Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 October 2015
43. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the scenario whereby a person (details supplied) in County Clare is outside of the incremental pay scales with respect to working in the Civil Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36699/15]
View answerThe individual in question is on the standard incremental scale for her grade.
Subject to certain conditions, a person recruited to the Clerical Officer and Executive Officer grades may be awarded incremental credit in respect of previous service. One of the conditions is that the service must have been in the same or analogous grade to the current post.
When the person in question was recruited as a temporary Clerical Officer in my Department, qualifying periods of previous service were taken into account in determining the rate of salary awarded. As the grade of Secretarial Assistant is not deemed to be the same or an analogous grade to that of Clerical Officer, incremental credit does not apply in respect of service in that grade.
