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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 September 2020

Thursday, 17 September 2020

Questions (60)

Pádraig MacLochlainn

Question:

60. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport the management structure of the Irish Coast Guard; and the status of employment or secondment of each senior official in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020. [24516/20]

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The management structure of the Irish Coast Guard (IRCG) is set out below, in tabular format:

Grade

Number

Reports to

Director, IRCG*

1

Assistant Secretary General, Management Board

Acting Director IRCG

Assistant Secretary General, Management Board

Assistant Director*

2

Director, IRCG

Coastguard Manager

3

Assistant Director, IRCG

Operations & Training Officer

8

IRCG Manager

Divisional Controller

3

IRCG Manager

*The Director of the IRCG is currently serving on a Special European Union Mission and has been on special leave for this purpose since January 2019.  He had previously served on a Special European Union Mission to Somalia from July 2016 to September 2017.

As a consequence of these EU postings, the role of Director of the IRCG has been filled in an Acting capacity by one of two Assistant Directors for the initial period in 2016/2017 and from January 2019 to date. To fill the consequential vacancy at Assistant Director level and further consequential vacancies, the following "Acting up" positions were awarded following competitive processes:

- 1 Coastguard Manager acting up to Assistant Director Level since  April 2019;

- 1 Divisional Controller acting up to Coastguard Manager July 2019 to February 2020; and

- 1 Station Officer acting up to Divisional Controller since September 2019.

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