Thursday, 25 Oct 2012

Written Answers Nos. 75-89

Schools Building Projects Status

Questions (75)

Brendan Smith

Question:

75. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any progress in restoring a proposed building project to his Department's School Building Programme (details supplied) in view of the need to replace temporary accommodation which has been in use for some time at a high cost; if he will accept that the long-term permanent accommodation needs of this school have been finalised for some time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46994/12]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning. My Department has authorised the project to proceed to Stage 2(b) which includes planning permission, Fire Cert, Disability Access Cert (DAC) and the preparation of tender documents.

To ensure that every child has access to a school place, the delivery of projects to meet the increasing demographic demands will be the main focus for capital investment over the next five years, particularly in those areas where it has been identified that most future demographic growth will be concentrated. Due to competing demands on my Department's capital budget, imposed by the need to prioritise the limited funding available for the provision of additional school accommodation to meet those increasing demographic requirements, it was not possible to include the project referred to by the Deputy in the five year construction programme. Schools, including the one referred to by the Deputy, which have not been included in the five year construction programme, but which were announced for initial inclusion in the building programme will continue to be progressed to final planning stages in anticipation of the possibility of further funds being available to my Department in future years.

Consultancy Contracts

Questions (76)

Barry Cowen

Question:

76. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [47074/12]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

The information sought by the Deputy is provided on the following table.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION & SKILLS CONSULTANCY REPORTS 2011

Consultant Name	Purpose of Consultancy	Report Commissioned	Report Published	Total amt paid 2011 incl vat
Centre for Cross Border Studies	2011 annual review of Postgraduate courses in Northern Ireland	Oct-11	Not for publication	€2,420.00
Sr. Eileen Randles	Review of an appeal against an inspection under section 13 (9) of the Education Act 1998	May-10	Not for publication	€920.00
Dr Simon Marginson	Development & submission to DOES of draft criteria for the proposed re-designation of amalgamated institutes of Technology Universities arising from the recommendations of the National Strategy for Higher Education to 2030	Jan-11	Published by HEA Jun-11	€9,075.00
Forum on Patronage & Pluralism in the Primary Sector-Professor John Coolahan, Dr Caroline Hussey, Fionnuala Kilfeather	Report of Advisory Group which convened the Forum on Patronage & Pluralism in the Primary Sector, to receive and distil the various views and perspectives of participants and to report and advise the Minister	Apr-11	Apr-12	€20,000.00
Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP (PWC) Belfast	Evaluation of the Special Education Support Service established by the Department in 2003 to address the then rather fragmented provision of continuing professional development in the area of special education.	Dec-10	Not published to date	€97,866.01
Goodbody Economic Consultants	Evaluation of the Initial Implementation of Síolta, the National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education	Apr-11	Feb-12	€31,280.92
The PA Consulting Group	Evaluation of the training & education programmes for the unemployed delivered under LMAF 2010	Jul-11	Published DES Website Nov-11	€52,003.38
Fitzpatrick & Associates	Midterm Evaluation of the Human Capital Investment 2007-2013	Nov-10	Published ESF Website Aug-11	€61,589.00
Deloitte	Audits of the national agencies for the Lifelong Learning Programme in Ireland, these will serve as the basis for the submission of Declarations of Assurance from International Section to the European Commission	Apr-10	Not for publication	€16,299.00
Public Authority Pension Services Ltd	Pensions advisory work relating to the establishment of a pension scheme for staff of the NCTE	May-11	Not for publication	€4,791.60
	Total (2011) :			€296,244.91

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION & SKILLS CONSULTANCY REPORTS 2012 1/01/2012 to 31/08/2012

Consultant Name	Purpose of Consultancy	Report commissioned	Report Published	Total amt paid 2012 incl vat
Mazars	Audit of Labour Market Activation Projects co-funded by the european Social Fund (ESF) Human Capital Investment Operational Programme (HCI OP) 2007 - 2013	Jul-11	Not for publication	€9,839.14
Deloitte	2011 Annual Declaration of Assurance for the Leargas Lifelong Learning Programme and the HEA Lifelong Learning/Erasmus Programme.	Apr-10	Not for publication	€16,568.10
	Total (Jan. to Aug. 2012) :			€26,407.24

