Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 1 Feb 2001

Vol. 529 No. 3

Written Answers. - Departmental Appointments.

Enda Kenny

Question:

92 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Public Enterprise the number and proportion of higher executive officers in her Department who progressed to assistant principal in each year from 1988 to 1997; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2843/01]

Minister for Public Enterprise (Mrs. O'Rourke)

This Department was established as the Department of Public Enterprise in July 1997. It was previously known as the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications and was set up in January 1993. Prior to that, the sectors for which it is now responsible were under the aegis of two separate Departments, namely, the Department of Tourism, Transport and Communications and the Department of Energy.

For this reason, the information from our current records dates from January 1993 and these are supplied in the following table.

Year	Number serving in HEO grade	Number promoted from HEO to AP(*)	Proportion promoted from HEO to AP
1993	53	5	9.43%
1994	57.5	4	6.95%
1995	55.5	3	5.40%
1996	54.5	3	5.50%
1997	53	1	1.88%

*these figures include HEOs from this Department promoted to AP whether they remained in this Department or were promoted to serve in another Department. It does not include HEOs promoted to AP and assigned to this Department from another Department on promotion.

Enda Kenny

Question:

93 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Public Enterprise the number and proportion of administrative officers who progressed in her Department to assistant principal in each year from 1988 to 1997; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2857/01]

Minister for Public Enterprise (Mrs. O'Rourke)

This Department was established as the Department of Public Enterprise in July 1997. It was previously known as the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications and was set up in January 1993. Prior to that the sectors for which it is now responsible were under the aegis of two separate Departments, namely, Department of Tourism, Transport and Communications and the Department of Energy.

For this reason, the information from our current records dates from January 1993 and these are supplied in the following table.

Year	Number serving in AO grade	Number promoted from AO to AP(*)	Proportion promoted from AO to AP
1993	3	0	0%
1994	7	1	14.28%
1995	8	1	12.5%
1996	8	1	12.5%
1997	8	1	12.5%

*these figures include AOs from this Department promoted to AP whether they remained in this Department or were promoted to serve in another Department. It does not include AOs promoted to AP and assigned to this Department from another Department on promotion.