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Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 April 2018

Tuesday, 24 April 2018

Ceisteanna (327)

Billy Kelleher

Ceist:

327. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in each of the years since it was established and to date in 2018, by account, administrative staff, legal personnel, gardaí and other staff, in tabular form; the amount of funding allocated to the office in each of the years 2010 to 2017; the allocation for 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18071/18]

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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table.

No. of staff 1 serving in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) (2001-2018)          

Grade

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018 2

Director

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Corporate Compliance Manager

0

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

Legal Adviser

0

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

2

1

-

Principal Solicitor

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

-

Enforcement Portfolio Manager

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

2

Digital Forensic Specialist

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

Principal Officer

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Professional Accountant Grade 1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

0

5

5

5

Solicitor

0

2

2

2

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

Assistant Principal Officer

4

5

5

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

3

3

3

3

3

Higher Executive Officer

5

6

4

5

5

5

7

10

12

11

12

9

9

8

8

8

7

8

Executive Officer

1

4

5

4

4

4

6

8

8

8

7

6

6

6

6

5

6

6

Clerical Officer

2

7

6

8

8

7

7

7

8

8

7

8

8

8

8

8

7

8

Total

17

32

31

32

33

32

35

41

44

43

42

38

37

35

33

35

35

36

Gardai 3

0

7

7

6

5

8

8

7

7

10

10

10

8

7

6

5

7

7

 

1 Refers to number of people not FTE’s (i.e. not Full Time Equivalents where 2 people working a week on, week off pattern would equal 1 FTE)

2 Staffing as at 23rd April 2018

3 The ODCE also has an approved complement of seven members of An Garda Siochana (one Detective Inspector, two Detective Sergeants and four Detective Gardai).

Following his appointment, the current Director undertook a review of the structure of the ODCE, together with the staffing and skills mix available to him. That review identified, in particular, a significant skills deficit in the area of accountancy expertise.  Following that review, the Director sought, and was granted, sanction to recruit a cohort of new accountants.  Following engagement between my Department, the Director and the Public Appointments Service, six accountants were recruited and a further two have been selected and are about to be appointed.  The Department also recruited a digital forensics specialist, who was assigned to the ODCE. My Department is working with PAS and the Director towards the filling of two vacancies for Enforcement Lawyers and a recruitment campaign to fill these vacancies with suitably qualified and experienced candidates is well underway.

Finally, as regards the “key job specifications” of the staff, these would have changed from time-to-time as the Director of the Office determined in the normal, routine, management of business in the Office and in that regard an organisation chart is included in each of the ODCE’s Annual Reports since its inception, which are published on its website www.odce.ie and which would provide relevant information for the Deputy.  

Funding allocation for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) in respect of the years 2010 to 2018 is set out in the following table.

Year

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Funding allocation

€6.086m

€5.967m

€5.697m

€5.330m

€4.672m

€5.091m

€5.015m

€4.895m

€5.057m

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