Seán Ryan (Dublin North, Labour)
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Question 107: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications received for the post of Director of Employment Rights Compliance; the number of candidates who have been shortlisted; the expected timetable for the selection of a successful candidate; the expected salary of the final candidate; the expected non-salary benefits, including bonuses, to be allocated to the successful applicant; the total expected cost to the State of employing the Director of Employment Rights Compliance, including employer's PRSI and other outgoings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37720/06]

Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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The competition for appointment to the post of Director of the Office for Employment Rights Compliance is being conducted by the Public Appointments Service. 19 applications were received by the closing date of 26th October, 2006. The arrangements and timelines for shortlisting and final selection are being finalised at present by the Public Appointments Service and it is anticipated that the selection of a candidate will be made by end year at the latest.

The conditions of employment for the position provide for current reduced PRSI and standard PRSI salary scales ranging from €113,070 to €129,483 and from €119,023 to €136,295 respectively. While entry will generally be at the minimum of the appropriate scale an appointee who possesses qualifications and/or experience additional to the eligibility requirements which would be of special value to the position of Director may enter the salary scale at a point above the minimum of the scale.

Where the appointee is already a serving Civil Servant, the entry point will be either existing salary plus accrued increment or the minimum of the appropriate scale, whichever is the greater, subject to the maximum of the scale not being exceeded.

The Scheme of Performance Related Pay which operates in respect of positions at this level within the Civil Service and other standard conditions of employment for Civil Servants will also apply to the position of Director.

The total expected cost to the State in 2007 of employing the Director for Employment Rights Compliance, including employer's PRSI and other outgoings, will be approximately in the range €160,000 to €200,000.