Departmental Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2022

Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Questions (1253, 1264, 1274)

Marc MacSharry

Question:

1253. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice 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. [19553/22]

Mattie McGrath

Question:

1264. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline all of the secondment arrangements within her Department; the conditions relating to such secondments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19873/22]

Carol Nolan

Question:

1274. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons currently employed in her Department who have been seconded in 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. [20065/22]

Written answers

Minister for Justice

I propose to take Questions Nos. 1253, 1264 and 1274 together.

I wish to advise the Deputies that there are currently 74 officials availing of secondment arrangements into and out of my Department in total.

Included in this figure are 5 officials who are assigned as Seconded National Experts to the European Commission, European Council and European Parliament in Brussels. The salary of officials seconded to such positions in Brussels is paid by my Department and not recouped, and these secondments are usually for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for a further two years.

There are also currently 38 officials seconded to eleven Missions and Representations abroad across four continents. These postings are of a duration of between two and four years and are governed by a Memorandum of Understanding between my Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs.

I wish to inform the Deputies that there are currently 5 officers seconded to a public sector agency and 1 officer seconded to the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).  The salaries of these officials are paid by my Department but recouped from the relevant entities on a quarterly basis.

Please note that my Department currently has no staff seconded into the Department from the public sector.

Please find the information in relation to staff seconded to other bodies below in tabular form.

Grade	Body	Salary
Assistant Principal Officer	Legal Services Regulatory Authority	Assistant Principal Officer PPC pay scale
Higher Executive Officer	Legal Services Regulatory Authority	Higher Executive Officer non-PPC pay scale
Executive Officer	Legal Services Regulatory Authority	Executive Officer PPC pay scale
Administrative Officer	Economic and Social Research Institute	Administrative Officer PPC pay scale
Assistant Principal Officer	University of Limerick	Assistant Principal Officer PPC  pay scale
Executive Officer	Institute of Public Administration	Executive Officer PPC pay scale