Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 September 2020
1497. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in her Department appointed and or recruited and or in an acting capacity; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary scale for each role in tabular form. [22524/20]
View answerOn the commencement of every Dáil, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform issues guidelines setting out the arrangements for the staffing of Ministerial Offices. The appointment of Special Advisers is subject to section 11 of the Public Service Management (PSMA) Act 1997.
The Guidelines for the 33rd Dáil, which incorporate the principles of section 11 of the PSMA Act, have recently been issued.
The appointment of individual Special Advisers is a matter for each Government Minister subject to the terms set out in the aforementioned guidelines, although the appointments are also subject to formal Government approval. At this stage, I have assigned two Special Advisers to my Department, a Special Adviser on policy, and a Press Adviser.
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform must be notified of the rate of salary to be paid in all cases for Special Advisers. These rates will then be published on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
A breakdown of staff seconded into DRCD by grade is supplied in the table below. The staff in question operate in various roles with varying responsibilities appropriate to their grade across the structures of the Department. Staff seconded into DRCD retain their existing terms and conditions. Please see table below:
Staff Seconded to DRCD
|
Grade |
Number of Staff |
Standard ScalePPC |
Standard ScaleNon PPC |
Higher ScalePPC |
Higher ScaleNon PPC |
|
Agricultural InspectorTechnical Grade – AP equivalent |
2 |
from -to €63,523€88,158 |
from -to€60,434€83,881 |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Assistant Agricultural inspectorTechnical Grade – AO equivalent |
5 |
€33,971€66,118 |
€35,836€62,904 |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Assistant Principal |
1 |
€67,659€83,740 |
€65,356€79,681 |
€74,068€91,961 |
€70,490€87,495 |
|
Higher Executive Officer* |
3 |
€48,868€61,545 |
€46,517€58,556 |
€51,722€63,547 |
€49,226€60,462 |
|
Administrative Officer |
1 |
€32,405€61,545 |
€31,024€58,556 |
€45,502€63,547 |
€43,318€60,462 |
|
Total |
12 |
* 1 x HEO is in receipt of allowance pertaining to assignment to Private Secretary duties.
Currently the allowance is €19,653 per annum for officers on modified PRSI and €20,685 per annum
for those on full PRSI.
