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Departmental Agencies

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 June 2011

Tuesday, 28 June 2011

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Mary Lou McDonald

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225 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the following information regarding each of the State agencies (details supplied), namely, the total number of staff and their respective job titles; the total number of board members and their respective remuneration packages; the total annual wage bill for each agency and the total annual amount of central funding provided to each agency. [18189/11]

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The following table lists the staff of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation by grade, as at today's date. This figure does not represent staff in the Offices of the Department.

By Grade

Full time Equivalents

Secretary General

1

Assistant Secretary

5

Principal Officer

20

Assistant Principal

54.5

Higher Executive Officer

84.53

Executive Officer

114.97

Administrative Officer

6

Staff Officer

17.2

Clerical Officer

140.64

Accountant Grade 1

5

Cleaner

16

Controller

1

Examiner

3

Head Accountant

1

Legal Advisor

2

Min Special Advisor

1

Minister’s PA

3

Civilian Driver

6

Minister’s Personal Secretary

3

Senior Examiner

1

Service Attendant

5

Service Officer

26

Telephonist

2.3

Total

519.14

Total Allocation for Salaries, Wages and Allowances — €27,564,000

Offices of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at June 2011 by grade.

1. National Employment Rights Authority (NERA)

By Grade

Full time Equivalents

Director

1

Principal Officer

2

Assistant Principal

4.60

Higher Executive Officer

10

Administrative Officer

2

Executive Officer

57.30

Clerical Officer

26.53

Total

103.43

Total Allocation for Salaries, Wages and Allowances — €5,435,000

Total Allocation for non-pay — €1,511,000

2. Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE)

By Grade

Full time Equivalents

Director

1

Corporate Compliance Manager

1

Legal Adviser

3

Accountant

2

Principal Solicitor

2

Principal Officer

2

Assistant Principal

4

Higher Executive Officer

9.70

Executive Officer

6.70

Clerical Officer

7.30

Total

39.70

Total Allocation for Salaries, Wages and Allowances — €2,660,000

Total Allocation for non-pay — €3,307,000

3. Companies Registration Office (CRO) including the Register of Friendly Societies (RFS)

By Grade

Full time Equivalents

Legal Adviser

.80

Principal Officer

1

Assistant Principal

3

Higher Executive Officer

10.90

Executive Officer

15.03

Staff Officer

14.75

Clerical Officer

68

Total

113.48

Total Allocation for Salaries, Wages and Allowances — €4,620,000

Total Allocation for non-pay — €2,808,000

4. Labour Court

By Grade

Full time Equivalents

Assistant Principal

1

Higher Executive Officer

2

Executive Officer

8

Clerical Officer

8.70

Member

6

Solicitor

2

Total

28.7

Total Allocation for Salaries, Wages and Allowances — €2,290,000

Total Allocation for non-pay — €405,000

5. Labour Relations Commission (LRC)

By Grade

Full time Equivalents

Principal Officer

5

Assistant Principal

6

Higher Executive Officer

8.90

Executive Officer

3.73

Staff Officer

1

Clerical Officer

19.50

Member

6

Solicitor

2

Total

44.13

Total Allocation for Salaries, Wages and Allowances — €4,030,000

Total Allocation for non-pay — €1,329,000

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA)

The total number of staff in the H.S.A is 183.7 Job titles within the H.S.A. are listed below

CEO

1

Assistant Chief Executive

4

Programme Manager

4

Assistant Principal (AP)/ AP Higher

6

Inspector Grade 1

17.9

Inspector Grade 11

40.9

Inspector Grade 111

60.7

Higher Executive Officer

13.1

Executive Officer

15.6

Clerical Officer

18.5

Services Officer

2

Total

183.7

Board of HSA

The Health and Safety Authority Board comprises 1 Chairperson and 11 Ordinary Members. The approved fees for membership of the Board of the H.S.A are, €11,970 for the Chairman and €7,695 for all other Directors (per annum).

* The representative of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation does not receive any remuneration.

Annual Wage Bill

The Health and Safety Authority's grant is broken down into pay and non-pay — €13.239m and €7.317m respectively. Of the pay element, €12.397m relates to wages and the balance of €842,000, relates to pensions.

Funding

The Health and Safety Authority's Oireachtas Grant for 2011 is €20.556m (€13.239m — pay grant and €7.317m — non-pay grant).

Shannon Development

Total Number of Staff of Shannon Development is 114.5. Job titles are listed below:

CEO

1

Assistant Chief Executive

1

EI

7

E3B

10

E3A

11

E3

31

E4

17

E5

20

Clerical

16.5

Board of Shannon Development

As at 1st June 2011, Shannon Development has 10 Board Members (including the Chairman).

