Six retired Public Servants (3.86 wholetime equivalents) are currently re-employed in my Department and are on the payroll. Four former staff members of my Department, who are now retired, were rehired in line with a Government Decision on the arrangements for dealing with our EU Presidency requirements. These officers have experience and expertise that is essential to a successful Presidency for Ireland in the important area of Health Policy. The fixed term contracts of employment in each of these cases will terminate as soon as our Presidency tasks have been discharged.
In addition to this I appointed Ms Maureen Windle, ex-Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Area Health Board as my Special Adviser on a two-thirds basis and Minister of State Alex White appointed one retired Public Servant as a Civilian Driver. For ease of reference I have attached the information requested by the Deputy in tabular format.
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Grade
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Current Annual Salary Rate
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1 Principal Officer (50% of full time)
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€40,025
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2 Assistant Principal (50% of full time)
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€30,983
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1 Assistant Principal (70% of full time)
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€43,376
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1 Special Adviser (66% of full time)
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€61,784
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1 Civilian Driver
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€32,965
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The pensions of these staff are subject to pension abatement rules.
