Departmental Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2010

Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Ceisteanna (416, 417, 418)

Olwyn Enright

Ceist:

504 Deputy Olwyn Enright asked the Minister for Finance the criteria applied by his Department in considering the grant or refusal of an exemption by a Department or State Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33517/10]

Olwyn Enright

Ceist:

506 Deputy Olwyn Enright asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the exemptions sought by each Department, including job and grade, to the recruitment embargo outlining which exemptions were granted and which exemptions were refused in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33519/10]

Olwyn Enright

Ceist:

507 Deputy Olwyn Enright asked the Minister for Finance if will provide a breakdown of the exemptions sought by each State Agency, including job and grade, to the recruitment embargo outlining which exemptions were granted and which exemptions were refused in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33518/10]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Finance (Deputy Brian Lenihan)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 504, 506 and 507 together.

The moratorium on recruitment and promotion was introduced by the Government at the end of March 2009. The moratorium allows for certain general exemptions in the Education and Health Sectors for the filling of certain key posts as well as for the Local Authorities in relation to certain key posts. Information in relation to the posts covered by these general exemptions may be sought from the relevant Ministers.

Departments have been implementing the moratorium in respect of themselves and the bodies under their aegis. However, where a Department feels that a post should be filled, in either the case of a civil service post or in relation to a public service post in a body under the aegis of the Department, it requires the sanction of the Minister for Finance for an exception to the moratorium. Requests for exceptions are not made in respect of every vacancy.

Each request for an exception is assessed on a case by case basis. Approval to fill posts is based on the business case made including consideration of, for example:

a. statutory posts which have to be filled for legal reasons;

b. in a number of instances failure to fill posts could result in a breach of EU/international regulations etc.

c. safety related posts where a failure to fill them could leave the state open to potential legal liabilities or for security reasons;

d. some specialist/technical posts which are required to ensure continuity of operations e.g. legal officers, laboratory staff, maritime safety, etc.;

e. to ensure continuity of essential services.

It should be noted that in accordance with the terms of the moratorium, exceptions can only be sought by Government Departments and Offices after all internal possibilities of reassigning staff, reorganising work, etc. have been exhausted. In addition, as part of the Employment Control Framework 2010-2012 for the Health Sector, the HSE has discretion to fill a limited number of posts on exceptional grounds to support the development of integrated health care and its transformation programme. There must be suppression of posts of equivalent value in non-frontline areas for each new exempted posts or each exception made.

Information on the individual exceptions sought by each Department in respect of Civil Service and Public Service posts is outlined in table 2 and table 3, respectively. Unless otherwise stated in the tables the information covers the period up to the 1st of September 2010.

Civil Service

Table 2 sets out the breakdown of exceptions to the moratorium which have been sought in respect of the Civil Service. Approximately 2,800 staff have left the Civil Service since the introduction of the moratorium in March 2009. To date, exceptions have been sought to fill 1,966 posts and of these 1,244 have been approved either in full or in part. However, only some 520 of these posts will in time involve recruitment of new staff. During this period the net reduction in civil service numbers has been 2,300, representing a decrease of some 6% on numbers serving numbers in the civil service. In addition sanction has also been given for some 276 temporary posts for Census 2011 and for various temporary ‘summer relief' type posts.

Public Service

Table 3 sets out the breakdown of exceptions to the moratorium which have been sought in respect of the wider Public Service. My Department has received 255 requests involving 1,919 posts. 182 requests have been sanctioned in full or in part in respect of 1,014 posts. 27 requests have been refused and a decision is pending in relation to 46 requests. Summary information by Department is set out in table 1.

Table 1

Public Service by Vote	No. of requests	Requests granted	Requests refused	Decision pending	No. of posts sought	No. of posts granted
Enterprise, Trade & Innovation	42	29	5	8	155	74
Social Protection	10	10	0	0	13	13
Defence	10	9	0	1	539	216
Tourism, Culture & Sport	18	12	6	0	19	13
Health	34	29	0	5	125	118
Transport	5	3	1	1	37	11
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food	15	7	2	6	163	93
Communications, Energy & Natural Resources	46	32	1	13	109	95
Community, Equality & Gaeltacht Affairs	0	0	0	0	0	0
Education	40	32	5	3	403	251
Justice & Law Reform	10	9	0	1	292	120
Environment, Heritage & Local Government	25	10	7	8	65	10
Foreign Affairs	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finance	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taoiseach’s	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	255	182	27	46	1,919	1,014

Table 2: Civil Service

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
Courts Service	5 Legal Researchers	Legal Researchers	5	Approved	01-Jun-09	5	Approved but next 6 Tipstaff to be suppressed
	1 CO in Limerick from PAS CO panel	CO	1	Approved	18-Nov-09	1	1 CO from PAS
	1 CO in Waterford from PAS CO panel	CO	1	Approved	18-Nov-09	1	1 CO from PAS
	Dep Gen Solicitor (AP) acting to Gen Solicitor (PO) to be made substantive	Gen Solicitor	1	Approved	06-Nov-09	1	Sanctioned as substantive Gen Solicitor on basis of suppressing Dep Gen Solicitor post
	Tip staffs (criers and ushers) for judiciary	Tip Staff (criers and ushers)	5	Approved	11-Mar-10	5	Operational needs.
	Permanent Court messenger Galway	Court Messenger	1	Approved	21-Jan-10	1	Statutory requirements
	10 Judicial Fellowships to the High Court	Fellowships	10	Approved	16-Jun-10	10	Fellows considered to provide key support to the Judiciary
	4 Assistant Principal Officer posts in Dublin	Assistant Principal	4	Not Granted			3 to replace 4 normal retirements and 1 lateral transfer
	3 Executive Officers in Dublin	Executive Officer	3	Not Granted			2 to replace retirements and 1 to replace transfer
	1 Clerical Officer Wexford/Waterford	Clerical Officer	1	Not Granted			To replace staff member transferring to a Garda Station
	Service Officer with Allowance for Dublin	Service Officer	1	Not Granted			Vacancy created on retirement of incumbent
	1 Higher Executive Officer Wexford	HEO	1	Under Consideration
	1 Executive Officer Clonmel	EO	1	Under Consideration
	Judicial Secretaries	CO	2	Under Consideration

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
PRA	35 Technical Promotions	Examiner of Maps	35	Part Approved	During 2009	20	20 Mapping Draughtspersons promoted to next level. Old grade defunct while their new grade has big workload. Part Granted (no allowance for 15 staff)
	Deputy Registrar, Head of Operations (departmental grade, Director equivalent)	Deputy Registrar	1	Approved	09-Mar-10	1	Business Critical Post
	Mapping Advisor, (departmental grade, PO standard equivalent)	Mapping Advisor	1	Approved	09-Mar-10	1	Business Critical Post
	Personnel Officer, (PO standard)	PO	1	Approved	09-Mar-10	1	Business Critical Post
	2 AP higher and 2 AP std	AP	4	Part Approved	09-Mar-10	1	Promotions
	3 Service Officer Posts for Roscommon Office	Service Officer	3	Approved	11-Aug-10	3
JELR	CEO Legal Aid Board	CEO	1	Approved	28-Aug-09	1	Statutory Post, extension for a 5 year fixed term contract
	CEO Equality Authority	CEO	1	Approved	23-Apr-09	1	Statutory Post, extension for a 5 year fixed term contract
	Employment Assistance Officer (EAO)	Employment Assistance Officer	1	Approved	06-May-09	1	Existing Civil Servant, cost neutral
	Garda Inspectorate — 2 members	Garda Inspectorate	2	Approved	07-Aug-09	2	2 new members of Inspectorate sanctioned for a 2 year period
	Deputy Chief State Pathologist	Deputy Chief State Pathologist	1	Approved	07-Jul-09	1	Exception made to make temp contract established (see file )
	Head of IT	Head of IT	1	Approved	17-Feb-10	1	Acting up allowance for 1 year
	2 Legal Researchers -INIS/ORAC	Legal Researcher	2	Approved	02-Feb-10	2	Renewal of Contracts for 1 year
	Director General (Dep Sec)	DG	1	Part Approved	25-May-10	1	Approved at lower level.
	International Policy (Asst Sec)	Asst Sec	1	Suppressed	01-May-10	0	—

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
	JELR ISER 10 PO posts	PO	8	Part Approved	—	4	—
	JELR shared services (Payroll Project Team 1 AP, 2 HEOs and 1 EO)	Eo to AP	5	Under Consideration	—	—	—
	JELR shared services (1 AP, 2 EOs and 2 Cos)	CO to AP	5	Under Consideration	—	—	—
Legal Aid Board	12 Junior Solicitors	Solicitors	12	Approved	15-Apr-10	12	Value for Money
Office of Data Protection Commissioner	Commissioner, 5 year contract	Asst Sec	1	Approved	26-May-10	1	Statutory Post, extension for a 5 year fixed term contract
	National Manager of Detention School Services		1	Under Consideration
	Deputy Director Probation Services		1	Refused
	1 Senior Legal Researcher		1	Under Consideration
	4 Legal Researchers		4	Under Consideration
	Senior Investigations Officer	AP	1	Refused
	3 Forensic Scientists Grade III		3	Refused
	2 Scientists		2	Refused
	Assistant Principal Probation Officer	AP	1	Refused
	Probation Officers		5	Refused
	3 Assistant Principal	AP	3	Part Approved	26-Aug-10	2	Business Critical Posts
	7 Executive Officers	EO	7	Part Approved	26-Aug-10	3	Business Critical Posts
	2 Senior Probation Officers	Senior Probation Officers	2	Approved	26-Aug-10	2	Business Critical Posts
	8 Probation Officers	Probation Officers	8	Approved	26-Aug-10	8	Business Critical Posts
	5 Community Service Supervisors	Community Service Supervisors	5	Part Approved	26-Aug-10	3	Business Critical Posts

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
Refugee Appeals Tribunal	Chairperson of Refugee Appeals Tribunal		1	Approved	30-Aug-10	1	Statutory Post
	Assnt Sec		1	Under consideration
Irish Prison Service	Renewal of Contract for the Director General	Director General	1	Approved	June 09	1	Renewal of 5 year contract
	Chief Officer competition	Chief Officer	1	Approved	31-Jul-09	1	Prison operational reasons.
	40 Recruit Prison Officers	Prison Officer	40	Approved	31-Jul-09	40	Prison operational reasons.
	3 Governor 1’s	Governor	3	Approved	31-Jul-09	3	Prison operational reasons.
	2 Governor 2 posts	Governor	2	Approved	20/10/09	2	Prison operational reasons.
	1 Governor 2 Post	Governor	1	Approved	20/10/09	1	Prison operational reasons.
	Recruit grade prison officers	Prison Officers	40	Part Approved	23-Oct-09	40	Prison operational reasons.
	Mandatory Drug Testing (Allowances)	—	2	Approved	13-Oct-09	2	Prison operational reasons.
	Governor posts	Governor	15	Approved	01-Feb-09	15	Prison operational reasons.
	Recruit grade prison officers	Prison Officer	40	Approved	22-Jan-10	40	38 recruit prison officers and 2 psychologists
	Assistant Chief Officer	Asst Chief Officer	15	Approved	11-Feb-10	1	—
	Governor III	Governor	1	Under Consideration			Required for Transformation Implementation Team
	Assistant Governor	Asst Gov	1	Under Consideration			Required for Transformation Implementation Team
	Assistant Principal	Assistant Principal	1	Under Consideration			Required for Transformation Implementation Team
	2 Clerical Officers	Clerical Officer	2	Under Consideration			Required for Transformation Implementation Team
	150 Prison Officers	Recruit Prison Officer	150	Approved	19-May-10	150	Prison operational reasons.
	14 promotions to Assistant Chief Officer	Assistant Chief Officer	14	Approved	05-Jul-10	14	Prison operational reasons.

