Departmental Staff Redeployment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 May 2013

Thursday, 9 May 2013

Questions (177)

Luke 'Ming' Flanagan

Question:

177. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 502 of 12 March 2013 (details supplied), the number who were seconded to both the Irish Horse Board and Horse Sport Ireland; his views on whether a total of at least four employees were seconded to IHB (details further supplied) and at least three employees were seconded to HSI; if the salaries of all the seconded Department employees were reimbursed; if he will show in the IHB and HSI accounts at his Department that the wages and all employment expenses such as pension, taxes and so on were fully reimbursed to his Department from both IHB and HSI. [21954/13]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

In answer to the Deputy’s question, I can confirm that two Executive Officers are currently seconded from my Department since 1994 to Horse Sport Ireland Limited. The salaries in respect of the two individuals are recouped from Horse Sport Ireland Limited.

Inspectorate staff from my Department were seconded at various times between 1993 and 2008 to provide support services to IHB to assist in the development of the industry. My Department paid the salaries for these individuals during that time.