State Examinations Statistics

Questions (77)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

77. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the data in relation to the number of applicantions that have been submitted to his Department for secondary school students with special needs who may have special arrangements made for them while sitting State examinations in 2013; if he will provide data regarding the number of applications for special accommodations submitted per county; the number that have been approved and refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47116/12]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of the above, I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Departmental Expenditure

Questions (78)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

78. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for his Department staff attending conferences including registration fees and travel. [47147/12]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available. I have requested officials at my Department to collate the data and expect to be in a position to convey the figures requested to the Deputy shortly.

Departmental Staff Promotions

Questions (79)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

79. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff members of his Department that have been awarded internal promotions and or additional acting up or temporary allowances to perform more senior roles since 27 March 2009; the details of the grades involved; the pre-promotion temporary acting and post promotion temporaryacting pay scales; the total increase in salary payments to each staff member involved; the duration of assignments; the area to which each person was assigned; the business reasons supporting any such decision; 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. [47162/12]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

I understand the Deputy has clarified that her question is in relation to grades at Assistant Principal Officer level and above. The information requested in relation to promotions and temporary appointments is set out in the attached tabular statement. For each of the promotions listed, a business case was made to the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform and sanction was duly received. The only promotion during the period which is temporary in nature is the Education Attaché post which carries a maximum period of 4 years duration. In addition to these internal promotions there were 3 appointments made at my Department through the Top Level Appointments Committee (T.L.A.C.). One at Secretary General, one at Assistant Secretary General and one at Chief Inspector level.

Grade	Date of promotion	Salary Scale (1st January 2010)	Section
Director of NEPS	17th May 2010	€93,197 - €113,503	NEPS
Deputy Chief Inspector	12th October 2010	€93,197 - €113,503	Inspectorate
Director	14th December 2010	€85,957 - €105,429 plus an allowance of €11,978 per annum	Management Advisory Committee
Regional Director (4 posts)	19th November 2010	€89,384 - €103,221	NEPS
Assistant Chief Inspector (2 posts)	21st February 2011	€89,384 - €103,221	Inspectorate
Education Attaché	5th September 2011	€65,185-€80,678 plus an allowance of €22,678- allowance payable for maximum of 4 years only	International Section
Assistant Chief Inspector (2 posts)	26th March 2012	€89,384 – €103,221	Inspectorate
Divisional Inspector (2 posts)	13th April 2012	€78,344 - €91,650	Inspectorate
Senior Psychologist (2 posts)	10th October 2012	€78,344 - €91,650	NEPS

Departmental Staff Redeployment

Questions (80)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

80. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills 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. [47178/12]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

Two staff members have been redeployed from my Department since 27th March 2009 to date. Sanction relating to these redeployments would be a matter for the receiving Departments. Under the Reform Programme, the Department ceased the operation of it's Regional Office Service in the Spring of 2010. At the time staff serving in those offices were reassigned alternative work in the Department in their current location. Following retirements and normal transfers out, the North and South County Dublin Offices and the Galway Office have been wound down and the two remaining officers redeployed in location. The attached table sets out the details of each:

Grade	Salary Scale	Duration	Business Reason
Executive Officer	30,516 – 47,975	Permanent	Cessation of the Regional Office Service in Galway
Clerical Officer	444.17 pw – 715.62 pw	Permanent	Cessation of the Regional Office Service in South Dublin

Departmental Staff Redeployment

Questions (81)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

81. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills 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. [47193/12]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills (Deputy Ruairí Quinn)

Eight staff members have been redeployed to my Department since 27th March 2009, three of them on a temporary basis. Under the current redeployment arrangements, these staff retain the terms and conditions of employment as held by them in their original organisation until such time as legislation is brought forward by my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to underpin such arrangements. All these redeployments were sanctioned by the Department of Finance and/ or the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. While there is an increase in salary costs to this Department due to some of the cases below, there is no increase in salary costs to the State.The attached table sets out the relevant details

