Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 1 Feb 2001

Vol. 529 No. 3

Written Answers. - Departmental Staff.

Enda Kenny

Question:

136 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and proportion of higher executive officers in his Department who progressed to assistant principal in each year from 1988 to 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2850/01]

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. O'Donoghue)

The information sought by the Deputy, in so far as it is available, in relation to the period is set out in the following table. This return does not include staff serving in the Courts Service or Land Registry.

Year	HigherExecutiveOfficerspromoted toAssistantPrincipal Officer	Total numberof HigherExecutiveOfficersserving	Proportion ofHigherExecutiveOfficerspromoted toAssistantPrincipal
1988	1	48	2.08%
1989	3	47	6.38%
1990	1	49	2.04%
1991	8	53	15.09%
1992	1	50	2.00%
1993	4	56	7.14%
1994	2	53.5	3.74%
1995	6	57.5	10.43%
1996	4	59.5	6.72%
1997	1	63.5	1.57%

It should be noted that the number serving in any given year does not represent the number eligible for promotion, as officers would have to serve in the grade for a specified period before being eligible for promotion to assistant principal officer. The available records would not facilitate the ready identification of officers who, during the period, may have gone to other Departments on promotion to assistant principal officer.

Enda Kenny

Question:

137 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and proportion of administrative officers who progressed in his Department to assistant principal in each year from 1988 to 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2864/01]

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. O'Donoghue)

The information sought by the Deputy, in so far as it is available. in relation to the period is set out in the following table This return does not include staff in Courts Service or Land Registry.

Year	AdministrativeOfficerspromoted toAssistantPrincipalOfficer	TotalNumber ofAdministrativeOfficersserving	Proportion ofAdministrativeOfficerspromoted toAssistantPrincipalOfficer
1988	nil	1	0%
1989	nil	1	0%
1990	nil	2	0%
1991	1	2	50%
1992	1	2	50%
1993	nil	2	0%
1994	nil	2	0%
1995	nil	2	0%
1996	nil	2	0%
1997	nil	6	0%

It should be noted that the number serving in any given year does not represent the number eligible for promotion, as officers would have to serve in the grade for a specified period before being eligible for promotion to assistant principal officer.