Departmental Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2022

Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Questions (988, 1017, 1029)

Marc MacSharry

Question:

988. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the details of the name, salary, position and roles of persons who are being paid for by her Department for secondment to another public, private or semi-private entity, in tabular form, following the announcement that the salary of a person (details supplied) being seconded to Trinity College, Dublin, will be paid by the Department of Health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19556/22]

Mattie McGrath

Question:

1017. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline all the secondment arrangements within her Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19876/22]

Carol Nolan

Question:

1029. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently employed in her Department who have been seconded from the public sector; the number of departmental officials seconded where the moneys are recouped from the body the person is seconded to or where the Department pays for the person with no recoupment from the other organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20068/22]

Written answers

Minister for Social Protection

I propose to take Questions Nos. 988, 1017 and 1029 together.

A complete list of all ongoing secondment arrangements involving my Department is set out in the table. Civil Servants are paid in line with Civil Service Salary Scales. These are most recently outlined in Circular 04/2022.

The issue of recouping the salary cost associated with secondments is determined on a case by case basis and agreed between the Department and the organisation to/from which the secondment takes place.

Seconded Out

No.	Grade	Receiving Body	Paid by	Recouped
1	CO	Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine	Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine	No
1	AP	Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Department of Social Protection	Yes
2	AP	Department of Finance	Department of Social Protection	No
1	AO	Department of Finance	Department of Social Protection	No
1	HEO	Department of Public Expenditure and Reform	Department of Social Protection	No
1	HEO	Department of Rural and Community Development	Department of Rural and Community Development	No
1	PO	Department of the Taoiseach	Department of the Taoiseach	No
5	TCO	Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media	Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media	No
1	AP	EU	Department of Foreign Affairs	No
3	AP	EU Commission	Department of Social Protection	No
2	HEO	EU Commission	Department of Social Protection	No
1	HEO	Forsa	Department of Social Protection	No
1	EO	Forsa	Department of Social Protection	No
1	HEO	HSE	Department of Social Protection	Yes
1	HEO	Money Advice and Budgeting Service	Department of Social Protection	Yes
1	CO	Money Advice and Budgeting Service	Department of Social Protection	Yes
2	CO	North Inner City Partnership	Department of Social Protection	No
1	AP	North Inner City Partnership	Department of Social Protection	No
1	AO	Oireachtas	Oireachtas	No
2	CO	Paul Partnership	Department of Social Protection	Yes
1	AP	Public Services Friendly Society	Department of Social Protection	Yes
1	EO	Residential Redress Board	Department of Social Protection	Yes

Seconded In

No.	Grade	Origin Body	Paid by	Recouped
18	Gardaí	An Garda Síochána	An Garda Síochána	Yes
2	Statistician	Central Statistics Office	Department of Social Protection	No
3	Legal Advisor	Office of the Attorney General	Department of Social Protection	No