Roger T. Garland
Question:260 Mr. Garland asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will outline the total number of job sharers in her Department who were required to revert to a lower grade to avail of job sharing.
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260 Mr. Garland asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will outline the total number of job sharers in her Department who were required to revert to a lower grade to avail of job sharing.
261 Mr. Garland asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will outline the total number of job-sharers in her Department currently job sharing without a partner.
262 Mr. Garland asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will outline the total number in her Department taking part in the following job-sharing regimes: (a) week on/week off, (b) day on/day off, (c) alternative morning/afternoon and (d) other arrangements.
263 Mr. Garland asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will give a breakdown by gender of the number of people in her Department in each grade who are currently job-sharing.
I propose to answer Questions Nos. 260 to 263, inclusive, together.
There are ten staff in my Department availing of the job-sharing scheme and two of these are currently working without a partner. The ten officials are all female and work in the following grades: Clerical Officers, 5; Clerical Assistant Typists, 3; Communications Assistants, 2.
They have the following working arrangments: week on/week off, 4; 3 days on/2 days off, 4; mornings only, 2.
No officer in my Department had to revert to a lower grade to avail of job-sharing.