Departmental Staff Redeployment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 October 2012

Thursday, 25 October 2012

Questions (275, 276)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

275. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [47187/12]

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

276. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [47202/12]

Written answers

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport

I propose to take Questions Nos. 275 and 276 together.

Details requested of the staff that have redeployed out of my Department since 27th March 2009 are contained in the table below. No staff have redeployed in to my Department.  Staff were redeployed to other Government Departments and Public Sector Agencies as part of my Department's efforts to achieve staffing efficiencies in line with implementation of the Public Service Agreement Action Plan. The budget to pay salaries in my Department was adjusted down in line with the reduction in staff numbers.

  Table 1

Number	Grade	Modified (Pre 1995 Pay Scale)	PPC (Post 1995 Pay Scale)
6	Higher Executive Officer	€43,816 - €55,415	€46,081 - €58,294
14	Executive Officer	€29,024 - €45,616	€30,516 - €47,975
2	Staff Officer	€33,070 - €43,906	€34,771 - €46,171
15	Clerical Officer	€22,015 - €35,515	€23,177 - €37,341
2	Services Officer	€398.74 - €531.61 (weekly)	€416.49 - €559.23 (weekly)