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Departmental Staff Redeployment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 October 2012

Thursday, 25 October 2012

Questions (115, 116)

Mary Lou McDonald

Mary Lou McDonald

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

115. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff members from her 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [47186/12]

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Mary Lou McDonald

Mary Lou McDonald

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

116. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff members that have been temporarily and or permanently redeployed to her 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 her 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [47201/12]

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Written answers

Joan Burton

Minister for Social Protection

I propose to take Questions Nos. 115 and 116 together.

Since 27th March 2009, a total of 457 posts (476 people) have been permanently redeployed to my Department from other Government Departments and public sector organisations. Included in this number, are 19 public servants who are currently on secondment to the Department, pending legislation which will allow for their definitive transfer to the civil service. This figure does not include the transfer of almost 1,700 staff from the HSE and FÁS in line with Government decisions to integrate the Community Welfare Service (HSE) and the employment services and community services programmes of FÁS into the Department of Social Protection.

All redeployed staff have been assigned to deal with the additional posts sanctioned to deal with the increased volume of claims due to the downturn of the economy; critical vacancies; and to make up the short-fall in the number of support staff that were agreed to transfer from the HSE, to support the CWS staff. Table A details the grade and assignment location of the 457 redeployed posts. All salaries in payment are in accordance with standard pay scales and the Department at all times operates within its agreed Employment Control Framework (ECF) figure, administrative budget and with sanction from DPER. This Department has not redeployed any staff to other Government Departments or agencies.

Table A – Details of redeployed staff

Location

-

-

-

Grade

-

-

-

-

-

-

Location

Assistant Secretary

Principal Officer

Assistant Principal

Higher Executive Officer

Admin Officer

Executive Officer

Staff Officer

Clerical Officer

Services Grades

Total

Local Offices - Co Carlow

-

-

-

-

-

1

0.8

9.1

-

10.9

Local Offices - Co Clare

-

-

-

-

-

2

2.5

5.5

1

11

Local Offices - Co Cork

-

-

1

-

-

-

0.8

20.13

-

21.93

Local Offices - Co Donegal

-

-

-

-

-

2

2

7

-

11

Local Offices - Co Dublin

-

-

-

7

-

43.3

7.33

46.9

5

109.53

Local Offices - Co Galway

-

-

-

-

-

8

1

9

-

18

Local Offices -Co Kerry

-

-

-

1

-

-

2.5

5

-

8.5

Local Offices - Co Kildare

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

Local Offices - Co Kilkenny

-

-

-

-

-

1

3.5

11.9

-

16.4

Local Offices - Co Limerick

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

6

-

8

Local Offices - Co Longford

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

2

-

3

Local Offices - Co Louth

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

6

-

8

Local Offices - Co Mayo

-

-

-

1

-

2

1

5

-

9

Local Offices - Co Offaly

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

Local Offices - Co Sligo

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.8

4.1

-

4.9

Local Offices - Co Tipperary

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

3

-

4

Local Offices - Co Waterford

-

-

-

-

-

4

-

1

-

5

Local Offices - Co Westmeath

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

7.33

-

9.33

Local Offices - Co Wicklow

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

2

Local Offices- Co Wexford

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

Table A (Continued)

-

-

-

-

Grade

-

-

-

-

-

-

Location

Assistant Secretary

Principal Officer

Assistant Principal

Higher Executive Officer

Admin Officer

Executive Officer

Staff Officer

Clerical Officer

Services Grades

Total

Regional - Co Carlow

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

Regional - Co Cork

-

-

-

0.8

-

1

-

-

-

1.8

Regional - Co Dublin

-

-

1

7

-

10.3

1

6.6

-

25.9

Regional - Co Galway

-

-

-

0.5

-

-

-

1

-

1.5

Regional - Co Kerry

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

Regional - Co Laois

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

2

Regional - Co Longford

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

Regional - Co Mayo

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

Regional - Co Offaly

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

Regional - Co Roscommon

-

-

-

-

-

5.6

3.5

-

-

9.1

Regional - Co Wexford

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

2

Dublin HQ

1

2

5.1

6.8

2

22.6

3

45.73

1

89.23

Longford HQ

-

-

-

-

-

5

-

6

-

11

Letterkenny HQ

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

Sligo HQ

-

-

-

3

1

2

-

6

-

12

Roscommon HQ

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

Waterford HQ

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

2

Tubbercurry, Co Sligo

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

2

Buncrana HQ

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

2

Ballybay, Co Monaghan

-

-

-

1

-

5

2.6

17.4

-

26

Grand Total

1

2

8.1

35.1

3

125.8

35.33

239.69

7

457.02

** Regional includes staff assigned to Investigative positions, Local Office Support Units and Regional Management Teams

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