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
	Allowance for campus Governor	Governor 1	1
	1 Assistant Principal	AP	1	Under Consideration
	2 Clerical Officers	CO	2	Under Consideration
	9 Chief Officer I	Chief Officer I	9	Under Consideration
	9 Chief Officer II	Chief Officer II	9	Under Consideration
	Psychologists Grade II	Psychologists Grade II	2	Under Consideration
	4 Psychology Assistants	Psychology Assistants	4	Under Consideration
	10 Nurse Officer Posts	Nurse Officers	10	Under Consideration
	Coordinator of Education		1	Under Consideration
	5 Governor III posts	Governor III	5	Approved	15-Jul-10	5	Prison operational reasons.
	2 Governor I posts	Governor I	2	Approved	15-Jul-10	2	Prison operational reasons.
	1 Assistant Governor	Asst Gov	1	Approved	15-Jul-10	1	Prison operational reasons.
	Psychologists Grade II	Psychologists Grade II	2	Approved	03-Sep-10	2	Prison operational reasons.
	150 Prison Officers	Recruit Prison Officer	150	Part approved	27-Sep-10	80	Prison operational reasons.
Garda Civilians	Acting up allowances			Not Granted	—	—	—
	GPO head of HR strategy	PO	1	Not Granted	—	—	—
	Head of Garda Info Services centre	PO	1	Not Granted	—	—	—
	Head of Training unit Templemore	AP	1	Approved	12-Mar-10	1	1 year contract extension
	IT staff 9	Various	9	Not Granted	—	—	—
	31 staff for emergency call answering	CO	31	Under consideration		—	—
	35 Staff for Garda Vetting Unit	CO	35	Under consideration
D/E&S	Programme for Govt 22 Psychologist & 3 SENO staff	Psychologists/SENO	25	Approved	25-May-09	25	Extending a service and reducing spend on panel scheme
	Chief Inspector vacancy from retirement	Chief Inspector	1	Approved	Nov 09	1	Business Critical Post

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
	A/Secretary post	Asst Secretary	2	Part Approved	08-Oct-09	1	Business Critical Post
	CEO of State Examinations Commission	Asst Secretary	1	Approved	08-Oct-09	1	Business Critical Post
	School Inspectorate	10 Retired School Inspectors	10	Approved	03-Feb-10	10
	NCCA	8 Education Officers (temp.)	8	Approved	22-Jun-10	8	Business Critical Post
	SEC	EAM (maths)	1	Approved	16-Sep-10	1	Specialist post
	NCCA	Director Curr. Assess.	1	Approved	22-Sep-10	1	Business Critical Post
D/Social Protection	New Management Board Structure	A/Sec and Director	4	Agree in principle to fill two of three A/Sec arising in ’09 and to replace over ’09 and ’10 four departing Directors by two /Secs.	Decision by Minister 8/10/09 to proceed. Sanction issued 19 April ’10 to appoint 2 A/Secs to replace 4 departing Directors.	4	Agreed to restructure responsibilities at Mgt Board level from 5 A/Sec and 5 Directors to 6 A/Sec and 1 Director.
	To fill vacancy resulting from retirement in Child Family & Supplementary Policy & Services	Asst Secretary	1	Approved	Oct-09	1	Business Critical Post
	Regional & Pensions Service Delivery	Asst Secretary	1	Approved	Oct-09	1	Business Critical Post
	General Register Office	Asst Secretary	1	Refused	—	0	—
	GPs required to operate med assessment scheme	Medical Assessors	4	Approved	09-Nov-09	4	Control function in monitoring validity of illness cases
	Dep Head for med assessment scheme	Deputy Chief Medical Advisor	1	Approved	13-Jul-09	1	To provide management level to ensure appropriate monitoring of illness cases
	Director — This is a statutory post	Chief Appeals Officer	1	Approved	23-Oct-09	1	Statutory Requirement to have Director in place
	Head of Office — renewal of contract	Pension Ombudsman	1	Approved	01-Apr-09	1	Statutory requirement to have Ombudsman in place

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
	3 posts sanctioned for Buncrana Office Donegal	Service Officer	3	Approved	24-Aug-09	3	Not possible to recruit Service Officer staff locally or via CAF
	8 Buncrana Office Donegal	Staff Officer	8	Approved	06-Oct-09	8	Supervisory posts
	Promotions (Dundalk)	CO to SO	20	Approved	01-Jul-09	20	Reduce Live Register “waiting time” for new claimants
	Promotions Dundalk Initiative	CO to SO	25	Approved	23-Dec-09	25	Reduce Live Register “waiting time” for new claimants
	Sanction to run competition for PO post in Sligo	Principal Officer		Approved	18-Jan-10	1	No assignment to date
	Package of up to 100 posts being requested — 50 promotions in 2010 and 50 in 2011.	SO, EO and HEO, AP,	100	Part Approved	25-Mar-10	20	To deal with increases in the Live Register
	Social Welfare Appeals Officers (Retired)	AP	12	Approved	20-May-10	12	Backlog of Appeals office Claims requiring decisions
	Special Adviser to Minister	PO Standard	1	Approved	06-May-10	1	Ministerial appointments to D/SP
	Special Media Adviser to Minister	PO Standard	1	Approved	06-May-10	1	Ministerial appointments to D/SP
	Personal Assistant to Minister	HEO	1	Approved	06-May-10	1	Ministerial appointments to D/SP
	Personal Secretary to Minister	Personal Secretary	1	Approved	06-May-10	1	Ministerial appointments to D/SP
	Request to fill posts by internal competition	PO, AP and HEO	3	Approved	17-Aug-10	3	Essential to the maintenance of critical IT projects connected with increased workload arising from increases in the Live Register and also resulting from the integration of IT systems associated with transfers of functions to the D/SP. PO post is to be filled from existing internal panel while other 2 posts are to filled from redeployment if possible.

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
	Medical Assessors	Medical Assessors			13-Jul-10		Approval given to run competition — additional sanction will be required to fill posts. The Medical Review and Assessment Services (MRAS) is the principal control mechanism for illness, disability and carer payment schemes administered by DSP.
	Filling of Senior Management Posts	1 Deputy Secretary and 1 Assistant Secretary	2	Under Consideration			Business Critical Posts
D/AFF	Filling of 2 A/Sec posts	Assistant Secretary	2	Part Approved	19-Mar-10	1
	Filling of vacancy in Direct Payment Schemes	Assistant Secretary	1	Approved	10-Jul-09	1	Business Critical Post
	Senior Management, technical and scientific (45) to address skills deficits and ensure EU directives compliance	Various	45	Part Approved	19-Mar-10	21	—
	Statutory posts	Audit & Senior management	2	Approved	19-Mar-10	2	—
	Acting up allowance	HEO	1	Approved	2/10/09	1
	Senior Management and Technical Posts	Various	54	Part Approved	22-Sep-10	3	To cover financial risk re management of Programmes. Remainder of request still under consideration.

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
D/EH&LG	To replace retiring and promoted Assistant Secretary	Assistant Secretary	1	Approved	19/6/09	1	Business Critical Post
	Request for 35 posts, 14 via promotion and 21 via recruitment	various Tech and administrative grades	35	Part Approved	27/03/2010	22	8 Posts in the National Parks & Wildlife Service: 1 Grade 1 Inspector, 1 Grade 11 Inspector, 4 Grade 111 Inspectors, 2 Conservation Rangers. 6 Posts in Met Éireann: 1 Assistant Director, 1 Meteorologist, 4 Meteorological Officers 3 Other Professional/Technical Posts 1 Water Quality Inspector, 1 Principal Adviser (Environment Inspectorate), 1 Inspector Grade 111, 5 General Service Posts 1 Principal Officer, 2 Assistant Principals, 1 Administrative Officer, 1 Executive Officer.
	Met Eireann — Director	Director	1	Approved	18-Sep-09	1	Business Critical Post
	To replace Principal on loan	PO	1	Approved	29/1/10	1	Acting position
	To replace retired assistant secretary — Heritage Division	Assistant Secretary	1	Approved	21-Apr-10	1	Business Critical Post — already deferred for 1 year
	Replace retiree	GIS Manager	1	Approved	10-Jun-10	1	Required technical post
Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
Labour Relations Commission	Reappointment of 2 Rights Commissioners	PO equivalent	2	Approved	28/04/2009	2	Non-discretionary volume of LRC cases and need to maintain state IR machinery.
DETI	Personal Assistant, Personal Secretary and 2 Civilian Drivers for Minister of State Kelleher	HEO, EO, Civilian Driver	4	Approved	06/05/2009	4	Political Appointments
DETI	Personal Assistant, Personal Secretary and 2 Civilian Drivers for Minister of State Lenihan	HEO, EO, Civilian Driver	4	Approved	12/05/2009	4	Political Appointments

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
ET&I (Labour Relations Commission)	Deputy Director of Conciliation Services	PO	1	Approved	29/5/2009	1	Business Critical Post in LRC necessary to maintain state IR machinery.
	Personal Assistant, Personal Secretary and 2 Civilian Drivers for Minister of State Calleary	HEO, EO, Civilian Driver	4	Approved	09/06/2009	4	Political Appointments
ET&I (Labour Court)	Reappointment of 2 Members of Labour Court	N/A	2	Approved	02/06/2009	2	Statutory posts needed for operation of divisions of Labour Court
ET&I (Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement)	Part-time services of retired High Court Judge	High Court Judge	1	Approved	03/06/2009	1	To adjudicate on legal documents in Anglo Irish Bank investigation
ET&I (Labour Relations Commission)	Reappointment of 2 Rights Commissioners	PO equivalent	2	Approved	13/08/2009	2	Non-discretionary volume of LRC cases and need to maintain state IR machinery.
ET&I (National Employment Rights Authority)	Solicitor	Solicitor	1	Application was refused	10/09/2009	0
ET&I (Patents Office)	Request for higher duties allowances for 2 EOs	HEO	2	Approved	10/09/2009	2	Temporary replacements in Trademarks Division
ET&I	Renew contracts of 2 legal researchers	EO	2	Approved	16/09/2009	2	To provide research for drawing up Companies Consolidation bill. 2 EO posts to be suppressed for duration of temporary contract.
ET&I (Labour Court)	Deputy Chairman of Labour Court	Assistant Secretary	1	Approved	31/01/2010	1	Statutory post. Filled by agreement by ICTU nominee.
ET&I	Additional 10 IT posts	HEO and EO	10	Partly approved	02-Jun-10	3	Critical ICT posts.
ET&I	Appointment of Legal Advisor on secondment from Office of AG	Legal Advisor	1	Approved	24-May-10	1	Critical legal skills requirement.
ET&I (Labour Court)	Filling of Ordinary member of Labour Court post	Principal Officer Higher	1	Approved	26-May-10	1	Statutory post. Filled by retention of member until new nomination is received.