Grade	Salary Scale	Salary Increase	Duration	Assignment	Business Case
Principal Officer Equivalent	70,435 – 89,874	80,051 – 98,424 (released PO Scale) Salary saving	Seconded  pending legislation Permanent	Schools Division, Athlone	To release staff member at Principal Officer level to fill post in the National Procurement Service.
Executive Officer Equivalent	32,680 – 42,767	30,516 – 47,975 (vacant EO Scale) Salary saving	Seconded  pending legislation Permanent	I.T. Unit, Dublin	Increasing IT vacancies / large IT requirements To support Reform programme
Service Officer	20,806.25 – 27,739.41	20,806.25 – 27,739.41	5/12/11 – 1/3/12	Accommodation & Services, Tullamore	Redeployed from D.Agriculture surplus to fill vacancy
Senior Architect	67,271	67,271	Seconded  pending legislation Permanent	School Building Unit, Dublin.	Redeployed From the National Building Agency (NBA) to support the Schools Capital Building Programme
Senior Quantity Surveyor	75,515	75,515	Seconded  pending legislation Permanent	School Building Unit, Dublin	Redeployed From the National Building Agency (NBA) to support the Schools Capital Building Programme
Engineer Grade 1	Paid by NBA	No Cost to this Department	Temporary Assignment 24/10/11 – 1/9/12	School Building Unit, Dublin	From the National Building Agency (NBA) to support the Schools Capital Building Programme
Engineer Grade 11	Paid by NBA	No Cost to this Department	Temporary Assignment 24/10/11 – 1/9/12	School Building Unit, Dublin	From the National Building Agency (NBA) to support the Schools Capital Building Programme
Architect	Paid by NBA	No Cost	Temporary Assignment 24/10/11 – 1/9/12	School Building Unit, Dublin	From the National Building Agency (NBA) to support the Schools Capital Building Programme

Public Sector Allowances Payments

Questions (82)

Dara Calleary

Question:

82. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of all the Gaeltacht allowance payable to civil and public servants; the level of each allowance payable to each category and the monetary level of each allowance together with the total amount payable in 2009, 2010 and 2011. [47676/12]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

Information on Gaeltacht allowances payable to teachers in primary and post primary schools for 2009 - 2011 is set out in the attached table. Details of grants paid to teachers employed by Vocational Education Committees are held by the individual VECs. A standard Gaeltacht allowance was introduced in 1968 following the recommendations of the Ryan Tribunal. A Gaeltacht allowance has been in place since the 1920s. The Gaeltacht allowance was initially introduced to attract qualified teachers to schools in Gaeltacht areas. The allowance is payable to teachers in schools situated in the Gaeltacht in which all instruction is given through the medium of Irish. Following the recent Government decision on allowances, this allowance has been abolished for new beneficiaries. GAELTACHT ALLOWANCE PAID TO PRIMARY TEACHERS FOR THE PERIOD 2009 - 2011

-	2009	2010	2011
Total allowances paid	€2,032,065	€1,867,450	€1,860,507

Allowance

Type of allowance	Rate (€) 01/09/08	Numbers 2008/09
Gaeltacht Allowance	3,224	579

Allowance

-	2009	2010	2011
Total allowances paid	€2,032,065	€1,867,450	€1,860,507

Allowance

Type of allowance	Rate (€) 01/01/10	Numbers 2009/10
Gaeltacht Allowance	3,063	585

Allowance

Type of allowance	Rate (€) 01/01/10	Number in receipt 10/11
Gaeltacht Allowance	3,063	612

The totals in respect of Gaeltacht Grants are for financial years (1 January to 31 December).

The figures for the numbers in receipt of allowances are based on school year.

GAELTACHT ALLOWANCE PAID TO POST PRIMARY TEACHERS FOR THE PERIOD 2009 – 2011

-	2009	2010	2011
Total Allowances paid	€583,145	€509,768	€504,261

Alllowance

Type of allowance	Rate (€) 01/09/08	Nos. 08/09Vol Sec	Nos. 08/09 C&C
Gaeltacht Allowance	3,224	60	117
Type of allowance	Rate (€) 01/01/10	Nos09/10Vol Sec	Nos. 09/10 C&C
Gaeltacht Allowance	3,063	56	118
-	-	-	Numbers in Receipt 10/11
Type of allowance	Rate (€) @ 01/01/10	Vol. Sec.	C&C
Gaeltacht Allowance	3,063	53	119

The totals in respect of Gaeltacht Grants are for financial years (1 January to 31 December).

