Since the Government introduced a moratorium on Civil Service recruitment/promotion in early 2009 the Management Advisory Committee (MAC) at my Department in conjunction with the HR Section monitors the staffing situation and takes account of the business demands and priority needs of line sections. Where a section loses staff for any reason including resignations/retirements, officials in other sections can be re-assigned as necessary in order that the staffing cohort at my Department can deliver an effective service with diminished resources. In addition to this, the Department in meeting staffing challenges and the requirements under the Employment Control Framework, has reconfigured areas of work to ensure the least possible impact on services and has implemented the various reforms required and agreed under the Croke Park and Haddington Road Agreements.In the event a particular section is subjected to an unsustainable loss of key personnel, my Department engages with the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform to highlight the matter with a view to resolving such issues.
Data in the precise format requested by the Deputy are not available. However, the tabular statement gives details of the staff numbers at the Department prior to the introduction of the moratorium and the current numbers in the grades mentioned by the Deputy. There are no vacancies at Principal Officer level or higher, at any of bodies under the aegis of my Department.
Non Administrative Grades
.
|
Grade
|
Pre Moratorium
|
Current
|
|
Chief Inspector
|
1
|
1
|
|
Deputy Chief Inspector
|
2
|
1
|
|
Assistant Chief Inspector
|
11
|
8
|
|
Director NEPS
|
1
|
1
|
|
Regional Director NEPS
|
6
|
8
|
|
Manager Building Unit
|
3
|
3
|
|
Senior Statistician
|
1
|
1
|
|
Senior Solicitor
|
0
|
1
|
Administrative Grades
|
Grade
|
Pre Moratorium
|
Current
|
|
Secretary General
|
1
|
1
|
|
Deputy Secretary
|
0
|
1
|
|
Assistant Secretary
|
8
|
7
|
|
Director
|
1
|
1
|
|
Principal Officer
|
39
|
33
|