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
Enterprise, Trade & Innovation	Minister O’Keeffe’s Special Advisors	Principal Officer	2	Approved	18-May-10	2	Political Appointment
	Minister O’Keeffe’s Personal Assistant	Higher Executive Officer	1	Approved	18-May-10	1	Political Appointment
	Minister O’Keeffe’s Personal Secretary	Executive Officer	1	Approved	18-May-10	1	Political Appointment
	Minister of State Lenihan’s Personal Secretary	Executive Officer	1	Approved	21-Jun-10	1	Political Appointment
	To give Acting Up to and AO for AP and consequentials to EO and CO	AP, HEO, EO	3	Under consideration
	To hold an internal competition to fill 2 AP posts	Assistant Principal	2	Under consideration
Enterprise, Trade & Innovation	To renew the contracts of 2 Legal Researchers		2	Approved	09-Aug-10	2	Contractors working on legislation
Labour Court	To re-appoint the Chairman and 2 Ordinary Members		3	Approved	19-Jul-10	3	Statutory posts.
Labour Relations Commission	Re-appointment of a Rights Commissioner		1	Approved	19-Jul-10	1	Statutory post
NERA	To fill Legal Advisor vacancy	Solicitor (AP)	1	Approved.	13-Sep-10	1	Critical post that will save expenditure on external legal services.
Enterprise, Trade and Innovation	To fill PO vacancies	PO	3	Under consideration
Enterprise, Trade & Innovation	Assistant Secretary post	Assistant Secretary	1	Under consideration			Ass Sec posts have reduced from 7 to 4 since April. Post in CSD area — arises due to retirement

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
NERA	To fill Accountant vacancy	Accountant Grade I	1	Under consideration
CEGA
	To start up and oversee new Irish SI translation unit.	Director	1	Approved	08/04/2009	1	Response to High Court ruling.
	To manage the translation of Statutory Instruments into Irish	Aistritheoir Grád II	1	Approved	08/04/2009	1	Response to High Court ruling.
	To manage the translation of Statutory Instruments into Irish	Aistritheoir Grád III	1	Approved	08/04/2009	1	Response to High Court ruling.
	Ministerial Staff	Personal Assistant (HEO)	1	Approved	06/05/2009	1	Political Appointment
	Ministerial Staff	Personal Secretary	1	Approved	06/05/2009	1	Political Appointment
	Ministerial Staff	Civilian Driver	1	Approved	30/04/2009	2	Political Appointment
	To translate documents into Irish for EU.	Detached National Expert	3	Approved	05/11/2009	3	Temporary fixed term contracts renewed for 1 year.
	To replace 2 Assistant Secretaries, one of whom had retired and the other promoted.	Assistant Secretary	2	Approved	23/04/2010 & 14/05/2010	2	Department was operating with only 1 Assistant Sec. Business critical post
Charitable, Donations and Bequests Office	To renew contract of Secretary to Commissioners.	Solicitor (AP)	1	Approved	11-Mar-10	1	Need for continuity during the changeover period leading to the setting up of the Charities Regulatory Authority.
National Advisory Committee on Drugs	To recruit researcher into drugs.	Researcher (AP)	1	Approved	11-Mar-10	1	Sanction granted to Health Research Board to recruit and second the Researcher to the NACD. Post considered a ‘Business Critical Post’.

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
	Minister Carey’s Special Advisor	Principal Officer	1	Approved	19-Apr-10	1	Political Appointment
	Minister Carey’s Media Advisor	Principal Officer	1	Approved	19-Apr-10	1	Political Appointment
	Minister Carey’s Personal Assistant	Higher Executive Officer	1	Approved	19-Apr-10	1	Political Appointment
	Minister Carey’s Personal Secretary	Executive Officer	1	Approved	19-Apr-10	1	Political Appointment
	Minister of State White’s Personal Assistant	Higher Executive Officer	1	Approved	19-May-10	1	Political Appointment
	Minister of State White’s Personal Secretary	Executive Officer	1	Approved	19-May-10	1	Political Appointment
	Minister of State White’s Civilian Drivers	Civilian Driver	2	Approved	19-May-10	2	Political Appointment
	Ministerial Staff (Minister of State White)	Special Advisor	1	Approved	24-May-10	1	Political Appointment
	Additional Assistant Secretary Post	Assistant Secretary	1	Refused but Director post approved	22-Jul-10	1	Critical management post
Equality Authority	Filling of Legal Advisor post	PO	1	Under consideration
Finance	Banking specialist (temporary fixed term contract for 3 years)	Banking Specialist (Assistant Secretary level)	1	Approved	21/8/09	1	Urgent need for expertise in banking area.
	Package of IT posts.	1 ICT AP, 2 ICT E0s, 1 promotion EO to HEO (ICT)	4	Approved	23/12/09	4	Is in line with the ICT staffing recommendations made by the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes
	Assistant Secretary in CMOD	Assistant Secretary	1	Approved	Jan 2010	1	Business Critical Post
	8 POs	Principal	8	Approved	12-Apr-10	8	Business Critical posts in situation where staffing levels were already below approved revised limits

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
	Director, Language Training Unit; higher duties allowance	Assistant Principal	1	Approved	01-Oct-09	1	Business Critical post
	Employee Assistance Officer	Higher Executive officer	1	Under consideration
	Second Secretary Financial Services Division	Second Secretary	1	Approved	21-Jul-10	1	Business critical post
Revenue	Promotion of 2 COs to EO	EO	2	Approved	24/6/09	2	Skilled staff. Newly commissioned Cutter to be launched and used in fight against illegal importation of drugs
	Package of 200 posts.	Various Grades	200	Approved	22/12/09	200	To fill key management, audit and policy posts to ensure effective tax collection through a mix of redeployment, internal promotion and open competition.
	To have internal competition for 2 CO positions in Print Room.	Clerical Officer	2	Approved	17-Feb-10	2	Open to Service Officers — regrading of 2 Service Officer posts to CO and filled by redeployment — with no overall increase in numbers.
	Completion of final 2 phases of 2003 Uplift Agreement i.e. uplift of 20 Tax Officers to EO; 28 Higher Tax Officers to HEO & 5 CO Programmers to EO JSA	Uplift of 20 Tax Officers to EO; 28 Higher Tax Officers to HEO & 5 CO Programmers to EO JSA	53	Approved	30-Mar-10	53	Revenue Integration to General Service grades. This was a legacy of the Revenue Agreement on Integration agreed with the Unions following the integration of Customs staff with Tax staff. End result is more effective casework management following targeted training.
	Revenue Solicitor and Asst Secretary post in Investigations and Prosecutions Division	Revenue Solicitor and Asst Secretary	2	Approved	22-Apr-10	2	Particular responsibilities attaching to each post.
	Creation of additional posts with allowances at Terminal 2 Dublin Airport	6 Eos, 12 Cos	18	Under consideration

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
Valuation Office	Promotions	Chief Superintendents of Mapping	2	Approved		2	Element of restructuring plan for VO.
	Higher Superintendents of Mapping	Higher Superintendents of Mapping	2	Approved		2	Element of restructuring plan for VO.
	Appeal Officer	Appeal Officer	1	Approved	01-Sep-09	1	Internal competition — no backfilling of resulting vacancies — overall numbers not affected.
	A minimum of 1 Asst Registrar (HEO) and 3 COs for Valuation Tribunal to deal with ongoing Tribunal Appeals arising from National Revaluation	1 Asst Registrar (HEO) and 3 COs	4	Approved	15-Apr-10	4	To ensure that the statutory deadlines for processing of appeals following the Revaluation process be met. Sanctioned on basis that an EO post be suppressed for 1 year, while an EO filled the HEO position on an acting up basis. 1 CO post to be filled on redeployment and the other 2 on temp contract for 11 mths each.
	3 Student Valuers	3 Student Valuers @ CO level	3	Approved	17-Jun-10	3	On 1 year contracts on 1st pt of the CO scale, replacing students
	To fill 2 Service Officer posts	Service Officer	2	Part Approved	01-Sep-10	1	Frontline post to be filled by redeployment.
C&AG	Vacancies at various Grades	4 PO, 4.7 AP, 14.5 HEO/EO, 1.7 CO (Total 24.9)	24.9	Approved	15-Mar-10	24.9	Extra responsibilities e.g. NAMA, new Accounting Standards, extra work on Revenue account
	1 Director of Audit	Assistant Sec level	1	Approved	30-Apr-10	1	Scale of operations and complex issues involved.
	Trainee Auditor to fill vacancies	Trainee Auditor	2	Approved	03-Aug-10	2	Temporary appointment to cover vacancy caused by secondment of a Detached National Expert to the EU, and relocation of other staff member.

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
OPW	Upgrade	Architect	1	Refused	29/5/09	0
	To fill vacancies	Service Officers	3	Approved	22/6/09	3	No viable alternatives to filling vacancy
	Commissioner (Property Management Services)	Commissioner (Assistant Secretary)	1	Approved	26-Aug-09	1	To enable OPW to effectively deliver on the current demands for its services made by Government, other Departments and their agencies and the public.
	Recruit 16 graduates at a reduced salary to replace those finishing the Graduate Architect Training Scheme.	Architect training programme	16	Approved	14/08/09	16	Participation in scheme for 5 years, — reduced salaries and fees
	To fill vacancy in new section	Quantity Surveyor	1	Approved	08/12/09	1	NPPOU section in Trim
	To fill possible vacancy in Director of the Botanic Gardens pending decision on 3 yr career break for incumbent to assume major positions in US	Acting up Director of Botanic Gardens	1	Approved	01-Apr-10	1	Provided that the previous post of the new Acting Director remain unfilled for the duration of the Director’s absence on career break
	Filling of Management/Administration and Technical Posts	Various	142	Part Approved	24-Sep-10	2	Employee Assistance Officer and Payroll expert approved — business critical posts. Remainder of submission under consideration.
	National Procurement Service (NPS)	Various	21	Approved	04-Aug-10	21	Staffing of NPS — 12 Buyers, 2 solicitors, 1 analyst & 6 Admin, 1 Admin officer
Attorney General	Advisory Counsel Grade 111	Advisory Counsel Grade 111	1	Approved		1	Important legal post
	Head of Administration	Head of Administration	1	Approved	01-Jan-00	1	Principal post in charge of the office
	Assistant Parliamentary Counsel Grade 11	Assistant Parliamentary Counsel Grade 11	3	Approved		3	Important legal posts

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
	Advisory Counsel Grade 1 (Vacancy)	Assistant Secretary Level	1	Approved (acting-up basis for 3 yrs)	21-Sep-09	1	Business Critical Post
	Advisory Counsel Grade 11	Advisory Counsel Grade 11	1	Approved		1	Important legal post because of the workload in the office
	Dep Director	Deputy Secretary level	1	Approved	23-Feb-10	1	Business Critical Post (Internal TLAC type competition. Consequentials, if any, also sanctioned within ECF.)
	Advisory Counsel Grade 111	Advisory Counsel Grade 111	1	Approved		1	Important legal post because of the workload in the office
	Promotion AP to PO	PO	1	Approved		1
Chief State Solicitor	Solicitor	Solicitor	1	Approved	23-Jun-10	1	Official appointed on completion of apprenticeship
	Solicitor	Solicitor (temp.) NAMA	1	Approved	08-Jul-10	1	High Court NAMA case
	Promotion Law Clerk to Legal Executive	Legal Executive	2	Approved	31-Aug-10	2	Trainee scheme
Central Statistics Office	Assistant Director General	Assistant Director General	1	Approved	22-Oct-09	1	Business Critical Post -approved on the basis any resultant internal vacancy is suppressed
	Assistant Director General for Macroeconomic and Environment Divisions	Assistant Director General	1	Approved	Agreed by Minister 14 April 2010	1	Business Critical Post
	Senior Statistician	Senior Statistician	1	Approved	30-Apr-10	1	Business case
	EO	EO	2	Approved	23-Jun-10	2	To assist BIM decent.
Defence	Night watchman	Night Watchman	1	Approved		1	To provide security at the Galway premises
	Director of Military Prosecutions	Director of Military Prosecutions	1	Approved		1	Statutory post
	Assistant Principal/Senior Systems Analyst	Assistant Principal/Senior Systems Analyst	1	Approved		1	Sanctioned in Galway as a result of the suppression of a PO and the transfer of his duties to Dublin