The figures for the numbers in receipt of allowances are based on school year.

Public Sector Allowances Expenditure

Questions (83)

Dara Calleary

Question:

83. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all the Gaeltacht allowance payable to civil and public servants; the level of each allowance payable to each category and the monetary level of each allowance together with the total amount payable in 2009, 2010 and 2011. [46959/12]

Written answers

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

The payment of a Gaeltacht allowance in the Civil Service arises from the Local Offices (Irish Language) Regulations, 1966, which permits the payment of “additional remuneration” not exceeding “seven and one half per cent of the rate per annum of the annual basic salary of the said holder” where certain conditions of service are met. Since the establishment of my own Department in July 2011, no member of staff has been paid a Gaeltacht allowance. Information regarding the Gaeltacht allowance submitted to my Department in the course of the review of allowances and premium payments in the public sector has been made available on my Department's website – http://www.per.gov.ie/ As the detailed information sought by the Deputy in relation to the amount and number of beneficiaries of the allowances in the Civil Service or the wider public service is not available to my Department, it should be sought from the responsible Departments.

Capital Programme Expenditure

Questions (84)

Michael McGrath

Question:

84. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the voted capital expenditure allocated to each Department for 2012; the amount of that funding that has been spent by the end of September 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46998/12]

Written answers

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

The voted capital expenditure allocation for each Department in 2012 is published in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2012 and is also available in the statistical databank on my Department's website at http://databank.per.gov.ie/ .

Information in relation to net capital expenditure to end September is published in the End September Exchequer Statement, details of which can be found on my Department's website and on the website of the Department of Finance. Total net capital expenditure to end September was €1,706m which is 13.6% behind the published profile. This is not unusual as, unlike current, capital expenditure tends to occur in large tranches at fixed milestones. The actual roll-out of capital expenditure is a matter for line Departments, operating within the delegated sanction arrangements issued by my Department that cover not only capital investment this year but contractual commitments for the next three years. It is expected that capital expenditure will fall generally within profile by the end of the year.

Croke Park Agreement Savings

Questions (85, 86)

Barry Cowen

Question:

85. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total savings achieved under the Croke Park Agreement up to March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47035/12]

Barry Cowen

Question:

86. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total savings made under the Croke Park agreement since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47065/12]

Written answers

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

I propose to take Questions Nos. 85 and 86 together.

An estimated €810m in sustainable pay bill savings and approximately €680m in non-pay or efficiency related savings has been achieved during the first two years of the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014. This is broken down as follows:

Savings	Year 1 (Q1 2010 to Q1 2011)	Year 2 (Q1 2011 to Q1 2012)	Total
Sustainable pay bill savings	€289m	€521m	€810m
Non-pay savings	€308m	€370m	€678m

Further details on savings set out in the table above are contained in the two annual reports published to date by the Implementation Body for the Public Service Agreement which are available on the Body’s website at www.implementationbody.gov.ie. Savings covering the period from March 2012 to the end of 2012 will be detailed in the next report of the Body which will be undertaken in Spring 2013.

Consultancy Contracts

Questions (87)

Barry Cowen

Question:

87. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [47081/12]

Written answers

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

In the period since March 2011, the following amounts were paid to external consultants in respect of reports commissioned by my Department:

Report name	Commission/Publication date	Consultant	Cost
Capacity and Capability review of Central Procurement Function	Published September 2012	Accenture	30,750
Options For the next National Lottery Licence	Published March 2012	Davy Corporate Finance	615
Report on Reasons Behind Voter Behaviour in the Oireachtas Inquiry Referendum 2011	Published February 2012	Red C Research & Marketing	41,043
Comparing Public Sector Pay levels in Ireland and EU	Commissioned August 2012	ESRI	22,398
Verification of savings of selected projects under the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014	Published 15 June 2011	MKO Partners Ltd	35,820
Verification of Savings of selected projects under the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014	Published 13 June 2012	Grant Thornton	31,586
-	-	-	162,212

Departmental Expenditure

Questions (88)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

88. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for his Department staff attending conferences including registration fees and travel. [47154/12]

Written answers

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

The full cost to the exchequer for attendance by staff of my Department at Conferences and Seminars, including travel, over the last twelve months was €17,420.

