Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 January 2023
270. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of secretariat staff provided to the Standards in Public Office Commission by the Office of the Ombudsman in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2790/23]
View answerThe Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) is funded as part of the Vote for the Office of the Ombudsman (Vote 19). The activities of SIPO represent one of the programmes making up the overall Vote (the others are: Ombudsman, Commission for Public Service Appointments, Office of the Protected Disclosures Commission, Office of the Information Commissioner, Commissioner for Environmental Information and Referendum Commission). The table shows details of staff who are directly assigned to SIPO but does not include staff in the shared services area of the Office of the Ombudsman, who provide an extensive range of support services to SIPO.
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SIPO |
Staff numbers |
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31-Dec-12 |
9 |
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31-Dec-13 |
8 |
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31-Dec-14 |
9 |
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31-Dec-15 |
12 |
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31-Dec-16 |
14 |
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31-Dec-17 |
15 |
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31-Dec-18 |
19 |
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31-Dec-19 |
20* |
* 1 staff member on career break |
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31-Dec-20 |
22* |
* 1 staff member on career break |
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31-Dec-21 |
21* |
* 1 staff member on career break |
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31-Dec-22 |
24* |
* 2 staff members on career break |
The support services of the Office of the Ombudsman are included in full in the Ombudsman programme (which also includes the Director General and Private Secretary). The staffing support provided to SIPO includes the following:
- Provision of ICT services,
- Provision of Finance services,
- Human Resources services,
- Facilities Management services,
- Provision of in-house legal support,
- Provision of in-house communications services,
- Reception/Service officers.