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
	Head Services Officer	Head Services Officer	1	Approved		1	Needed for the decentralisation of premises to Newbridge
	Services Officer	Services Officer	1	Approved		1	—
	Director	Director	1	Approved		1	—
	Principal Officer	Principal Officer	1	Approved		1	—
	Special Adviser	Special Adviser	1	Approved	09-Apr-10	1	Ministerial staff
	Special Adviser	Special Adviser	1	Approved	16-Apr-10	1	Ministerial staff
	Personal Assistant	Personal Assistant	1	Approved	09-Apr-10	1	Ministerial staff
	Personal Secretary	Personal Secretary	1	Approved	09-Apr-10	1	Ministerial staff
	Principal Officer	Principal Officer	1	Approved	05-Aug-10	1	PO vacancy arising from appointment of Director
	Principal Officer	Principal Officer	1	Approved	05-Aug-10	1	Retirement of PO in Galway
	Assistant Principal	Assistant Principal	2	Approved	05-Aug-10	2	Arising from filling of PO posts
DPP	To fill retirement vacancy	Head of Directing Division (between Asst Sec and Dep Sec)	1	Approved	05-Jun-09	1	Business Critical Post
	Chief Prosecution Solicitor	Chief Prosecution Solicitor (between Asst Sec and Dep Sec)	1	Approved	02-Nov-09	1	Business Critical Post
	Internal Promotion to Deputy Chief Prosecution Solicitor	Deputy Chief Prosecution Solicitor	1	Approved	23-Apr-10	1	Business Critical Post
	Internal Promotion to PO	PO (higher)	1	Approved	23-Apr-10	1	Business Critical Post
	Legal Researcher (temp.)	Legal Researcher (temp.)	1	Approved	23-Apr-10		Business Critical Post
	Head of Admin (allowance)	Head of Admin (allowance)	1	Approved	23-Apr-10	1	Business Critical Post
Foreign Affairs	5 Third Secretaries	Third Secretaries	5	Approved		5	From the 2008 competition to provide for succession planning
	Assistant Secretary	Assistant Secretary	1	Approved	19-Feb-10	1	Business Critical Post

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
	Counsellor and First Secretary	Counsellor and First Secretary	2	Approved		2	Business Critical Post
	Chairmanship of OSCE — temporary hiring of staff	3 Assistant Secretaries, 1 PO, 1 AP, 1 Third Sec, 2 Eos and 3 Clerical Officers	11	Under consideration			Business Critical posts essential to chairmanship of OSCE which has been approved by government
	staff in audit and control area of ODA	AP level dealing with audit, control and monitoring functions of ODA	10	Approved		10	Arises from FGS Irish Aid Management Review
	Special adviser to Minister	Special Adviser	1	Under consideration			Secondment from HEA
Taoiseach	Assistant Principal	Assistant Principal	1	Approved		1	Head of the IT Unit to be filled from redeployment
	Administrative Officers	Administrative Officers	3	Approved		3	For succession planning
	Special Adviser to Minister of State Curran, Chief Whip	Special Adviser	1	Approved	30-Apr-10	1	Transfer of staff to Minister from previous Dept
	Staff for Minister of State/Chief Personal Staff	PA & 2 x Worksharing Sec Assistants	2	Approved	06-May-10	2	Transfer of staff to Minister from previous Dept
	Special Advisor to Taoiseach	Special Adviser	1	Approved	15-Jun-10	1	Transfer from DFA
	Promotion HEO to AP	AP	1	Approved	15-Jun-10	1	Business Case
	Promotion AP to PO	PO	1	Approved	15-Jun-10	1	Business Case
Transport	Coastal Sector Unit Managers	Coastal Sector Unit Managers	3	Approved		3	Needed for health and safety reasons
	Operations and Training Officer in the coastal service	Operations and Training Officer in the coastal service	1	Approved		1	Needed for health and safety reasons
	Assistant Secretary Vacancy from retirement (Public Transport)	Assistant Secretary	1	Approved	22-Oct-09	1	Key management level post
	A/Sec vacancy	Assistant Secretary	1	Refused			—
	Principal Officer	Principal Officer	2	Refused			To be filled from internal competition.

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
	Acting Up	Principal Officer	1	Approved	28-Feb-10	1	Pressures in connection with the setting up of the National Transport Authority
	Personal Staff for Minister for State Ciarán Cuffe T.D	1 x PA & 1 x Personal Sec	2	Approved	21-Apr-10	2
	Special Advisor for MoS Cuffe	Principal Officer	1	Approved	01-Jun-10	1	Political appointment
	Chief Maritime Accident Investigator	Principal Officer	1	Approved (originally approved Nov 09). Transport sought amendment to condition of sanction but original sanction stands.	18-Aug-10	1	Critical post in new National Transport Investigation Unit
	Filling of existing and forthcoming vacancies in the Irish Coast Guard.	Various from EO to PO	31	5 approved with redeployment condition: Manager Volunteer Services (AP1), Divisional Controller (AP), Shift Watch Keeping Officer (EOx3)	19-Aug-10	5	Critical posts in the Irish Coast Guard
	Filling of vacancies in the Marine Survey Office	various up to PO	11	2 approved with redeployment condition: Deputy Divisional Controller (AP), Surveyor in Charge (PO).	19-Aug-10	2	Critical posts in the Marine Survey Office
	Filling of PO post which had been deferred since Feb 2010	PO	1	Under consideration			Post has been deferred since Feb 2010- from Internal Panel
Health	DG of OMCYA	Deputy Secretary	1	Approved	23-Dec-09	1	Head of Office of Min for Children etc
	CEO Designate of Adoption Authority	Assistant Secretary level	1	Approved	01-Sep-10	1	Head of Adoption Authority as required under Adoption Act 2010
	Assessor of Youth Work	AP	1	Approved	30-Aug-10	1	Statutory Post
Tourism, Culture & Sport	Filling of two posts in Minister’s Constituency Office by transfers from other Departments	Executive Officer	2	Approved	20-May-10	2	Posts vital to the functioning of the Constituency Office
	Minister Hannifin’s Special Advisor	Principal Officer	1	Approved	27-Apr-10	1	Political Appointment

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
	Minister Hannifin’s Press Advisor	Higher Executive Officer	1	Approved	27-Apr-10	1	Political Appointment
	Minister Hannifin’s Personal Assistant	Higher Executive Officer	1	Approved	27-Apr-10	1	Political Appointment
	Renewal of contract for Director in Culture Ireland	Assistant Principal	1	Approved		1	Critical function of the Dept. Government priority. Equivalent post to be suppressed.
	Minister Hannifin’s Personal Secretary	Executive Officer	1	Approved	27-Apr-10	1	Political Appointment
	Filling of PO vacancy	Principal Officer	1	Under consideration			Post is in CSD, which covers a wide area , and Dept already carrying other PO post which has not been filled
National Archives	Filling of vacancies to avoid the closure of the reading room	CO, EO and Service Officers	6	Part approved to fill 3 posts (1 CO and 2 Service Officers) by redeployment. Service Officers not available via redeployment so sanction given to recruit.	June/July/Aug 2010	3	Business critical, frontline posts.
Ombudsman	Senior Investigator	Principal Officer	1	Approved	30-Apr-10	1	Business critical management post.
State Laboratory	4 Student Analysts	Students	4	Approved	03-Aug-10	4	Temporary 7 month appointments
CENR	Assistant Secretary	Assistant Secretary	1	Approved	26-May-10	1	TLAC competition
	Temporary EO for 6 months	EO	1	Refused

Table 2: Civil Service —continued

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
	To suppress 2 CO posts and replace with 2 EO posts	EO	2	Approved	01-Jun-10	2	Business needs of Department
	AO vacancy filled	AO	1	Approved	01-Jun-10	1	Business needs of Department
National Gallery	Renewal of temporary contracts	Security Attendant	15	Under consideration
	Appointment of contractors to permanent posts	Security Attendant	7	Under consideration
	Regularise position of Head of Conservation	Engineer Grade II (AK I)	1	Under consideration
	To appoint staff on a fixed term basis for Master Development Plan	Head of Art Handling (HEO), MDP Project Manager (HEO), Paper Conservator (AKII), Painting Conservator (AKII), Art Handlers (x3)	7	Under consideration
	Filling of permanent positions	Head of Exhibitions (AK I), Senior Curator (AK I), HEO, EO, Website Administrator (AK II), IT Officer (CO)	6	Under consideration
			1,965.9		TOTAL	1,244

1The Deputy may wish to note that an Independent Review Panel of the Department of Finance, comprising 3 Members, has also been established, chaired by Mr. Rob Wright. A Chairperson has also been appointed to the Implementation group on the Croke Park Agreement.

Temporary Posts for CENSUS of Population 2011 [CENTRAL STATISTICS OFFICE]

Dept / Office Title	Exception Sought1	Grade	No of Exceptions Sought Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Decision	Sanction Date	Exceptions Granted Promotion/ Recruitment Redeployment	Basis of Sanction
Central Statistics Office	Staff for the Household Budget Survey i.e. interviewers etc	Staff for the Household Budget Survey i.e. interviewers etc		Approved		85	These staff required for the Household Budget, Business Register and Annual Services Inquiry — 85 Temporary Contracts during 2009 & 2010
	ICT Executive Officer	ICT Executive Officer		Approved		2	Required for preparatory work on the Census of Population 2011
	Executive Officer	Executive Officer		Approved		4	Required for 18 months to work on the Census. Will be re-assigned to another department on completion of that work
	Clerical Officer	Clerical Officer		Approved		24	The CSO was asked to seek staff from other departments for a period of 10 months for Census of Agriculture work. In the event, staff were not available so sanction was later granted to appoint COs on temporary contract
	Statistician	Statistician		Approved		1	To work full time on an OECD ‘Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies’
	Executive Officer	Executive Officer		Approved		2	Also required for this programme
	Grades from Clerical Officer to Assistant Principal	Grades from Clerical Officer to Assistant Principal		Approved		158	These are internal CSO staff required from early 2010 to end 2011 to prepare for and finalise the Census 2011
	Census Liaison Officers, Regional Supervisors, Field Supervisors and Clerical Officers	Census Liaison Officers, Regional Supervisors, Field Supervisors and Clerical Officers		Under Consideration	—	—	—
	Temporary part-time enumerators	Temporary part-time enumerators		Under Consideration	—		—

Total posts approved for CSO (temps): 276.