Departmental Staff Promotions

Questions (89)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

89. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff members of his Department that have been awarded internal promotions and or additional acting up or temporary allowances to perform more senior roles since 27 March 2009; the details of the grades involved; the pre-promotion temporary acting and post promotion temporaryacting pay scales; the total increase in salary payments to each staff member involved; the duration of assignments; the area to which each person was assigned; the business reasons supporting any such decision; 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. [47169/12]

Written answers

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

The details of internal promotions since my Department was established in July 2011 are set out in the following table. Additional acting up or temporary allowances to perform more senior roles have not been sought. In accordance with the Department of Finance letter of 27 March 2009 - Implementation of Savings Measures on Public Service Numbers the relevant officials in my Department are aware of the requirement to seek the appropriate sanction required for the filling of posts. Sanction is sought where key posts have been identified and it is considered critical to the business needs to fill such posts.

The rules governing starting pay on promotion are applied when calculating starting pay for staff promoted. Newly appointed staff are required to complete a probationary period of twelve months and appointment is only made substantive on satisfactory completion of this period.

Internal Promotions	wef	Old Scale	New Scale	Division Assigned	Duration
1 Assistant Principal (higher) to Principal (higher) ppc scales	20-Sep-11	Assistant Principal (higher) ppc: €71,359 - €73,979 - €76,604 - €79,228 - €81,852 - €83,385 - €85,988 (LSI1) - €88,598 (LSI2)	Principal (higher) ppc: €90,355 - €93,972 - €97,607 - €101,234 - €104,327 - €107,584 (LSI1) - €110,844 (LSI2)	(a) Labour Market & Enterprise Policy	Permanent
4 Assistant Principals (standard) to Assistant Principal (higher) ppc scales	21-Sep-11	Assistant Principal (standard) ppc: €65,185 - €67,541 - €69,884 - €72,235 - €74,581 - €75,934 - €78,302 (LSI1) - €80,678 (LSI2)	Assistant Principal (higher) ppc: €71,359 - €73,979 - €76,604 - €79,228 - €81,852 - €83,385 - €85,988 (LSI1) - €88,598 (LSI2)	(a) Central Expenditure Evaluation Unit, (b) Labour Market & Enterprise Policy	Permanent
1 Administrative Officer (higher) to Assistant Principal (higher) non-ppc scales	15-Nov-11	Administrative Officer (higher) non-ppc: €40,734 - €43,463 - €46,202 - €48,930 - €51,653 - €53,532 - €55,392 - €57,251	Assistant Principal (higher) non-ppc: €67,913 - €70,403 - €72,903 - €75,390 - €77,884 - €79,337 - €81,821(LSI1) - €84,296(LSI2)	(a) Health, Pension Policy & EU/NI	Permanent
1 Assistant Principal (higher) to Principal (higher) non-ppc scales	30-Jan-12	Assistant Principal (higher) non-ppc: €67,913 - €70,403 - €72,903 - €75,390 - €77,884 - €79,337 - €81,821(LSI1) - €84,296(LSI2)	Principal (higher) non-ppc: €85,957 - €89,399 - €92,853 - €96,295 - €99,236 - €102,335(LSI1) - €105,429(LSI2)	(a) CMOD & eGovernment	Permanent
