Vol. 430 No. 6
61 Mr. B. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of persons within his Department who are currently operating on a work-sharing basis; and if he intends to encourage a higher percentage of his staff to become involved in work-sharing projects.
At present 334 staff of my Department are job-sharing in grades ranging from clerical assistant to assistant principal. This represents over 8 per cent of serving staff in my Department. Details of numbers job-sharing in each grade are set out in the following tabular statement which will be made available to the Deputy.
The management of the Department encourages and co-operates with staff who wish to job-share. The number availing of the facility has been increasing which indicates that the job-sharing arrangements are attractive to staff.
Breakdown of Job-sharers by Grade
|
Grade |
Numbers |
|
Assistant Principal |
2 |
|
Higher Executive Officer (including Social Welfare Officer) |
15 |
|
Executive Officer |
17 |
|
Staff Officer |
43 |
|
Clerical Officer |
174 |
|
Clerical Assistant |
83 |
|
Total |
334 |
