Departmental Staff Redeployment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 October 2012

Thursday, 25 October 2012

Questions (99, 100)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

99. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff members from his Department that have been temporarily and or permanently redeployed to other Government Departments or agencies since 27 March 2009; the details of the grades and pay scales of same; the total amount of savings achieved in salary payments in respect of the persons concerned; the duration of assignments; the business reasons supporting the redeployment of staff; the details of sanction received from the Department of Finance and or Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47183/12]

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

100. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff members that have been temporarily and or permanently redeployed to his Department from other Government Departments or agencies since 27 March 2009; the details of the grades and pay scales involved; the total increase in salary payments for his Department in respect of the persons concerned; the duration of assignments; the area to which each person was assigned; the business reasons supporting the redeployment of staff; the details of sanction received from the Department of Finance and or Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47198/12]

Written answers

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

I propose to take Questions Nos. 99 and 100 together.

The Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 (the Croke Park Agreement) provides for agreed redeployment arrangements to apply in the Civil Service and in other parts of the public service. Under the Croke Park Agreement, redeployment generally takes precedence over all other methods of filling a vacancy and supersedes any existing agreements on the deployment of staff. Redeployment allows staff to be moved from activities which are of lesser priority, or which have been rationalised, reconfigured, or restructured, to areas of greater need. In practical terms these arrangements represent a means of facilitating the targeted reduction in public service numbers in the period 2010 to 2014 while sustaining the on-going delivery of services.

The full terms of the redeployment scheme and a description of the arrangement are contained in a Department of Public Expenditure and Reform circular (Circular 8/2010 Redeployment Scheme), issued in July 2010. Since 27 March 2009 there have been 18 staff redeployed from my Department to other Government Departments and Agencies, and 24 staff redeployed to my Department, on either a temporary or permanent basis, set out as follows in tabular form together with the relevant salary scales.

DJEI Redeployments since 27 March 2009	Grade and Number of Staff	Salary Scales for General Service Grades
Redeployed from DJEI	Accountant – 1	€65,247 - €80,814
-	Principal Officer – 1	€84,132 - €103,472
-	Assistant Principal – 2	€65,185 - €80,678
-	Higher Executive Officer – 2	€46,081 - €58,294
-	Executive Officer – 3	€30,516 - €47,975
-	Staff Officer – 1	€34,771 - €46,171
-	Clerical Officer – 8	€23,177 - €37,341
Redeployed to DJEI	Solicitor – 1	€33,576 - €80,678
-	Principal Officer – 1	€84,132 - €103,472
-	Assistant Principal – 3	€65,185 - €80,678
-	Higher Executive Officer – 6	€46,081 - €58,294
-	Administrative Officer – 1	€33,247 - €58,294
-	Executive Officer – 2	€30,516 - €47,975
-	Clerical Officer – 10	€23,177 - €37,341