Table 3 — Requests for Exceptions in the Public Service

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
1	DETE- Enterprise Ireland	Retirement	Manager	1	Yes — on a permanent basis	1	May-09	Retirement
2	DETE- Enterprise Ireland	Graduate	Graduate	16	Yes — on a temporary/acting basis	16	May-09	16 graduate posts
3	DETE- Roscommon CEB	Vacancy	CEO	1	No	0	May-09	Vacancy
4	DETE Cork CEB	Replacing maternity leave	Administrative Officer	1	No	0	Jun-09	Replacing maternity leave
5	DETE — FAS DG	Statutory post	DG	1	Yes — on a permanent basis	1	Jun-09	Statutory post
6	DETE -NCA Registrar	No vacancy	AP-HAD	1	Yes — on a permanent basis	1	Jun-09	Registrar
7	DETE — Enterprise Ireland	Rollover of contract posts for overseas (4 sanctioned)	Various	53	Yes — on a temporary/acting basis	4	Jun-09	Rollover of contract posts for overseas (4 sanctioned)
8	DETE -PIAB	Renewal of contract posts (5 sanctioned)	CO	6	Yes — on a temporary/acting basis	5	Jul-09	Renewal of contract posts (5 sanctioned)
9	DETE -NCA student		Student	1	Yes — on a temporary/acting basis	1	Jun-09	Student
10	DETE — NCA	Retirement — Head of Corporate Services (other than the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement)	AP — STANDARD	1	Yes — on a permanent basis	1	Aug-09	Retirement (other than the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement)
11	DETE — NCA	Retirement (other than the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement)	AP — STANDARD	1	Yes — on a permanent basis	1	Aug-09	Retirement (other than the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement)
12	DETE — NCA	Retirement — Commercial Practises Division (other than the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement)	HEO (x5)	5	Yes — on a permanent basis	5	Aug-09	Retirement (other than the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement)
13	DETE — NCA	Retirement (other than the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement)	EO (X3)	3	Yes — on a permanent basis	3	Aug-09	Retirement (other than the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement)
14	DETE — NCA		CO (X2)	2	Yes — on a permanent basis	2	Aug-09

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
15	DETE — IAASA	Vacancy	Accountant	1	No	0	Aug-09	Vacancy
16	DETE — FAS	Decision of Rights Commissioner	Training Instructor	1	Yes — on a permanent basis	1	Sep-09	Decision of rights Commissioner
17	DETE — Interreg — Tradelinks 2 project	new project	Project Manager	1	Yes — on a temporary/acting basis	1	Sep-09	new project
18	DETE — Interreg — Tradelinks 2 project	new project	Financial Administrator	1	Yes — on a temporary/acting basis	1	Sep-09	new project
19	DETE — Interreg — Tradelinks 2 project	new project	4 Regional Coordinators	4	Yes — on a temporary/acting basis	4	Sep-09	new project
20	DETE — Interreg — Tradelinks 2 project	new project	4 Support Co-ordinators	4	Yes — on a temporary/acting basis	4	Sep-09	new project
21	DETE — Competition Authority	Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement in the Public Service	Case Officer	1	No	0	Oct-09	Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement in the Public Service
22	DETE — FÁS	Retirement (other than the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement)	ADG — Finance & IT	1	Yes — on a permanent basis	1	Oct-09	Retirement (other than the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement)
23	DETE — Forfas	New project — Self Financing — Manager of European Space Research Office	Manager	1	Yes — on a temporary/acting basis	1	Dec-09	New project — Self Financing
24	DETE — PIAB	Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement in the Public Service	Legal Services Manager	1	Yes — on a temporary/acting basis	1	Jan-10	Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement in the Public Service
25	DETE- Enterprise Ireland	Temporary Overseas Contract posts	Contract Posts (Overseas Jan-Mar 10) — Various Grades	2	Yes — on a temporary/acting basis	2	Feb-10	Temporary Overseas Contract posts
26	DETE — Enterprise Ireland	Support for Credit Review	CO	1	Yes — on a permanent basis	1	Mar-10	Support for Credit Review
27	DETE — Competition Authority	Request under consideration	Board Members 2	2	Request under consideration	0	Mar-10	Request under consideration
28	DETE — Competition Authority	Statutory post	Chairperson of Board	1	Yes — on a temporary/acting basis	1	Mar-10	Statutory post
29	DETE — SFI	City of Science Project	Project Manager	1	Yes — on a temporary/acting basis	1	Mar-10	City of Science Project

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
30	DETE — SFI	City of Science Project	CO	1	No	0	May-10	PA for Dublin City of Science
31	DETE — FAS	Request under consideration		4	Request under consideration	0	Mar-10	Request under consideration
32	DETE — NSAI	Ongoing contracts	Various	4	Yes — on a temporary/acting basis	4	Apr-10	Ongoing contracts
33	DETE — NCA		3 Student posts	3	Yes — on a temporary/acting basis	3	May-10
34	DETI — Forfas	Request under consideration	PO	1	Request under consideration	0		Request under consideration
35	DETI — Competition Authority	internship	CO	2	Yes — on a temporary/acting basis	2	Jun-10	Request under consideration
36	DETI — Competition Authority		Board Members 2	2	Yes — on a temporary/acting basis	2	Jun-10
37	DETI _ IAASA		Various	3	Yes — on a temporary/acting basis	3	Sep-10
38	DETI — CEB	CEO	CEO	1	Request under consideration			Request under consideration
39	DETI — IDA		Various	4	Request under consideration			Request under consideration
40	DETI — Competition Authority	Chair/CEO Designate		1	Request under consideration			Request under consideration
41	DETI — NSAI		Certification Officer	1	Request under consideration			Request under consideration
42	DETI — Enterprise Ireland		Various	12	Request under consideration			Request under consideration

Department of Social Protection

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
1	Family Support Agency	To cover Term-time vacancies in front line mediation service — Portlaoise + Sligo		1	Yes	1
2	Family Support Agency	To cover Term-time vacancies in front line mediation service — Raheny + Wexford		0.8	Yes	0.8
3	Family Support Agency	Temporary appointment due to end June 2009 — Castlebar FMS office		0.5	Yes	0.5
4	Family Support Agency	Temporary appointment due to end June 2009 — Letterkenny office		0.4	Yes	0.4
5	Family Support Agency	Supervision + Management of Mediation Service in Southern and Westerns Regions — temporary appointment due to end June 09		1.6	Yes	1.6
6	Family Support Agency	Supervision + Management of Mediation Service in Southern and Westerns Regions — temporary appointment due to end January 10		1.6	Yes	1.6
7	Family Support Agency	To cover Shorter Working Year Scheme vacancies in front line mediation service — Letterkenny, Portlaoise, Sligo, Raheny, Athlone, Wexford & HQ		4.5	Yes	4.5
8	Family Support Agency	Temporary appointment due to end June 2010 — Castlebar FMS office		0.5	Yes	0.5
9	Family Support Agency	Temporary appointment due to end June 2010 — Letterkenny office		0.4	Yes	0.4
10	Citizens Information Board	Temporary ICT contracts due to end March 2010 — Dublin HQ		2	Yes	2

Department of Defence

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
1	Defence Forces	To retain the capacity of the organisation to operate effectively across all roles while contributing to the necessary public service economies	Cadets and army/naval service recruits. Promotion across a range of ranks. Acting up appointments for overseas deployment.	529	Yes	207	July 2009 and November 2009	Recruitment of 42 cadets and promotions across a range of ranks. 100 acting up appointments.
2	Defence Forces	Retirement of Military Judge which is a statutory post	Colonel	1	Yes	1	April 2010	Statutory post
3	Defence Forces	Retirement of Director of Military Prosecutions which is a statutory post	Colonel	1	Yes	1	June 2009	Statutory post
4	Defence Forces	Civilian employees. Temporary post and extension of contract.	Pharmacist	2	Yes	2	July 2009
5	Defence Forces	Civilian employee contract extension.	Social Worker	1	Yes	1	July 2009
6	Defence Forces	Civilian Employee. Management of provision of electrical services.	Foreman	1	Yes	1
7	Defence Forces	Civilian employee to assist in the re-fit of Naval ships.	Welder	1	Yes	1	April 2010
8	Defence Forces	Filling of GOC Air Corps	Brigadier General	1	Decision Awaited			Decision Awaited
9	Defence Forces	Filling of DCOS (Operations) vacancy which is a statutory post	Major General	1	Yes	1	July 2010	Statutory post
10	Defence Forces	Civilian employee. Management of provision of social worker service for the Defence Forces.	Principal Social Worker	1	Yes	1	September 2010

Department of Tourism, Culture & Sport

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
1	National Library of Ireland	To fill Director post	Director	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	18/12/09	Statutory position
2	National Library of Ireland	2 vacancies due to retirement and internal promotion	Keeper, Asst Keeper	2	1. Yes, application was approved	2	22/9/09	Due to the specialised nature of the work of the Library
3	Irish Sports Council	To fill Director post	CEO	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	14/5/09	Statutory position
4	Arts Council	To fill Director post	Director	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	20/8/09	Statutory position
5	Failte Ireland	temporary posts	Principal Officer (temporary)	1	4. Application was refused	0
6	Failte Ireland	temporary posts	Principal Officer (temporary)	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	13/1/10	Payment of acting up allowance paid temporarily due to maternity leave
7	Failte Ireland	E Business manager	Assistant Principal	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	13/1/10	Post filled as a necessity for the development of the Tourism Sector
8	National Concert Hall	Fixed term contract post	IT Manager	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	19/11/09	Key post for the successful running of the National Concert Hall
9	National Concert Hall	Fixed term contract post	Financial Accountant	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	19/11/09	Key post for the successful running of the National Concert Hall
10	National Concert Hall	Fixed term contract post	Learn & Explore Administrative Assistant	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	19/11/09	Key post for the successful running of the National Concert Hall

Department of Tourism, Culture & Sport — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
11	National Concert Hall	Fixed term contract post	Graphic Designer	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	19/11/09	Key post for the successful running of the National Concert Hall
12	National Concert Hall	Fixed term contract post	On line Marketing Executive	1	4. Application was refused	0
13	National Concert Hall	Fixed term contract post	Lighting Technician/stage hand	1	4. Application was refused	0
14	National Concert Hall	Fixed term contract post	Box Office Cashier Supervisor	1	4. Application was refused	0
15	National Concert Hall	Fixed term contract post	Operations Assistant Manager	1	4. Application was refused	0
16	National Concert Hall	Fixed term contract post	Own Promotions Executive	1	4. Application was refused	0
17	Chester Beatty Library	To fill Director post	PO 1	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	29/3/10	Key post
18	Irish Film Board	To fill Chief Executive Post	CEO	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	1/9/2010	Statutory position

Department of Health

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
1	HSE	Front line post	Senior Locum	0.6	3. No decision to date	0		Further info awaited
2	Galway University Hospital	Critical management post	General Manager	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	17/06/2009
3	HIQA	Level of expenditure on external advice	Legal Advisor (AP1)	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	31/07/2009
4	HIQA	Operational reasons	Regional Operations Manager (PO)	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	31/07/2009
5	HIQA	Value for money	Health Technology Assessment — AP1	2	1. Yes, application was approved	2	31/07/2009
6	HIQA	Value for Money	HTA — Engineer Grade I	2	1. Yes, application was approved	2	31/07/2009
7	HIQA	Value for Money	HTA — Engineer Grade III	2	1. Yes, application was approved	2	31/07/2009
8	HSE	New HSE structure	Regional Operation Director (Assist Nat,. Dir)	4	1. Yes, application was approved	4	07/07/2009
9	HSE	New HSE structure	Care Group (Assistant National Director)	4	1. Yes, application was approved	4	07/07/2009
10	Mental Health Commission	Front line post	Consultant Psychiatrist	5	1. Yes, application was approved	5	31/07/2009
11	Mental Health Commission	Front line post	Assistant Inspector (Occupational Therapist)	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	31/07/2009
12	Mental Health Commission	Service reasons	Staff Officer (Temp Contract Renewal)	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	31/07/2009
13	National Treatment Purchase Fund	Fair Deal requirements	EO / HEO	6	1. Yes, application was approved	6	31/07/2009
14	Central Mental Hospital	Front line post	Mental Health Nurses	23	1. Yes, application was approved	23	31/08/2009
15	St Loman’s Hospital	Front line post	Mental Health Nurses	36	1. Yes, application was approved	36	31/08/2009
16	Temple Street Hospital	Critical nursing management post	Director of Nursing	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	20/10/2009

Department of Health — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
17	Galway University Hospital	Key post for flu pandemic	Chief Medical Scientist	1	3. No decision to date	0		Further info awaited
18	HSE	Front line post	General Dental Surgeon	3	1. Yes, application was approved	2	25/11/2009	Sanction was only given for two of the three posts
19	HSE	Front line post	Principal Environmental Health Officers	2	3. No decision to date	0		Further info awaited
20	HSE	Front line post	Fire Prevention Officer	1	3. No decision to date	0		Further info awaited
21	HSE	Front line post	Clinical Perfusionist Post	1	3. No decision to date	0		Further info awaited
22	Children’s Hospital, Crumlin	Front line post	Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Nurses	5	1. Yes, application was approved	5	8/12/1009	The filling of these posts was to be met through redeployment first, and where this was not possible, suppression
23	Temple Street Hospital	Front line post	Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Nurses	2	1. Yes, application was approved	2	8/12/1009	The filling of these posts was to be met through redeployment first, and where this was not possible, suppression
24	HSE	Development post for Primary Care Teams	Senior Dietician (Sligo/Leitrim/Cavan)	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	18/01/2010
25	HSE — St. James, Dublin	Critical maintenance post	Maintenance Manager	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	18/01/2010
26	HSE — St. Lukes Kilkenny	Front line post	Clinical Nurse Manager II	2	1. Yes, application was approved	2	18/01/2010
27	An Bord Altranais	Front line post	Director of Operations	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	01/07/2010
28	Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland	Front line post	Pharmacist Chief II	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	01/07/2010

