Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 February 2010
680 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of grade three staff available to deal with education grant applications in County Wexford Vocational Education Committee. [5078/10]
View answer681 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of grade four staff available to deal with education grant applications in County Wexford Vocational Education Committee. [5079/10]
View answer682 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of grade five staff available to deal with education grant applications in County Wexford Vocational Education Committee. [5080/10]
View answer683 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of grade six staff available to deal with education grant applications in County Wexford Vocational Education Committee. [5081/10]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 680 to 683, inclusive, together.
The deployment of administrative staff to any particular task, such as that referred to by the Deputy, is a matter for the management of the VEC. County Wexford VEC has advised my officials that one Grade V and two Grade III members of staff are currently assigned to the task of processing grant applications.
684 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of functions that are affected by County Wexford Vocational Education Committee staff not operating in a grade higher, acting, in their work. [5093/10]
View answerThe Deputy is of course aware of the Government decision to implement a recruitment and promotion moratorium in the public sector. In respect of Vocational Education Committees, positions other than teacher and SNA posts in schools, and teacher equivalents that are directly providing tuition to pupils in schools, in special programmes or in an adult and further education, are comprehended by this decision.
The deployment of administrative staff to any particular task is a matter for the management of County Wexford VEC.
My Department has been informed that there is a vacancy at Grade VI level in the section dealing with student grant applications in County Wexford VEC. My officials have been informed by the VEC that the following functions have been somewhat affected by the non-filling of that vacancy: — Appeals, payment runs, overseeing of statistical returns to my Department and business planning for the section.