The approved fees for membership of the Shannon Development Board is €20,520 for the Chairman and €11,970 for all other Directors (per annum).

Annual Wage Bill

The total wages bill for Shannon Development for 2010 was €9.754m. This excludes PRPI's and Supplementary payments to pensioners which Shannon Development funds from own income resources.

Funding

Shannon Development does not receive any E1 funding.

Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)

SFI currently has 48 staff in place, with 2 vacancies, which make up its sanctioned 50 posts. The job titles of respective staff are listed as follows.

Job Title

Director General

1

Chief Operations Officer/Secretary to the Board

1

Director of Lifesciences

1

Director of Information, Communication & Emergent Technologies

1

Director of Industry Collaborative Programmes

1

Director of Policy & Communications

1

Director Enterprise & International Affairs

1

Head of Audit & Compliance

1

Accounting Manager

1

Unit Executive Assistant-Grants

1

Unit Executive Assistant — Policy & Communications

1

Unit Executive Assistant — Programme Administration Team

5

Personal Assistant-Grants

1

Personal Assistant-Accounts payable

1

Personal Assistant — Enterprise & International Affairs

1

Personal Assistant to the Director General & Executive team

1

Personal Assistant to Executive Team

1

Human Resources Manager

1

Executive Assistant-Human Resources

1

IT Manager

1

IT Helpdesk Analyst

1

Manager Secretariat

1

Scientific Programme Manager

12

Associate Scientific Programme Officer

5

PR/Communications Manager

1

Programme Administration Team (PAT) Leader

1

PAT Administration Manager

2

Enterprise & International Affairs Executive

1

Board of SFI

The SFI Board comprises 12 members, (there is currently 1 vacancy). 2 Board members do not receive any remuneration, as they are serving public servants. Other Board members receive €11,970 per annum, and the Chairperson of the Board receives €20,520 per annum.

SFI central funding

In 2011, SFI has been allocated €175.14 million under Subhead F of the Department's Vote, broken down as follows:

Capital

€160.8m

Pay

€4.68m

Non-Pay

€4.66m

E-Journals

€5m

The Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB)

The Personal Injuries Assessment Board (trading as InjuriesBoard.ie) currently has 70 staff. The job titles of respective staff are listed below.

Job Title

CEO

1

Accelerated Director

2

Principal Officer/ Principal Higher

5

Assistant Principal (AP)/ AP Higher

21

Higher Executive Officer

14

Executive Officer

12

Clerical Officer

15

Board of PIAB

There are currently 10 Board members, plus a secretary and Chief Executive.

The approved fees for membership of the Board of PIAB are €20,520 for the Chairman and €11,970 for all other Directors (per annum).

PIAB Salary Budget

Total budgeted salary costs for 2011 for 70 employees including employers PRSI and Pension contribution is €5,601,019.

Funding

InjuriesBoard.ie is self-funding and does not receive any Exchequer funding.

Crafts Council of Ireland

The total number of full time equivalent staff in the Crafts Council of Ireland is 21.6 and their job titles are outlined in the table below.

Job Title

Chief Executive Officer

1

Operations & Finance Manager

1

HR Manager

1

Finance Services Administrator

1

Client Liaison Officer

1

Personal Assistant (2 staff sharing)

1

Client Services Administrator

0.5

Receptionist

0.6

Head of Market Development

1

Retail Programme Manager

1

Retail Executive

1

Exhibitions Manager

1

Collector & Craft Tourism Dev. Manager

1

Gallery Assistant

1

Head of Education

1

Business Development Manager

1

Jewellery Trainer

1

Education Administrator

1

Education Innovation Manager

1

Education Outreach Officer

1

Head of Communications

1

Communications Manager (2 staff sharing)

1

Communications Assistant

0.5

Board of CCol

There are 12 members on the Board of Directors of the Crafts Council of Ireland and the remuneration for the Chairperson is €11,340 p.a. and for the Directors is €7,290 p.a.

Funding

The total grant allocation for 2011 for the Crafts Council of Ireland is €3,919,000, including an additional €1 million granted to the Crafts Council for the funding of the Year of Craft 2011, and the total annual wage bill, as budgeted for 2011, is €1,332,349.

Enterprise Ireland disburses the Crafts Council of Ireland's annual allocation from its budget.

Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA)

There are 13 members of staff in IAASA. Job titles are listed in the table below.

Job Title

Chief Executive Officer

1

Head of Function

3

Project Manager- Professional Staff (Accountants)

6

Head of Finance and Administration

1

Administrative Executive

1

Clerical Support Staff

1

Board

There are 15 members on the Board of IAASA

The approved fees for membership of the Board of IAASA are €11,970 for the Chairman and €7,695 for all other Directors (per annum).

