Departmental Staff Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 October 2015

Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Ceisteanna (104)

John McGuinness

Ceist:

104. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the salary scale for the different staff grades assigned to the special investigations unit of his Department for the past ten years; the travel and subsistence expenses paid to each officer from 1980 to date in 2015; the location the officers assigned to the unit were headquartered in each case; if the travel and subsistence expenses were paid to officers to attend at the headquarters for normal duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35238/15]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The salary scales of the different grades assigned to the Department’s Investigations Division (and in the former Special Investigations Unit) for the last ten years in respect of each grade will be provided under separate cover in tabular form.

The travel and subsistence for each individual will be provided for the period 2004 – 2015 inclusive. The data prior to 2004 is not readily retrievable as it is not available from the Department’s computer system. My Department will endeavour to establish if the data is available in other formats and will let the Deputy know the outcome.

With regard to headquarters location of staff assigned to the Division, for strategic operational reasons, some staff of the Investigations Division are headquartered at their homes. Three staff members are currently so headquartered. The remaining staff are headquartered in Backweston. When staff who are headquartered at home travel on official duties, travel and subsistence are paid at the normal rates. The details of amounts paid will be set out in a separate table. All tables mentioned will be forwarded directly to the Deputy.