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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 12 Nov 1991

Vol. 412 No. 5

Written Answers. - Job Sharing and Career Break Scheme.

Roger T. Garland

Roger T. Garland

Roger T. Garland

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51 Mr. Garland asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline, within the area of responsibility of his Department and covering each year from the commencement of the job-sharing and career break scheme (a) the total number of applications received and (b) the total granted and not granted; if he will give a breakdown of the grades involved under each heading and the reasons some applications were turned down; if his Department have plans to extend the job sharing scheme from working halved hours to a system which facilitates the workers' requirements; and if not, the reason therefor.

Charles J. Haughey

Minister for Finance (The Taoiseach)

The information requested by the Deputy in the first part of his question is outlined in the schedule which I propose to circulate in the Official Report.

Applications for career breaks were refused in a small number of cases because the particular applications did not fall within the terms of the circulars governing the scheme.

My Department have no plan to alter the current job-sharing scheme. I am not aware that there is any particular problem in relation to the various job-sharing arrangements that operate in my Department at present.

Career Breaks Granted

Grades

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

Total

Assistant Secretary

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

—

1

Principal Officer

1

1

1

—

—

—

—

—

3

Assistant Principal

5

4

4

6

8

2

—

4

33

Higher Executive Officer

11

7

8

10

2

1

3

3

45

Administrative Officer

5

6

8

4

7

—

1

—

31

Executive Officer

16

25

19

17

18

11

8

6

120

Staff Officer

2

10

2

5

—

1

—

—

20

Clerical Officer

24

38

39

22

20

10

13

13

179

Clerical Assistant

65

168

144

127

145

87

45

34

815

Clerical Assistant — Data Entry

5

7

10

10

5

8

6

1

52

Messenger

—

—

1

1

—

1

—

—

3

Paperkeeper

—

1

—

1

—

—

1

—

3

Senior Inspector of Taxes

—

—

2

—

—

—

—

—

2

Higher Inspector of Taxes

—

1

2

1

—

—

—

—

4

Inspector of Taxes

3

8

4

6

—

—

—

—

21

Higher Tax Officer

11

24

25

13

2

—

10

2

87

Tax Officer

18

31

34

19

4

4

8

10

128

Surveyor C+E

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

1

2

Higher Officer C+E

1

1

3

1

1

—

—

2

9

Officer C+E

—

1

—

—

—

—

—

1

2

Indoor Officer C+E

1

1

4

—

—

—

—

1

7

Assistant Officer C+E

4

13

7

4

2

—

4

2

36

Valuer

2

2

—

—

1

1

2

—

8

Mapping Draughtsman

1

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

Assistant Superintendent

—

2

—

—

1

—

—

—

3

Cartographer

3

5

7

5

9

4

—

3

36

Director Ombudsman

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

—

1

Chemist

1

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

Laboratory Technician

—

1

—

1

1

—

—

1

4

Assistant Solicitor

—

—

2

—

—

—

—

—

2

Architect

1

3

—

—

2

—

—

—

6

Architectural Assistant Grade II

1

3

—

—

—

—

1

—

5

Quantity Surveyor Grade III

1

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

Engineer Grade II

1

1

—

—

—

—

—

—

2

Engineer Grade III

—

1

—

1

—

—

—

—

2

Engineering Technician Grade II

—

1

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

Packer + Porter

—

1

—

1

1

—

—

—

3

Printing + Binding Clerk

—

—

1

—

—

—

—

—

1

Assistant to Supervisor Guide

—

—

1

—

—

—

—

—

1

Inplant General Operative

—

—

1

—

—

1

—

—

2

Architectural Assistant Grade I

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

—

1

Supervisor Guide

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

1

Engineering Draughtsman

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

1

Technical Assistant

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

1

Wildlife Inspector Grade III

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

1

Blind Telephonist

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

1

Total

1,689
Career Breaks Refused

Grades

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

Total

Assistant Principal

—

—

—

2

—

—

—

—

2

Higher Executive Officer

—

—

—

2

1

2

—

—

5

Administrative Officer

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

1

Executive Officer

—

—

—

—

1

7

4

7

19

Staff Officer

—

—

—

—

—

5

—

5

10

Clerical Officer

—

—

—

1

3

4

2

6

16

Clerical Assistant

—

—

—

—

—

27

12

36

75

Clerical Assistant — Data Entry

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

1

Assistant Superintendant

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

1

Cartographer

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

1

Tax Officer

—

—

—

—

—

12

7

19

38

Higher Tax Officer

—

—

—

—

—

—

5

5

10

Inspector

—

—

—

—

—

3

2

5

10

Solicitor

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

1

2

Law Clerk

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

1

2

Messenger

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

1

2

Valuer Grade III

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

1

Total

196
Job-Sharing

Grades

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

Total

Assistant Principal

—

—

1

—

—

2

—

—

1

4

Higher Executive Officer

—

—

—

—

—

4

2

—

—

6

Executive Officer

—

—

5

—

—

4

11

1

4

25

Staff Officer

—

—

2

—

—

1

4

1

4

12

Clerical Officer

—

—

15

8

6

5

16

16

25

91

Clerical Assistant

1

5

24

44

21

36

52

28

59

270

Clerical Assistant — Data Entry

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

1

2

Investigator

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

1

Cartographer

—

—

—

—

—

2

2

—

—

4

Indoor Officer

—

—

—

—

—

2

—

2

—

4

Inspector

—

—

—

—

4

2

3

—

2

11

Higher Tax Officer

—

5

11

4

9

11

6

5

11

62

Tax Officer

—

8

11

22

19

14

29

20

21

144

Architect

—

—

—

2

—

1

—

—

—

3

Senior Architect

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

—

1

Architectural Assistant Grade II

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

—

1

Engineer Grade III

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

1

Quantity Surveyor Grade III

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

1

Total

643
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