Departmental Appointments

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Questions (544)

Thomas P. Broughan

Question:

544. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Defence the total number of new appointments made in his Department and those under his remit since March 2011 to date in 2014, with a breakdown of the grade to which they were appointed during the period. [35118/14]

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Minister for Defence

The Defence Organisation includes civil servants, military personnel and civilian employees.

The tables below show the total number of new appointments made from March 2011 to date in 2014. The new appointments listed below include the filling of vacancies through open external competitions.

Civil Service Staff of the Department

Grade	01/03/2011 – 31/12/2011	2012	2013	01/01/2014 – 12/09/2014
Secretary General	Nil	Nil	1	Nil
Services Officers	Nil	2	Nil	Nil
Personal Assistant to Minister Shatter	1*	Nil	Nil	Nil
Civilian Driver	2*	1*	Nil	Nil

*Temporary positions in the Civil Service on a fixed term basis.

Civilian Employees attached to Military Installations

Grade	01/03/2011 – 31/12/2011	2012	2013	01/01/2014 – 12/09/2014
Archivist	Nil	1*	Nil	Nil
Craft Worker	2*	4	Nil	4
Management Information Framework Administration Officers	Nil	Nil	Nil	2
Senior Pharmaceutical Technician	Nil	Nil	Nil	1
Social Worker (Principal)	Nil	1	Nil	Nil
Social Worker	Nil	Nil	1*	2
Storekeeper Clerk	Nil	4	Nil	Nil

*Temporary fixed term contracts

Defence Forces Personnel

Grade	01/03/2011 – 31/12/2011	2012	2013	01/01/2014 – 12/09/2014
Apprentice	Nil	20	7	Nil
Private	476	566	353	254
Corporal	Nil	8	9	Nil
Cadet	31	37	34	Nil
Captain	Nil	1	1	3
Colonel	Nil	1	Nil	Nil

In addition to the appointments to the Defence Organisation listed above, the President appointed an Ombudsman for the Defence Forces in 2012 on the recommendation of the Government. The person appointed to the post serves on a part-time basis.

All of the above appointments were made in accordance with Department of Public Expenditure & Reform guidelines.