Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 April 2009
6 Deputy David Stanton asked the Taoiseach the number of staff with fewer than two years service on 1 March 2009 who gave notice to terminate their employment before 1 April 2009 under section 5 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act, 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14589/09]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the terms of Section 5 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act, 2009, no members of staff in my Department with less than two years service on 1 March 2009 gave notice to terminate their employment before 1 April 2009.
7 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Taoiseach 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [15048/09]
Amharc ar fhreagraThere are no staff in my Department under temporary employment contracts on a fixed term basis. There are a number of persons in the National Economic and Social Development Office employed under contract. The expiry of a fixed term contract is determined by the terms of that contract. The decision as to whether to renew such a contract depends on a number of grounds, including the existence of objective reasons for renewing the contract on a fixed term basis. In the context of the moratorium, the renewal of fixed term contracts is treated in the same way as all employment in the public service. In relation to all public service posts including fixed term positions, no such posts can be filled without the prior sanction of the Minister for Finance.
