Due to the manner in which records are maintained in my Department it is not possible to provide all of the information requested to the Deputy at this time. The full set of information, including detailed financial calculations, is currently being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.
I can confirm that there has been a net reduction of 52 staff employed at my Department since the end of 2008. This includes 26 individuals (23.23 whole-time equivalents) who availed of the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement.
Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement
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Year
|
Grade Breakdown
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Wholetime Equivalent
|
|
2009
|
Principal Officer
|
6.50
|
|
Assistant Principal Officer
|
8.50
|
|
Higher Executive Officer
|
2.50
|
|
Executive Officer
|
2.00
|
|
Staff Officer
|
0.50
|
|
Clerical Officer
|
2.23
|
|
2010
|
Principal Officer
|
1.00
|
|
Total
|
23.23
|
However, during the same period 11.50 whole-time equivalents transferred into my Department as a result of the dissolution of the National Council on Aging and Older People and the Women's Health Council. An additional 9.00 whole-time equivalents were seconded into my Department pending the dissolution of the Children's Act Advisory Board. Following approval from the Department of Finance (exemption to the moratorium) a new Director General at Deputy Secretary level was recruited for the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in May 2010.
The figures quoted below relate to whole-time equivalents employed in the core Department, the Adoption Board, the Office of the Ombudsman for Children, the Office of the Disability Appeals Officer and the Health Repayment Scheme Appeals Office.
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Year
|
No. of Staff Employed (WTE) Rounded
|
|
End December 2008
|
529
|
|
End December 2009
|
487
|
|
End September 2010
|
477
|
The Health Service Executive has advised that at 30 August 2010 it has approved 260 applications under the ISER scheme. The Health Service Executive has been requested to prepare the remaining information requested by the Deputy for direct reply. The information relating to other agencies that come under the aegis of my Department is currently being collected and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.
