Departmental Staff Redeployment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 October 2012

Thursday, 25 October 2012

Questions (184, 185)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

184. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence 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. [47177/12]

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

185. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence 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. [47192/12]

Written answers

Minister for Defence

I propose to take Questions Nos. 184 and 185 together.

The Government’s National Recovery Plan 2011-2014 sets out revised ceilings for public service staff numbers which are to be achieved through the implementation of Employment Control Frameworks as part of the Four Year National Recovery Plan. Since March 2009, 15 civil service staff of my Department have been permanently redeployed to other Government Departments through bilateral arrangements. These redeployments arose due to surplus posts being identified as a result of rationalisation and restructuring of business processes. Details of the grades, payscales and average savings are set out in the tabular statement below.

Grade	Number of Staff Redeployed	Salary Scale	Average Annual Saving Per Person
Services Attendant	1	€20,806 - €27,376	€24,000
Clerical Officer	11	€22,015 - €35,515 €23,177 - €37,341 (PPC*)	€29,700
Staff Officer	1	€33,070 -€43,906	€38,500
Executive Officer	2	€29,024 - €45,616	€37,300

(*Personal Pension Contribution (PPC) rates apply where officers were employed since 6th April 1995, pay class A rate PRSI and make a personal pension contribution.)

Under the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014, the Public Appointments Service operates a system of Resource Panels for the Civil Service and State Bodies to support redeployment within and between these sectors. One staff member has been redeployed to my Department from another Government Department/Agency since March 2009 through this redeployment mechanism, in order to fill a critical post which became vacant, and for which sanction was granted by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. This redeployment has not given rise to an increase in salary payments as it does not represent the creation of an additional post in my Department.