2 Higher Executive Officers (higher) to Assistant Principal (higher) non-ppc scales	12-Mar-12	Higher Executive Officer (higher) non-ppc: €46,426 - €47,730 - €49,035 - €50,347 - €51,653 - €53,532 - €54,766 - €56,007 - €57,251	Assistant Principal (higher) non-ppc: €67,913 - €70,403 - €72,903 - €75,390 - €77,884 - €79,337 - €81,821(LSI1) - €84,296(LSI2)	(a) Expenditure Policy, Evaluation & Management, (b) Labour Market & Enterprise Policy	Permanent
1 Higher Executive Officer (higher) to Assistant Principal (higher) ppc scales	12-Mar-12	Higher Executive Officer (higher) ppc: €48,831 - €50,204 - €51,581 - €52,955 - €54,329 - €56,314 - €57,614 - €58,918 - €60,224	Assistant Principal (higher) ppc: €71,359 - €73,979 - €76,604 - €79,228 - €81,852 - €83,385 - €85,988(LSI1) - €88,598(LSI2)	(a) Public Service Reform & Delivery	Permanent
2 Administrative Officers (higher) to Assistant Principal (higher) ppc scales	12-Mar-12	Administrative Officer (higher) ppc: €42,838 - €45,711 - €48,593 - €51,466 - €54,329 - €56,314 - €58,267 - €60,224	Assistant Principal (higher) ppc: €71,359 - €73,979 - €76,604 - €79,228 - €81,852 - €83,385 - €85,988(LSI1) - €88,598(LSI2)	(a) Minister's Office, (b) Expenditure Policy Evaluation & Management	Permanent
2 Administrative Officer (standard) to Assistant Principal (higher) ppc scales	12-Mar-12	Administrative Officer (standard) ppc: €33,247 - €36,194 - €39,967 - €42,838 - €45,711 - €48,593 - €51,466 - €54,329 - €56,314(LSI1) - €58,294(LSI2)	Assistant Principal (higher) ppc: €71,359 - €73,979 - €76,604 - €79,228 - €81,852 - €83,385 - €85,988(LSI1) - €88,598(LSI2)	(a) Press Office, (b) Central Expenditure Evaluation Unit	Permanent
1 Assistant Principal (standard) to Assistant Principal (higher) ppc scales	16-Apr-12	Assistant Principal (standard) ppc: €65,185 - €67,541 - €69,884 - €72,235 - €74,581 - €75,934 - €78,302 (LSI1) - €80,678 (LSI2)	Assistant Principal (higher) ppc: €71,359 - €73,979 - €76,604 - €79,228 - €81,852 - €83,385 - €85,988(LSI1) - €88,598(LSI2)	(a) Health, Pension Policy & EU/NI	Permanent
1 Administrative Officer (standard) to Assistant Principal (higher) non-ppc	16-Apr-12	Administrative Officer (standard) non-ppc: €31,619 - €34,420 - €38,004 - €40,734 - €43,463 - €46,202 - €48,930 - €51,653 - €53,532(LSI1) - €55,415(LSI2)	Assistant Principal (higher) non-ppc: €67,913 - €70,403 - €72,903 - €75,390 - €77,884 - €79,337 - €81,821(LSI1) - €84,296(LSI2)	(a) Human Resources Strategy Unit	Permanent
2 Administrative Officer (standard) to Assistant Principal (higher) ppc	16-Apr-12	Administrative Officer (standard) ppc: €33,247 - €36,194 - €39,967 - €42,838 - €45,711 - €48,593 - €51,466 - €54,329 - €56,314(LSI1) - €58,294(LSI2)	Assistant Principal (higher) ppc: €71,359 - €73,979 - €76,604 - €79,228 - €81,852 - €83,385 - €85,988(LSI1) - €88,598(LSI2)	(a) Central Expenditure Evaluation Unit, (b) Remuneration and Industrial Relations	Permanent
1 Administrative Officer (standard) to Assistant Principal (higher) non-ppc	04-Nov-12	Administrative Officer (standard) non-ppc: €31,619 - €34,420 - €38,004 - €40,734 - €43,463 - €46,202 - €48,930 - €51,653 - €53,532(LSI1) - €55,415(LSI2)	Assistant Principal (higher) non-ppc: €67,913 - €70,403 - €72,903 - €75,390 - €77,884 - €79,337 - €81,821(LSI1) - €84,296(LSI2)	(a) Civil Service HR Directorate	Permanent

ppc= personal pension contribution

LSI1 = Long Service Increment - After 3 years satisfactory service at the maximum.

LSI2 = Long Service Increment - After 6 years satisfactory service at the maximum.