Departmental Staff.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 January 2010

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Questions (761, 762)

Joan Burton

Question:

831 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Defence the number of whole time equivalents serving in his Department in the grades of secretary general, deputy secretary general, assistant secretary general, higher principal officer, principal officer, higher assistant principal officer, assistant principal officer, higher executive officer, executive officer, staff officer and clerical officer on 1 January 1998, 1 January 2007 and the latest date for which figures are available. [1951/10]

Written answers

Minister for Defence (Deputy Willie O’Dea)

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:

Grade	Nos. Serving 1/1/98	Nos. Serving 1/1/07	Nos. Serving 1/1/10
Secretary General	1.00	1.00	1.00
Deputy Secretary General	Nil	Nil	Nil
Assistant Secretary	2.00	1.00	2.00
Principal Higher	1.00	3.00	5.00
Principal	9.00	10.80	7.70
Assistant Principal Higher	2.00	5.00	4.90
Assistant Principal	21.00	26.00	26.00
Higher Executive Officer	61.50	51.43	51.13
Executive Officer	62.00	71.55	70.73
Staff Officer	31.00	31.80	29.20
Clerical Officer	166.50	126.63	119.60

Denis Naughten

Question:

832 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Defence the number of staff in his Department, broken down by division and section, annually since 2007 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2165/10]

Minister for Defence (Deputy Willie O’Dea)

The information requested by the Deputy is outlined as follows:

31 December 2007

Section	Staff Number
Management Advisory Committee	4.00
Property Management	15.00
Contracts	13.00
Executive	10.00
International Security and Defence Policy	15.00
Office of Emergency Planning	5.00
Defence Forces Personnel Policy	6.50
Litigation	9.50
Conciliation & Arbitration	10.50
Legislation	6.50
Planning & Organisation	5.50
Information System	23.00
Minister’s Office	17.00
HR/Decentralisation/Facilities support	59.70
Finance/Audit/MIF	154.75

31 December 2008

Section	Staff Number
Management Advisory Committee	4.00
Property Management	21.00
Contracts	7.00
Executive	10.00
International Security and Defence Policy	18.00
Office of Emergency Planning	3.50
Defence Forces Personnel Policy	5.50
Litigation	12.00
Conciliation & Arbitration	11.00
Legislation	6.00
Planning & Organisation	6.50
Information System	23.00
Ministers’ Office	17.00
HR/Decentralisation/Facilities support	70.70
Finance/Audit/MIF	150.05

31 December 2009

Section	Staff Number
Management Advisory Committee	4.00
Property Management	16.10
Contract	7.00
Executive	10.00
International Security and Defence Policy	18.00
Office of Emergency Planning	3.80
Defence Forces Personnel Policy	6.70
Litigation	12.30
Conciliation & Arbitration	10.83
Legislation	4.80
Planning & Organisation	7.53
Information System	21.70
Ministers’ Office	15.00
HR/Decentralisation/Facilities support	65.00
Finance/Audit/MIF	141.50

I would like to reassure the Deputy that I am satisfied that structure and staffing levels in my Department are appropriate and that I remain committed to ensuring that the delivery of services by the Defence Organisation is as efficient and effective as possible.