Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 December 2012
203. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if temporary promotions or acting-up allowances have not been a feature of the staffing arrangements for this EU Presidency, if he will confirm that his Department has been given sanction to make such arrangements detailing the number by grade involved, and the date sanction was sought and the date it was given. [56292/12]
View answerIn answer to the Deputy’s question, I can confirm that the following staff were assigned a temporary acting-up allowance for a period of one year to work on matters relating to the Irish Presidency of the EU: 1 Executive Officer to Higher Executive Officer; 1 Administrative Officer to Assistant Principal Officer. The assignments were made based on Paragraph 9 (v) of Government Decision Number S180/20/10/1456 which issued on 20/12/2011.
