Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2022
499. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons currently employed in his Department who have been seconded in from the public sector; the number of Departmental officials seconded where the monies 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [20061/22]
View answerI wish to advise the Deputy that secondment arrangements within the Department of Finance follow the guidelines set out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's Secondment Policy for the Civil Service.
This was outlined most recently in Circular 27-2021 which sets out the current arrangements for secondments between Civil Service organisations. This Secondment Policy also provides that the same principles may be applied to secondment arrangements between a parent department and a non-civil service body within its sector.
There are currently 32 people seconded into my Department from other public sector organisations.
There are currently 6 employees of the Department of Finance seconded to other organisations who continue to be paid by my Department. These employees have remained on the payroll of this Department as the roles they occupy remain directly in the purview and strategic interest of the Department of Finance. Their secondment enables them to work closely within these organisations and also allows for administrative ease (i.e. access to email/internet networks etc). Of these 6 employees, 2 are placed with the European Commission and their salaries are recouped from the Department of Foreign Affairs under the Central Funding Scheme, which supports the placement of Irish staff in international organisations.
