Departmental Staff.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 April 2009

Tuesday, 7 April 2009

Ceisteanna (271)

Phil Hogan

Ceist:

271 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people working in the public service under temporary employment contracts on a fixed term basis who will lose their jobs as a consequence of the non-renewal of those contracts due to the moratorium decision announced by the Minister for Finance on 27 March 2009; the organisations in which such terminations will occur; the number of individuals who will lose their jobs as a consequence of this decision; the annual saving that will accrue to the Exchequer as a consequence of the non-renewal of these contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15047/09]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Social and Family Affairs (Deputy Mary Hanafin)

There are no staff employed in my Department on a fixed term basis. All temporary staff are employed on a fixed purpose basis and their employment will continue until the purpose for which they were employed ceases.

The agencies operating under the aegis of my Department are the Pensions Board, the Citizens Information Board, the Family Support Agency, the Combat Poverty Agency and the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman. Details of fixed term contracts and savings in respect of each of the agencies are shown in the following table.

Organisation	No. of fixed term contracts	Annual savings to Exchequer
		€
Pensions Board	6	*See note
Citizens Information Board	1	39,545
Family Support Agency	3	63,490
Combat Poverty Agency	4**	121,798
Office of the Pensions Ombudsman	Nil	N/A

Note:

*The Pensions Board is a self funding organisation, therefore, no savings will accrue to the Exchequer as a result of the non-renewal of the temporary contracts.

**Temporary fixed term contracts to end June 2009 are in place pending integration of Combat Poverty into the Department of Social and Family Affairs