asked the Minister for Finance if he will state what facilities or inducements have been offered to unestablished officers and temporary employees of the Department of Industry and Commerce to join the new Volunteer reserve force.
Ceisteanna-Questions. Oral Answers. - Volunteer Reserve Force.
asked the Minister for Finance if he will state what facilities or inducements have been offered to established officers of the Department of Industry and Commerce to join the new Volunteer reserve force.
asked the Minister for Finance if he will state what facilities or inducements have been offered to unestablished officers and temporary employees of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs to join the new Volunteer reserve force.
asked the Minister for Finance if he will state what facilities or inducements he has offered to the established grades in the Post Office service to join the new Volunteer reserve force.
I will take questions Nos. 7, 8, 9 and 10 together. The standing instructions to all Departments provide that civil servants of all grades who wish to join the Volunteer force should be facilitated as far as possible, consistent with the uninterrupted maintenance of the public service. In order to facilitate officers of the Civil Service in joining, additional annual leave is granted pursuant to Department of Finance circular 19/37 of the 15th June, 1937, on the following basis:—
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Ordinary Leave Allowance. |
Additional Leave Allowance. |
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Nil. |
18 days' special leave without pay. |
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6 days. |
12 days' special leave with pay and 6 days without pay. |
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12 days. |
12 days' special leave with pay. |
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15 days. |
12 days' special leave with pay. |
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18 days or over. |
9 days' special leave with pay. |
I should mention that the above allowances are under review. I may say also that the "Nil" annual leave allowance refers mainly to part-time officers and persons remunerated on a "fee" basis.
Will the Minister say what arrangement has been made by which civil servants joining the Volunteers will do their 90 days training?
That is a separate question. I should have to have notice of it.
Is it not necessary, on joining the Volunteer force, to do a preliminary 90 days training?
Not always, I am advised.
It can be done locally in Dublin. It can be done by means of nightly drills.
Do I understand that civil servants joining the Volunteer force will not do the 90 days training, but that arrangements will be made for that training in their ordinary time?
In Dublin, and in the larger cities like Cork and Limerick, it can be done locally in their ordinary time at night, like lots of others.