Since his appointment, the current Director of Corporate Enforcement has undertaken a significant restructuring of the Office to better reflect the organisation’s needs in the context of both its strategic shift towards deploying resources towards more serious indications of wrongdoing and the increasingly complex environment within which the ODCE operates.
Establishing the ODCE as the Corporate Enforcement Authority will give the Director greater autonomy and flexibility in terms of the ability to recruit staff with the necessary skills mix and depth of experience and will provide the Director with greater flexibility to adapt if the workload expands. The Bill is awaiting pre-legislative scrutiny at the Oireachtas Committee and I want to proceed with enactment as soon as possible.
The following table indicates a schedule of the current staff complement of ODCE by grade or rank, role and year of assignment to the ODCE.
Staff employed by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and who are assigned to the ODCE may transfer back to the parent Department on request, subject to the availability of a post relevant to their grade or specific professional qualifications. The table also indicates those staff recruited by the Public Appointments Service with particular skillsets and experience, required to fill particular roles. One officer at Assistant Principal grade is on secondment to the ODCE for a period of twelve months and can request to have this period of secondment extended.
The Director of Corporate Enforcement engages directly with An Garda Síochána regarding Garda resourcing of the ODCE. The Department is aware that a request for Garda resources has been made and understands 6 assignments will be made by year-end.
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POST
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-
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ROLE
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SPECIFIC COMPETITION?
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YEAR OF ASSIGNMENT
|
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Director
|
1
|
Director of Corporate Enforcement
|
y
|
2012
|
|
Digital Forensic Specialist
|
1
|
Technological assistance on investigations
|
y
|
2017
|
|
Principal Officer
|
1
|
Management and oversight of Insolvency and Corporate Services Units and liaison with the Department on related matters
|
n
|
2007
|
|
Enforcement Portfolio Managers
|
2
|
Management of investigations and enforcement
|
y
|
2017
|
|
Enforcement Lawyers
|
2
|
Legal advice to Office
|
y
|
2018
|
|
Forensic Accountants
|
4
|
Forensic examination of accounting and financial data
|
y
y
y
y
|
2016
2017
2018
2018
|
|
Solicitor
|
1
|
Solicitor to the Office; court appearances, engagement of counsel, etc
|
y
|
2002
|
|
Assistant Principals
|
3
|
Management of Enforcement Unit
Management of Insolvency Unit
Management of Corporate Services Unit
|
n
n
n
|
2020
2017
2002
|
|
Higher Executive Officers
|
8
|
Higher-level decision-making; staff management; local planning
|
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
|
2007
2007
2008
2009
2015
2017
2017
2018
|
|
Executive Officers
|
6
|
Decision-making; staff supervision
|
n
n
n
n
n
n
|
2012
2014
2017
2018
2018
2019
|
|
Clerical Officers
|
7
|
Clerical support to units
|
n
n
n
n
n
n
|
2002
2011
2012
2016
2018
2019
2019
|
|
Detective Inspector
|
1
|
Seconded from Garda National Economic Crime Bureau to the ODCE for criminal investigations - roles as per An Garda Síochána for each rank
|
n/a
|
2018
|
|
Detective Sergeant
|
3
|
Seconded from Garda National Economic Crime Bureau to the ODCE for criminal investigations - roles as per An Garda Síochána for each rank
|
n/a
|
2017
2019
2019
|
|
Detective Garda
|
4
|
Seconded from Garda National Economic Crime Bureau to the ODCE for criminal investigations - roles as per An Garda Síochána for each rank
|
n/a
|
2010
2012
2015
2017
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