retirement scheme apply. None of the board's staff have availed of the scheme.

Details of those staff in my Department who have opted for the terms of the scheme are as follows:—

1

Secretary

1

Assistant Secretary

5

Principal Officers

1

Principal Geologist

5

Assistant Principals

2

Higher Executive Officers

1

Superintendent of Cartography

3

Executive Officers

1

Superintendent of Typists

1

Clerical Assistant

1

Head Messenger

1

Paperkeeper

3

Messengers

1

Assistant Chief Forestry Inspector

1

Senior Forestry Inspector

2

Forestry Inspectors Grade I

8

Forestry Inspectors Grade II

2

Forestry Inspectors Grade III

5

Senior Foresters

15

Foresters In Charge

5

Foresters

1

Mapping Draughtsman

1

Superintendent of Mapping

1

Senior Engineer

2

Engineer Surveyors

1

Mechanical Engineer Grade 2

135

Forest Workers

206

=Total

94.

asked the Minister for Communications if he will indicate the total number of staff employed in his Department in September, 1987; the total number of staff by grade in his Department who have to date opted for voluntary redundancy or early retirement under the existing scheme for this purpose; and the number of staff by grade and agency who have to date availed of the scheme in agencies, bodies or statotory authorities which operate under the aegis of his Department.

The total number of staff employed in my Department on 1 September, 1987 was 52.

None of the staff in my Department has opted for the public sector voluntary redundancy-early retirement scheme.

I do not have information along the lines requested by the Deputy in respect of the voluntary redundancy-early retirement schemes that have been operated by the bodies under the aegis of my Department.

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