Vol. 500 No. 4
238 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the number of higher level assistant principal officers in the Civil Service; the number in each Department; the proportion of these at higher level; and the criteria for the appointment of the grade. [4413/99]
239 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance if there are higher level higher executive officers and higher level principal officers in the Civil Service; if so, the numbers involved; the number in each Department; the proportion of each of these positions that are higher level; and the criteria for the appointment of these positions. [4414/99]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 238 and 239 together.
Tables setting out the numbers serving in the relevant grades, by Department, are attached at appendices 1-3. The criteria for the appointment to these higher level grades is as follows:–
Principal (higher) and Assistant Principal (higher)
The principal (higher) and assistant principal (higher) grades are separate grades from the standard grades of the same name. Posts are graded at the higher levels where management deems that the scope and quality of the duties and responsibilities involved are greater than applies in the case of the standard grades.
Appointment to the higher grades is by way of promotion either within the Departments which have these grades or from an inter-departmental competition. Promotion is on the basis of the best qualified candidate from among those eligible.
Assistant principals (standard), administrative officers (standard and higher scale) and higher executive officers (standard and higher scale) are eligible for promotion to assistant principal (higher). Administrative officers and higher executive officers are required to have four years service to be eligible for such promotion. Principals (standard) and assistant principals (standard and higher) and, in the case of inter-departmental competitions, certain other comparable grades, may be eligible for promotion to principal (higher).
Higher Executive Officer
Under the PCW restructuring agreement for grades represented by the Public Service Executive Union, a new higher scale applies to 30 per cent of the higher executive officers in each Department. The criteria for assignment to the higher scale is determined by the Head of each Department following consultation with local staff interests. The officers concerned must be satisfactory from the point of view of the performance of the duties of the grade, general conduct and sick leave. The requirements of a scheme of appraisal-performance review must be met where such a scheme is in operation. Of the initial assignments to the higher scale following the restructuring agreement in 1995, 50 per cent were on the basis of seniority subject to satisfactory performance and the remainder on the basis already outlined.
|
Department |
Principal |
Of WhichHigher Level |
PercentageHigher Level |
|
% |
|||
|
Agriculture and Food |
26.0 |
1.0 |
3.8 |
|
Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands |
10.0 |
1.0 |
10.0 |
|
Attorney General |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Central Statistics Office |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Chief State Solicitor |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Civil Service Commission |
4.0 |
2.0 |
50.0 |
|
Defence |
10.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Education and Science |
20.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Enterprise, Trade and Employment |
33.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Environment and Local Government |
25.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Finance |
44.5 |
42.5 |
95.5 |
|
Foreign Affairs |
9.0 |
1.0 |
11.1 |
|
Health and Children |
15.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Justice, Equality and Law Reform |
36.0 |
2.0 |
5.6 |
|
Marine and Natural Resources |
10.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Office of Public Works |
7.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Oireachtas |
1.0 |
1.0 |
100.0 |
|
President's Establishment |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Public Enterprise |
17.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Revenue Commissioners |
41.0 |
5.0 |
12.2 |
|
Social, Community and Family Affairs |
30.0 |
1.0 |
3.3 |
|
Taoiseach |
9.0 |
4.0 |
44.4 |
|
Tourism, Sport and Recreation |
7.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Valuation Office |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Department |
AssistantPrincipal |
Of WhichHigher Level |
PercentageHigher Level |
|
% |
|||
|
Agriculture and Food |
65.5 |
2.0 |
3.1 |
|
Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands |
29.0 |
3.0 |
10.3 |
|
Attorney General |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Central Statistics Office |
10.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Civil Service Commission |
5.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Defence |
22.0 |
1.0 |
4.5 |
|
Director of Public Prosecutions |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Education and Science |
43.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Enterprise, Trade and Employment |
83.0 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
|
Environment and Local Government |
60.5 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
|
Finance |
116.5 |
114.5 |
98.3 |
|
Foreign Affairs |
33.0 |
2.0 |
6.1 |
|
Health and Children |
51.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
|
Justice, Equality and Law Reform |
114.5 |
7.0 |
6.1 |
|
Marine and Natural Resources |
23.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Office of Public Works |
22.0 |
1.0 |
4.5 |
|
Oireachtas |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Ombudsman |
4.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Ordnance Survey |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
President's Establishment |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Public Enterprise |
31.5 |
1.0 |
3.2 |
|
Revenue Commissioners |
129.0 |
14.0 |
10.9 |
|
Social, Community and Family Affairs |
171.5 |
17.0 |
9.9 |
|
Taoiseach |
15.0 |
5.0 |
33.3 |
|
Tourism, Sport and Recreation |
15.0 |
4.0 |
26.7 |
|
Valuation Office |
3.0 |
1.0 |
33.3 |
|
Department |
HigherExecutivePrincipal |
Of WhichHigher Level |
PercentageHigher Level |
|
% |
|||
|
Agriculture and Food |
172.5 |
46.0 |
26.7 |
|
Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands |
39.5 |
7.0 |
17.7 |
|
Attorney General |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Central Statistics Office |
42.0 |
14.0 |
33.3 |
|
Civil Service Commission |
21.5 |
6.5 |
30.2 |
|
Comptroller and Auditor General |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Defence |
59.5 |
8.0 |
13.4 |
|
Director of Public Prosecutions |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Education and Science |
94.0 |
22.5 |
23.9 |
|
Enterprise, Trade and Employment |
129.5 |
20.0 |
15.4 |
|
Environment and Local Government |
88.5 |
23.5 |
26.6 |
|
Finance |
77.0 |
22.0 |
28.6 |
|
Foreign Affairs |
31.5 |
9.0 |
28.6 |
|
Health and Children |
79.5 |
25.0 |
31.4 |
|
Justice, Equality and Law Reform |
226.5 |
60.5 |
26.7 |
|
Marine and Natural Resources |
46.5 |
9.5 |
20.4 |
|
Office of Public Works |
40.0 |
12.0 |
30.0 |
|
Oireachtas |
3.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Ombudsman |
8.0 |
2.0 |
25.0 |
|
Ordnance Survey |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
President's Establishment |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Public Enterprise |
57.5 |
13.5 |
23.5 |
|
Revenue Commissioners |
256.0 |
66.5 |
26.0 |
|
Social, Community and Family Affairs |
495.5 |
124.0 |
25.0 |
|
State Laboratory |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Taoiseach |
11.0 |
4.0 |
36.4 |
|
Tourism, Sport and Recreation |
23.0 |
7.0 |
30.4 |
|
Valuation Office |
4.5 |
1.0 |
22.2 |