IAASA Wage Bill

The annual wage bill for staff of IAASA for 2011 is €1,496m

Funding

Total Annual Amount of State Funding for Pay€717,000

Total Amount of Exchequer Funding€1,357m

IDA Ireland

The total number of staff in IDA Ireland is 251. Job titles are listed in the table below.

Job Title

CEO

1

Executive Director

2

Divisional Manager

5

Department Manager

19

Section Manager

63

Project Manager

97

Assistant Project Executive

29

Executive Assistant

35

Board Members

Enterprise Ireland has 12 Board members. The Chairman receives €20,520 and Directors receive €11,970 per annum

IDA Salary Costs 2010

Payroll€21.382m

Funding

Oireachtas€124.577m

Enterprise Ireland

The total number of staff in Enterprise Ireland is 813.5 (WTE). Job titles are listed in the table below.

Job Title

CEO

1

Executive Director

4

Divisional Manager

12

Department Manager (PO equivalent)

66

Senior Executive (AP equivalent)

288.5

Executive (HEO equivalent)

143

Administrator (EO equivalent)

103.5

Executive asst. /Clerical asst. (CO equivalent)

81.5

Local Overseas staff / Overseas Graduates

114

Board Members

Enterprise Ireland has 12 Board members. The Chairman receives €20,520 and Directors receive €11,970 per annum

Exchequer Allocations 2011

Payroll€64.326m

Exchequer Funding (breakdown below)€308.982m

Admin/General Expenses €84.3m

Grant to Industry€78.923m

Science and Technology€140.259m

Capital Expenditure€1.0m

Employment Subsidy€4.25m

Workplace Innovation Fund€0.25m

The Exchequer funding figure includes €3.919m, which is passed to the Crafts Council of Ireland. It excludes Exchequer funding provided by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries.

Forfás

The total number of staff in Forfás is 108. Job titles are listed in the table below.

Job Title

CEO

1

Grade 1 — Divisional Manager

2

Level F — Department Manager/Section Manager

11

Level E — SSO-Senior Policy Advisor/Senior Accreditation Officer

32

Level D — Policy Advisor/Corporate Services Executive

26

Level C — Policy Analyst/Assistant Executive

21

Level B — Executive Assistant

12

Level A- /SA — Clerical/Services Assistant

3

Board Members

Forfás has 13 Board members. The Chairman receives €20,520 and Directors receive €11,970 per annum. There are 4 members of the Board that do not receive a fee.

Exchequer Allocations 2011

Payroll€7.302m

Funding€57.294m

National Consumer Agency

The total number of staff of the NCA is 42.8. Job titles are listed in the table below.

Job Title

CEO

1

Principal Officer

2.8

Assistant Principal

3

Higher Executive Officer

9.8

Executive Officer

16.6

Clerical Officer

8

Staff Officer

0.6

Services Officer

1

Board of NCA

There are 9 members on the NCA Board. The Chairman receives €20,520 and Directors receive €11,970 per annum.

Annual wage bill

NCA: €3,598,000

Funding

NCA: Total: €6,279,000, Pay: €3,598,000, Non Pay: €2,681,000

Competition Authority

The total number of staff of the Competition Authority is 40. Job titles are listed in the table below.

Job Title

Chairperson

1

Membersal Officer

3

Divisional Managers

5

Legal Advisers

2

Communications Manager

1

Case Officer

20

Higher Executive Officer

2

Executive Officer

3

Clerical Officer

2

Detective Sergeant, An Garda Siochana (on secondment

1

Board

The Competition Authority has an executive Board comprising the Chairperson and Members and does not have an external Board.

Funding

The Authority received funding of €5.1m this year of which €4.1m is allocated to its pay budget which includes staff pay, employers PRSI, pension contributions etc.

County Enterprise Boards

As of 27th June 2011 there are 130.9 (whole time equivalent) staff in place across the network of 35 County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs).

Each CEB has a staff complement of 1 CEO, 1 Assistant CEO, 1 Business Advisor and 1 or 2 Administrative staff.

Boards of CEBs

Under the terms of their Articles of Association the standard number of Board members in each CEB is fourteen. CEB Board members are not appointed by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation but are drawn from various representative groupings such as the local business community, County or City Council, Social Partners etc. No remuneration is paid to CEB Board members.

Funding

The total Exchequer allocation for the 35 CEBs in 2011 is €27.2m of which €8.1m has been allocated for pay purposes.

It was not possible, in the time allowed for the National Standards Authority of Ireland to forward a response. I will request that the NSAI forward an answer to the question directly to the Deputy.

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