Department of Health — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
29	Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland	Front line post	Senior Pharmacist	3	1. Yes, application was approved	3	01/07/2010
30	Food Safety Authority of Ireland	Critical to meeting statutory obligations / essential health & public safety requirements	Auditor — AP level	2	1. Yes, application was approved	2	01/07/2010
31	Health and Social Care professions Council	Critical to meeting statutory obligations / essential health & public safety requirements	HEO	3	1. Yes, application was approved	3	01/07/2010
32	Health and Social Care professions Council	Critical to meeting statutory obligations / essential health & public safety requirements	EO	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	01/07/2010
33	Mental Health Commission	Critical to meeting statutory obligations / essential health & public safety requirements	CO (temporary contract renewal)	3	1. Yes, application was approved	3	01/07/2010
34	National Cancer Registry Board	Critical to meeting statutory obligations / essential health & public safety requirements	Statistician (Grade V)	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	01/07/2010

Note: Includes HSE exemptions sought between May 2009 and January 2010. Under the Employment Control Framework 2010-2012, HSE exceptions under the moratorium under the moratorium are at the discretion of the HSE HR National Director.

Department of Transport

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
1	Road Safety Authority (RSA)	New Posts	Assistant Principals	3	not approved
		New Posts	Higher Executive Officers	3	not approved
		New Posts	Executive Officers	2	not approved
		New Posts	Clerical Officers	3	not approved
		New Posts	Vehicle Inspector	11	not approved
2	Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR)	Renew Contract	Principal Officer	1	Approved	1	Dec-09	Vacancy filled to meet statuary obligation
		Renew Contract	Assistant Principals	2	Approved	2	Dec-09	Vacancy filled to meet statuary obligation
		Renew Contract	Executive Officers	3	Approved	3	Dec-09	Vacancy filled to meet statuary obligation
3	National Accident Investigation Office	Filling Post	Principal Officer	1	Approved	1	Nov-09	Important for safety purposes
4	National Transport Authority	New Posts	CEO	1	Approved	1	-10	Newly established Authority
		New Posts	Senior Management	4	Approved/ Not approved	3	-10	Newly established Authority
5	Medical Bureau of Road Safety ( MBRS)	Filling Post	Admin Manager	1	No decision to-date
		Filling Post	Scientist	1	No decision to-date
		Filling Post	Manager	1	No decision to-date

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
	Teagasc	These posts are long-term recurring positions that are filled on an academic year basis (Sept — June) only. The posts are of importance to the operation of Teagasc Colleges and to the welfare, health & safety of students	Student Supervisors, part time lecturers	3.5	Application was refused			Ban on recruitment and promotion in public service applies
	Teagasc	To support the delivery of the WIT funded B.Sc. (Hons) Business Management/Agriculture (Level 8) programme at Kildalton Collegein the 2009/10 Academic year, as it was not possible to deliver the programme from within existing resources.	part-time Lecturer	0.5	Application was refused
	Teagasc	To fill three senior management posts, following the retirement of 5 Heads of Directorate (3 age grounds, 2 ISER)	Heads of Directorate — Assistant Secretary	3	Yes, application was approved	3	26/11/2009	Exceptional sanction granted based on organisational restructuring from 6 to 4 Head of Directorate posts
	Teagasc	Request for sanction to appoint a General Manager for Moorepark Technology Limited (MTL) (51% Teagasc ownership) following the retirement of the previous General Manager at MTL.	SPRO (Senior Professional Research Officer)	1	Application pending			MTL plays a critical role in technology transfer for Teagasc.
	Teagasc	Recruitment of a Research Scientist who won a prestigious EU grant (FP7 Marie Curie Intra European Fellowship) x 2 years.	Research Scientist	1	Yes, application was approved	1	13/04/2010	This is a fully-funded contract post and there will be no draw on exchequer funds.

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
	Teagasc	Retention of 10 joint self-financing Teagasc/Dairy Industry contract staff for three years to assist in the deliver of the joint Dairy Development programme.	Contract Advisors	10	Yes, application was approved	10	26/08/2010	Extension of the contracts of 8 self-funding contract advisers and recruitment of two self-funding contract advisers. These posts are fully funded. This programme is part of Teagasc’s strategy to maximise industry involvement in Teagasc programmes to help achieve its goal of competitiveness as stated in the Teagasc statement of strategy.
	Teagasc	To recruit nine scientists for the Teagasc Agriculture & Horticulture research programmes.	Scientists	9	Application pending			Recent changes have seriously impacted on Teagasc’s agriculture and horticulture research programmes. Opportunities for internal redeployment are quite limited due to the specialised nature of the roles and the lack of suitable staff to redeploy.

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
	Teagasc	Redeployment of 14 (Private College) employees to Teagasc following the closure of Warrenstown Private College	Teachers	14	Yes, application was approved	14	26/06/2009	This sanction was granted on condition that Teagasc identified savings in the wider organisation to facilitate the redeployment of these staff
	Teagasc	Teagasc have sought to redeploy another 38 Private College staff into the Organisation	29 Teachers, 3 secretarial, 3 matron, 3 maintence	38	Application pending			Similar to Warrenstown, Teagasc is committed to identifying savings in the wider organisation to facilitate this redeployment proposal.
	Teagasc	Fully funded research posts	Contract Research Officers	43	Yes, applications approved	43	On a case by case basis between Nov 2009 and April 2010	These are fixed term contract posts and are self financing.
	Teagasc	REPS Staff	Advisory	18	Yes, application was approved	18	02/03/2010	Sanction to grant contracts of indefinite duration to these staff following Labour Court recommendation.
	Teagasc		Senior Management posts	6	Application has recently been received and has not yet been submitted to Dept. of Finance
	Bord Iascaigh Mhara	Delivery of service	Eng. Grade 3	5	No Decision	2	30/06/2010	1 Seafood Technology Post1 Inshore Survey Officer
	SFPA	Fishery Control	See Comment	9	Application pending	—	—	1 National Director2 Senior port Officers, one based at Castletownbere/Dingle and the second at Clonakilty5 Sea Fisheries Protection Officers based at port offices and at Clonakilty1 Clerical Officer based at Clonakilty
	MI	Temporary Laboratory Analysts	Lab services	2	Yes, application was approved	2	26/07/2010	Temporary labs analysts, fully funded EU posts

Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
1	Central Fisheries Board	To meet legal obligations under the Water Framework Directive	Technician (Hydroacoustics)	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	28/07/2009	1 year temporary position.Necessity to protect recent investment in the Inland Fisheries resource and in recognition of EU and statutory requirements applying to the Fisheries Boards.
2	Central Fisheries Board	To meet legal obligations under the Water Framework Directive	Research Officer	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	28/07/2009	1 year temporary position.Necessity to protect recent investment in the Inland Fisheries resource and in recognition of EU and statutory requirements applying to the Fisheries Boards.
3	Central and Regional Fisheries Boards	To meet legal obligations under the Water Framework, Habitats and Eels Directives	Fishery Officers	23	1. Yes, application was approved	23	28/07/2009	4 month seasonal positions.Necessity to protect recent investment in the Inland Fisheries resource and in recognition of EU and statutory requirements applying to the Fisheries Boards.
4	Eastern Regional Fisheries Board	For increased surveillance in the Dublin, Dundalk and Wexford districts.	Fishery Officers	3	1. Yes, application was approved	3	28/07/2009	6.5 month temporary positions.Necessity to protect recent investment in the Inland Fisheries resource and in recognition of EU and statutory requirements applying to the Fisheries Boards.

Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
5	Shannon Regional Fisheries Board	To fill recently vacated post	Fisheries Environmental Officer	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	28/07/2009	1 year temporary position.Necessity to protect recent investment in the Inland Fisheries resource and in recognition of EU and statutory requirements applying to the Fisheries Boards.
6	Western Regional Fisheries Board	Cover for maternity leave	Administrative Assistant, Grade IV	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	28/07/2009	1 year temporary position.Necessity to protect recent investment in the Inland Fisheries resource and in recognition of EU and statutory requirements applying to the Fisheries Boards.
7	Western Regional Fisheries Board	For housekeeper at Aasleagh Lodge	Summer Student	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	28/07/2009	4 month seasonal position.Generates substantial own resources income for the Board.
8	North Western Regional Fisheries Board	To fill recently vacated post	Assistant Inspector	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	28/07/2009	Permanent position.Necessity to protect recent investment in the Inland Fisheries resource and in recognition of EU and statutory requirements applying to the Fisheries Boards.
9	North Western Regional Fisheries Board	For increased salmon protection effort	Fishery Officers	3	1. Yes, application was approved	3	28/07/2009	3 month seasonal positions.Necessity to protect recent investment in the Inland Fisheries resource and in recognition of EU and statutory requirements applying to the Fisheries Boards.
10	Northern Regional Fisheries Board	To fill recently vacated post	Fisheries Environmental Officer	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	28/07/2009	Permanent position.Necessity to protect recent investment in the Inland Fisheries resource and in recognition of EU and statutory requirements applying to the Fisheries Boards.

Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
11	Northern Regional Fisheries Board	For administrative support for the CEO/Assistant CEO	Administrative Assistant, Grade IV	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	28/07/2009	6 month temporary position.Necessity to protect recent investment in the Inland Fisheries resource and in recognition of EU and statutory requirements applying to the Fisheries Boards.
12	Northern Regional Fisheries Board	To meet minimun staffing levels required to run angling centres.	General Operatives	2	1. Yes, application was approved	2	28/07/2009	5 month seasonal positions.Necessity to protect recent investment in the Inland Fisheries resource and in recognition of EU and statutory requirements applying to the Fisheries Boards.
13	Central Fisheries Board	For EU Life+ Programme	Research Officers (including Project Manager)	3	1. Yes, application was approved	3	28/07/2009	4 year contract positions.Externally funded: 50% EU, 50% National Parks and Wildlife Service.Necessity to protect recent investment in the Inland Fisheries resource and in recognition of EU and statutory requirements applying to the Fisheries Boards.
14	Central Fisheries Board	For EU Life+ Programme	Fisheries Assistant	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	28/07/2009	4 year contract positon.Externally funded: 50% EU, 50% National Parks and Wildlife Service.Necessity to protect recent investment in the Inland Fisheries resource and in recognition of EU and statutory requirements applying to the Fisheries Boards.

Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
15	Shannon Regional Fisheries Board	Protection and conservation work at Scartleigh Dam	Fishery Officer	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	28/07/2009	1 year contract position.Board would be unable to carry out contract with Kerry County Council who are fully funding this post.
16	Shannon Regional Fisheries Board	To fulfil contract with ESB to provide fisheries enforcement services on ESB fisheries in the Shannon region	Fishery Officers	2	1. Yes, application was approved	2	28/07/2009	1 year contract positions.Board would be unable to carry out contract with ESB who are fully funding this post.
17	Shannon Regional Fisheries Board	For EU Life+ Programme	Project Manager	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	28/07/2009	5 year contract position.Externally funded: 50% EU, 50% National Parks and Wildlife Service and others.Necessity to protect recent investment in the Inland Fisheries resource and in recognition of EU and statutory requirements applying to the Fisheries Boards.
18	Shannon Regional Fisheries Board	For EU Life+ Programme	Research Officer	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	28/07/2009	5 year contract position.Externally funded: 50% EU, 50% National Parks and Wildlife Service and others.Necessity to protect recent investment in the Inland Fisheries resource and in recognition of EU and statutory requirements applying to the Fisheries Boards.
19	Central Fisheries Board	For Marine Sports Fish Programme	Technician (Data Mining)	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	28/07/2009	1 year contract position.Funded by Marine Institute and own resources

Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
20	Geological Survey of Ireland	To facilitate participation by the INFOMAR programme team in two EU sponsored marine geology projects.	Specialist contract staff	4	1. Yes, application was approved	4	23/10/2009	Posts funded from EU sources at no cost to Exchequer.Participation in the projects will leverage external funding to the benefit of the economyParticipation in and attraction of such projects is a stated objective of the INFOMAR programmeThe posts are for a three-year fixed term under specific purpose contracts linked to EU projects
21	Commission for Energy Regulation	To replace retiring Commissioner for Energy Regulation	Commissioner	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	09/11/2009	5 year contract. Current and future role of the CER, both nationally and at a regional and EU level, justifies a full-time multi-member Commission.
22	Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources	To extend the contract of the Department’s Research Coordinator by 50 weeks.	Research Coordinator	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	18/11/2010	Work to be undertaken is a critical time-defined component of the Knowledge Society Strategy.No further renewal of contract beyond period specified.
23	Commission for Energy Regulation	To renew contract of employment of legal advisor	Level 4, Band A	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	21/01/2010	Permanent contract. Significant savings can be realised from use of in-house legal advice compared with cost of procuring such advice from external sources.
24	Broadcasting Authority of Ireland	Replace Finance Officer	Finance Officer	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	04/02/2010	Sanctioned on basis of redeployment from within the public service.
25	Ordnance Survey Ireland	Replace Principal HR/Corporate Services	Principal	1	3. No decision to date
26	Ordnance Survey Ireland	Replace Assistant Principal, Corporate Services	Assistant Principal	1	3. No decision to date
27	South Western Regional Fisheries Board	To fill recently vacated post	Inspector	1	3. No decision to date

Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
28	Central Fisheries Board	To formally assign staff member to role of Director of Finance and pay higher duties allowance in absence of post holder who is on sick leave.	Director	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	16/03/2010	Agreed for up to six months.
29	Commission for Energy Regulation	For design and implementation of the Petroleum Safety Framework	Petroleum Safety Manager	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	31/03/2010	Permanent post.Sanctioned on basis that new functions for petroleum safety conferred on the CER require specialist expertise.
30	Commission for Energy Regulation	To assist the Petroleum Safety Manager (see above) in the design and implementation of the Petroleum Safety Framework.	Support Analyst	2	1. Yes, application was approved	2	31/03/2010	Permanent posts.Sanctioned on basis that new functions for petroleum safety conferred on the CER require specialist expertise.
31	Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland	Head of Department	Provide expert financial advice and support to CEO and board. Responsibility for organisation’s financial control function.	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	07/09/2010	Permanent post.Sanctioned on the basis that finance function requires specialist expertise.
32	Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland	Senior Accountant	Manage, introduce and operate systems for financial resource allocation and business planninng.	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	07/09/2010	Permanent post.Sanctioned on the basis that finance function requires specialist expertise.
33	Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland	Programme Manager EDRT	To lead and manage the design, development and delivery of a ramge of initatives across domestic and non-domestic sectors through the Retrofit Programme.	1	3. No decision to date

Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
34	Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland	Technical Standards Development Manager	Manage the design, development, implementation, maintenance and review of technical specifications for SEAI administered retrofit programmes.	1	3. No decision to date
35	Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland	Programme Executive Domestic Energy Efficiency	Support and assist initiatives on fuel poverty in context of retrofit programme	1	3. No decision to date
36	Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland	Legal and Contracts Execurive	Provide advice and support to the National Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme on contrcat framework agreements and Save As You Pay mechanisms.	1	3. No decision to date
37	Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland	QA and Inspenction Manager	To design, implement and oversee a harmonised quality assurance framework across all retrofit programmes.	1	3. No decision to date
38	Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland	Programme Manager — Accelerated Capital Allowances	To deliver and manage the Triple E register of energy efficient products that underpin the ACA scheme.	1	3. No decision to date
39	Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland	Programme Manager — Energy Modelling	To manage and drive the development of energy modelling activity.	1	3. No decision to date

Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
40	Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland	Data Management Executive	Provide a statistical data management and analysis service within the Authority’s Energy Policy Statistical Support Unit	1	3. No decision to date
41	Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland	Programme Manager — Sustainable Energy	Ongoing manangement and development of the Home Energy Savings Scheme	1	3. No decision to date
42	Commission for Communications Regulation	Senior Legal Counsel	To provide high-level, strategic, mission critical legal advice to the Commissioners and the organisation and to manage all legal matters arising from ComReg’s remit and activities	1	3. No decision to date
43	Inland Fisheries Ireland	Fishery Officers	Surveillance support	6	1. Yes, application was approved	20/09/2010	6	2 month seasonal positions.Sanctioned on basis that appointments in line with agreement on seasonal staff at IFI in Employment Control Framework

Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
44	Inland Fisheries Ireland	Fishery Assistants	Operational support	23	1. Yes, application was approved	20/09/2010	23	2 month seasonal positions.Sanctioned on basis that appointments in line with agreement on seasonal staff at IFI in Employment Control Framework
45	Inland Fisheries Ireland	General Operatives	To run angling centres	3	1. Yes, application was approved	20/09/2010	3	2 month seasonal positions.Sanctioned on basis that appointments in line with agreement on seasonal staff at IFI in Employment Control Framework
46	National Oil Reserves Agency	Operations Engineer (Engineer Grade II)	To meet regulatory compliance responsibilities that arise from NORA’s management of both Ringsend and Tarbert storage facilities, and the mitigation of risks associated with same to acceptable levels	1	3. No decision to date

Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
0	Nil requests		0		0

Department of Education and Skills

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
1	Co Roscommon VEC	To replace retiring CEO; statutory post	Chief Executive Officer, VEC	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	26/6/09	Temporary 6 month appointment pending reorganisation of VECs. Extended to 28 Feb 2010. 17 February 2010 — further extended to 30 April 2010.
2	Department of Education & Science	Renewal of secondment of 276 teachers to Education Services	Teacher	276	1. Yes, application was approved	170	6/7/09	Continuation of highest priority teacher training and support. Partial approval granted. 276 posts were sought of which 170 were approved.
3	Church of Ireland College of Education	To replace retiring principal	Principal, College of Education	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	6/7/09	Need for head of organisation.
4	Vocational Education Committees	To award a fixed term contract to fill one existing caretaker vacancy on a temporary basis to ensure the smooth running of Certificate examinations during June 2009. To give delegated sanction to award similar contracts in other VECs, in similar circumstances, during June 2009, should the need arise.	Caretaker	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	27/5/09	To ensure uninterrupted running of State examinations. One immediate post sanctioned; delegated sanction to appoint others should the need arise.
5	NCTE	To fill 1 National Coordinator post; Renewal of contracts of 2 Project Officers; Renewal of either 1 Senior Administrative Assistant or 1 Secretary Grade III post	National Coordinator; 2 Project Officers; Senior Admin Asst or Secretary Grade III	4	1. Yes, application was approved	4	31/7/09	Majority of staff of NCTE employed on fixed term contracts. Need to reappoint a minimum number of these staff (4) to maintain services.
6	Co Dublin VEC	Replace CEO	Chief Executive Officer, VEC	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	15/10/09	Temporary 3 month acting appointment pending reorganisation of VECs. 17 February 2010 — further extended to 30 April 2010.
7	Co Offaly VEC	Replace CEO	Chief Executive Officer, VEC	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	9/10/09	Temporary 3 month acting appointment pending reorganisation of VECs. Extended to 28 Feb 2010. 17 February 2010 — further extended to 30 April 2010.

Department of Education and Skills — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
8	City of Waterford VEC	Replace CEO	Chief Executive Officer, VEC	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	15/10/09	Temporary 3 month acting appointment pending reorganisation of VECs. Extended to 28 Feb 2010. 17 February 2010 — further extended to 30 April 2010.
7	Co Westmeath VEC	Replace CEO	Chief Executive Officer, VEC	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	15/10/09	Temporary 3 month acting appointment pending reorganisation of VECs. 17 February 2010 — further extended to 30 April 2010.
8	Co Donegal VEC	Replace CEO	Chief Executive Officer, VEC	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	15/10/09	Temporary 3 month acting appointment pending reorganisation of VECs. 17 February 2010 — further extended to 30 April 2010.
9	City of Limerick VEC	Replace CEO	Chief Executive Officer, VEC	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	15/10/09	Temporary 3 month acting appointment pending reorganisation of VECs. 17 February 2010 — further extended to 30 April 2010.
10	Institute of Technology Tralee	To employ two Technicians to ensure the continued provision of certain courses	Laboratory Technicians	2	1. Yes, application was approved	2	23/9/09	To ensure the continued provision of certain courses
11	New Body amalgamating HETAC, FETAC & NQAI	CEO of NQAI/Interim CEO of new qualifications and QA Body	Chief Executive Officer	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	22/12/09	CEO of NQAI and Interim appointment of CEO for the new body to be established amalgamating HETAC, FETAC and the NQAI
14	DLIADT	To replace 4 Technicians	Technician	4	1. Yes, application was approved	4	13/10/09	Health and Safety. Courses would have to be suspended
15	IoT Carlow	To replace 4 Technicians	Technician	4	1. Yes, application was approved	4	17/11/09	Health and Safety. Courses would have to be suspended
16	Galway-Mayo IoT	To replace 2.5 Technicians	Technician	2.5	1. Yes, application was approved	2.5	17/11/09	Health and Safety. Courses would have to be suspended
17	IoT Tallaght	To replace 2 Technicians	Technician	2	1. Yes, application was approved	2	17/11/09	Health and Safety. Courses would have to be suspended

Department of Education and Skills — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
18	IoT Tralee	To replace 2 Technicians	Technician	2	1. Yes, application was approved	2	17/11/09	Health and Safety. Courses would have to be suspended
19	IT Blanchardstown	To replace 5 staff on maternity leave	4 Lecturers and 1 Asst Lecturers	5	1. Yes, application was approved	5	16/10/09	Fixed purpose contracts to cover 5 staff on mat leave
20	IoT Sligo	Project Manager Higher Certificate in Custodial Care	Project Manager	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	26/10/09	Fixed term contract to coincide with contract with Prison Service
21	Dublin Institute of Technology	To replace 6 Technicians	Technician	6	1. Yes, application was approved	6	17/11/09	Health and Safety. Courses would have to be suspended
22	Athlone IoT	To replace 1 Technician	Technician	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	17/11/09	Health and Safety. Courses would have to be suspended
23	Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse	to retain 6 staff on rolling 3 month contracts to continue work of commission	2 x f/t EO, 1 x p/t EO, 1 x p/t IT Manager, 2 x p/t SO	4	1. Yes, application was approved	4	6/1/2010	To continue essential work of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse. Please note that the 6 posts equate to less than 4 WTE
24	FETAC	Appt of 3 staff on 3 year fixed term contracts to carry out EQARF project. Fully EU funded.	Director, Policy Officer, Project Administrator	3	1. Yes, application was approved	3	12/2/10	Fully funded by EU. FETAC won tender to carry out EQARF project.
25	Vocational Support Services Unit (VSSU)	To replace the deceased Director of the Vocational Support Services Unit	Professional Accountant Grade I	1	4. Application was refused
26	Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaiochta (COGG)	Appt of 4 staff on initial one year renewable contracts to carry out the functions of COGG. 3 x Development Officer posts and one CO post. Upgrade one existing EO post to HEO level.	3 x Engineer Grade II, 1 x CO, 1 EO to HEO upgrade	4	4. Application was refused			To perform the functions of COGG. The provision of supports for the teaching of Irish at 1st and 2nd level.
27	FETAC	Ext of contracts for 1 year of 3 FETAC Monitors for monitoring and assessment of education providers	3 Monitors	3	4. Application was refused	0	28/4/10

