Gerard Murphy (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of people on the payroll of her Department who are not working in her Department for one reason or another; if the results will be categorised with as much detail as possible. [8132/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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A total of 296 people on the payroll of my Department are not working in the Department of Education and Science. Salaries of all but seven of these cases are recouped by my Department on a quarterly basis from the employing body. The remaining seven officers of my Department are on loan to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

The majority of the 296 people concerned are employed in bodies and agencies which do not yet have payroll facilities. My Department operates the payroll for the State Examinations Commission which has 185 staff and for the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment which has 22 staff. A further 56 staff are working in the Residential Institutions Redress Board and the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse.

A total of 20 officers of the Department are on secondment to organisations other than those outlined. Employer pension contributions are recouped in the case of 12 of these officers.