Departmental Staff Promotions

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 October 2012

Thursday, 25 October 2012

Ceisteanna (252)

Mary Lou McDonald

Ceist:

252. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of staff members of his Department that have been awarded internal promotions and or additional acting up or temporary allowances to perform more senior roles since 27 March 2009; the details of the grades involved; the pre-promotion temporary acting and post promotion temporaryacting pay scales; the total increase in salary payments to each staff member involved; the duration of assignments; the area to which each person was assigned; the business reasons supporting any such decision; the details of sanction received from the Department of Finance and or Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47166/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Health

The information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the table below. The Programme for Government commits to a fundamental reform and restructuring of the health service, the ultimate objective of which is to ensure equal access to healthcare based on need, not income, and this requires greatly increased and enhanced outputs right across my Department. Since 2009, my Department has lost 12.5 Principal Officers and 24.3 Assistant Principals. These limited promotions were therefore essential against the background of the major health reform programme that we have now embarked upon. Promotions or the award of acting up allowances require the sanction of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Promotion	Number	Salary Scale @ 01/01/2010	Units to which Assigned	Duration
Assistant Principal to Principal Officer	4	AP €61,966 - € 76,768 PO €80,051 - €98,424	Corporate Legislation Unit	Permanent Position
-	-	-	Universal Health Insurance	Permanent Position
-	-	-	Disability Unit	Permanent Position
-	-	-	Health Attaché, Brussels	Permanent Position
-	-	-
Higher Executive Officer to Assistant Principal	4	HEO €43,816 - €55,415 AP €61,966 - €76,768	Health Reform	Permanent Position
-	-	-	Social Inclusion	Permanent Position
-	-	-	Special Delivery Unit	Permanent Position
-	-	-	Universal Health Insurance	Permanent Position
-	--	Salary Scale @ June 2011	-	-
Assistant Secretary to Deputy Secretary	1	Asst Secretary €127,796 - €146,191 Deputy Sec €165,000	Deputy Secretary position	Permanent Position
Acting Up Allowance	-	Salary Scale @ 01/01/2010	-	-
Higher Executive Officer to Assistant Principal	0.6	HEO €43,816 - €55,415 AP €61,966 - €76,768	EU/International Unit	From 30/04/2012 to 31/07/2013

All salary scales shown are those that apply to staff who originally joined the Civil Service before 1995. Salary scales for those who joined after that time are adjusted to allow for new PRSI arrangements that took effect at that point.