Department of Education and Skills — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
28	HEA	Ext of contracts of 3 EOs for various tasks	3 EOs	3	1. Yes, application was approved	3	28/4/10	Part approval granted — 3 posts for 7 months. 1 year extension sought.
29	DIAS	To appoint one experienced researcher, on a 13-month fellowship contract to assist on an externally-funded research ptoject (Marie Curie Early Stage Research Training Project)	Researcher	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	19/5/2010	To assist in the completion of an externally-funded research project. 1 x 13 month fixed-term contract
30	DIAS	To employ one junior post-doctoral researcher on a fixed-term contract for a six month period.	Junior post-doctoral researcher	1	3. No decision to date
31	NEWB	Replacement of CEO	CEO	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	20 May 2010	To continue the work of the CEO. 1 x 5 year fixed-term contract
32	Mayo VEC	Replacement of Education Officer	Education Officer	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	11 May 2010	to replace vacancy at EO level. 1 for 6 months
33	Wexford VEC	Replacement of CEO	CEO	1	3. No decision to date			To replace, on an acting basis, the serving CEO who is on extended sick leave
34	Longford VEC	Replacement of CEO	CEO	1	3. No decision to date			To replace, on an acting bais, the retiring CEO (retirement effective 17 July 2010), appointment requested from 17 July 2010 to 30 September 2010
35	CDVEC	To renew the contracts of 21 School Librarians	Librarian	21	1. Yes, application was approved	21
36	NCTE	To appoint 2 Project Coordinators to work on a pilot project to deliver Next Generation broadband to post-primary schools		2	4. Application was refused

Department of Education and Skills — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
37	VECs	To fill vacancies of cleaning/maintenance staff in 33 VEC administrative offices, as they arise	Cleaner	33	4. Application was refused
38	DIAS	To re-engage one Fellowship researcher for a 6-month period on an externally-funded research project (Marie Curie Project)	Researcher	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1 for 6 months		To continue working on an externally-funded research project
39	HEA	To engage 1 EO to provide admin support for the co-ordination of programme activities on the context of a European e-infrastructure project for which the HEA has secured funding under FP7	EO	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1 for period ending no later than 31 December 2010		To provide admin support for the co-ordination of programme activities on the context of a European e-infrastructure project for which the HEA has secured funding under FP7
40	NEWB	Transfer of one EO and one R&D Officer from SCP to NEWB on foot of amalgamation of school support services	EO and R&D Officer	1	1. Yes, application was approved	1	1 Sept 2010

Department of Justice & Law Reform

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts sought	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
1	Garda	Appointment of 3 Chief Superintendents & 10 Superintendents & 1 Assistant Garda Commissioner	1 Assistant Garda Commissioner, 3 Chief Superintendents, 10 Superintendents	14	Yes, application was approved.	14	22/05/2009	To replace key staff who are retiring
2	Garda	Appointment of 1 Assistant Garda Commissioner	1 Assistant Garda Commissioner	1	Yes, application was approved.	1	28/09/2009	To replace key staff who are retiring
3	Garda	Appointment of 1 Assistant Garda Commissioner , 9 Chief Superintendent, 14 Superintendents, 28 Inspectors, 120 Sergeants (172 posts in total)	1 Assistant Garda Commissioner, 9 Chief Superintendents, 14 Superintendents, 28 Inspectors, 120 Sergeants	172	No formal sanction given as an Employment Control Framework is in the process of being agreed with the Department of Justice for the Justice Sector. It will then be a matter for the Garda to manage staff numbers within the agreed Framework and associated pay allocation.
4	Garda	Reappointment of Garda to Garda Technical Bureau	1 Garda	1	Yes, application was approved.	1	09/03/2010	Reappointment of a Guard who had left force who had previously been given technical training and worked in the Bureau. 3 staff due to retire from the Bureau this year and this guard’s training and experience would make him suitable to fill one of these posts.
5	Garda	Reappontment of Garda to the Garda Force	1 Garda	1	Yes, application was approved.	1	16/04/2010	Sanction was given on foot of legal advice from the Office of the Attorney General which advised that this Garda had a legitimate expectation that she would be re-appointed on the basis of an agreement between the Minister for Justice and the Garda Commissioner in 1980 regarding the extension of the categories to be considered for re-appointment which included members who resign from the Force to take up a post with UN.

Department of Justice & Law Reform — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts sought	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
6	Garda	Reappointment of 2 Garda to the Garda Force	2 Garda	2	Yes, application was approved.	2		Justice are seeking approval to the reappointment of 2 garda, 1 of whom who left the Force to take up UN posts and another who left to set up a Driving school.
7	Irish Youth Justice Service	Extension of contracts for 27 staff employed in the Finglas and Oberstown Children Detention Schools.	10 Residential Childcare Workers, 4 Night Supervisors, 6 General Operatives, 1 Chef, 1 Assistant chef, 1 Assistance Maintenance Officer, 2 Clerical Officer, 1 Night Unit manager, 1 Assistant Deputy Director	27	Yes, application was approved.	27	26/06/2009	To facilitate the ordered restructing of staffing in the youth detention centres prior to the closure of one detention centre.
8	Irish Youth Justice Service	Extension of contract for 1 worker at Trinity House	1 General Operative	1	Yes, application was approved.	1	02/09/2009	To maintain catering services at weekends.
9	Irish Youth Justice Service	Extension of contract for 5 workers at Trinity House	2 Residential Childcare Workers, 2 Night Supervisers, 1 Clerical Officer	5	Yes, application was approved.	5	18/09/2009	To facilitate the ordered restructing of staffing in the youth detention centres prior to the closure of one detention centre.
10	Irish Youth Justice Service	Extension of contracts for 68 staff employed in the Children Detention Schools to 31 March 2010.	31 Residential Childcare Workers, 12 Night Supervisors, 13 General Operatives, 1 Chef, 1 Assistance Maintenance Officer, 6 Clerical Staff, 3 Night Unit Managers, 1 Assistant Night Unit Manager	68	Yes, application was approved.	68	25/09/2009	To facilitate the ordered restructing of staffing in the youth detention centres prior to the closure of one detention centre.

Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
1	An Bord Pleanála	Delay in filling staff complement due to industrial relations issue	SEO	1	Sanction was refused	0	09.06.09	Request for sanction does not fall within the “very limited circumstances” where Ministerial exceptions can be sought.
2	Private Residential Tenancies Board	PRTB wish to engage 30 COs rather than 22 agency staff for same cost	CO	30	Sanction was refused	0	21.05.09	Request for sanction does not fall within the “very limited circumstances” where Ministerial exceptions can be sought.
3	Environmental Protection Agency	Reappointment as term has expired	Director	1	Yes, sanction was given — on a permanent basis	1	11.09.09	Post is vital for operation of services
4	Wicklow County Council*	Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement in the Public Service	Director of Services	1	Yes, sanction was given — on a temporary/acting basis	1	18.12.09	Post is vital for operation of services
5	Irish Regions Office	Contract expired	EU Programmes & Communication Officer	1	Yes, sanction was given — on a permanent basis	1	27.01.10	Post is vital for operation of services
6	BMW Regional Assembly	Contract expired	Auditor	1	Yes, sanction was given — on a permanent basis	1	24.03.10	Post is vital for operation of services
7	Environmental Protection Agency	NewPost to Manage Dumping at Sea Permits	Technical Manager	1	Sanction was refused	0	08.03.10	Request for sanction does not fall within the “very limited circumstances” where Ministerial exceptions can be sought.
8	Dublin Docklands Development Authority	Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement in the Public Service	Secretary	1	No decision to date
9	Dublin Docklands Development Authority	Contract is due to expire	Director of Finance	1	No decision to date
10	Housing Finance Agency	To fill one full time and one part time EO posts to supply administrative support and loan book management	EO	1.5	Yes, sanction was given — on a permanent basis	1.5	08.03.10	Post is vital for operation of services
11	Housing Finance Agency	To fill a jobshare CO post due to a member of staff switching to job share	CO	0.5	Yes, sanction was given — on a permanent basis	0.5	08.03.10	Post is vital for operation of services

Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
12	Housing Finance Agency	To fill 1 full time & 1 part time CO posts arising as consequential vacancies from the filling of the EO posts above	CO	1.5	Sanction was refused	0	08.03.10	Request for sanction does not fall within the “very limited circumstances” where Ministerial exceptions can be sought.
13	Radiologoical Protection Institute of Ireland	To fill the post of Director of Advisory Services following the departure of Dr. Colgan to the IAEA	PSO	1	Yes, sanction was given — on a permanent basis	1	08.03.10	Post is vital for operation of services
14	Radiologoical Protection Institute of Ireland	Fill the consequential vacancy arising from filling the post of Director of Advisory Services	SSO	1	Sanction was refused	0	08.03.10	Request for sanction does not fall within the “very limited circumstances” where Ministerial exceptions can be sought.
15	Radiologoical Protection Institute of Ireland	Fill the consequential vacancy arising from filling the post of Director of Advisory Services	SO	1	Sanction was refused	0	08.03.10
16	Local Government Management Agency	Director of OLAM	Director	1	No decision to date
17	Southern & Eastern Regional Assembly	To fill a first level controller post to implement the systems of controls for the Ireland Wales Programme	Grade 1V	4	Yes, sanction was given — on a permanent basis	1	19.04.10	Post is vital for operation of services
18	An Bord Pleanála	Contract Expired. Application to extend contract for 1 year	Planning Inspector	1	Yes, sanction was given — on a temporary/acting basis	1	23.04.10	Post is vital for operation of services
19	Dublin Docklands Development Authority	Sanction sought to acting up allowance for the Acting CEO	Acting CEO	1	No decision to date	0

Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government — continued

No.	Requesting Body	Purpose of Sanction	Grade	No. of posts	Decision	No. of posts granted	Date Sanctioned	Comment
20.	Private Residential Tenancies Board	Sanction sought to extend temporary contract by 12 months	ICT Administrator	1	Yes, sanction was given — on a temporary/acting basis	1	15.07.10	Vital to ensure project completion which will negate the need for Agency staff
21.	Irish Water Safety Association	Sanction for a three year contract post sought	Educational Development Officer	1	Sanction was refused	0	05.08.10	Request for sanction does not fall within the “very limited circumstances” where Ministerial exceptions can be sought.
22.	Environmental Protection Agency	To fill the Programme Manager — Laboratory Services post after a retirement	Programme Manager — Level 1	1	No decision to date
23.	Environmental Protection Agency	To fill the Programme Manager — Aquatic Environment post after a retirement	Programme Manager — Level 1	1	No decision to date
24.	Environmental Protection Agency	To fill the post in the Office of Climate, Licensing & Resource Use after a retirement	Senior Scientific Officer — Level 2	1	No decision to date
25.	Environmental Protection Agency	8 Temporary fixed term purpose contract staff sought to cover maternity leave	Level 5 or 6 as appropriate	8	No decision to date

Note: A Commission of Investigation into the Banking Sector has also been established, chaired by Mr. Peter Nyberg. The Commission is making a number of appointments to assist it in its work.

Question No. 505 answered with Question No. 503.

Questions Nos. 506 and 507 answered with Question No. 504.