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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 October 2009

Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Questions (233)

Olivia Mitchell

Question:

320 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the number of officials at principal officer level or higher, in both absolute terms and as a percentage of total staff, who are expected to be working in his Department following full implementation of the incentivised early retirement scheme. [36868/09]

Written answers

Minister for Transport (Deputy Noel Dempsey)

Following full implementation of the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement (ISER) and allowing for retirements outside of the Scheme, it is expected that my Department will have 1 Secretary General, 4 Assistant Secretaries and 16 Principal Officers. This total of 21 represents 3.9% of current staff numbers.