Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 337 of 22 April 2009, if her Department is the body ultimately responsible for deciding whether the staff at An Bord Altranais are affected by the moratorium on public sector recruitment; if not, the Ministry which is; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19462/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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In order to implement savings measures on public service numbers, the Government has decided that, with effect from 27 March 2009 to end 2010, no post in the public sector, however arising, may be filled by recruitment, promotion, or payment of an allowance for the performance of duties at a higher grade. The decision also applies to temporary appointments on a fixed-term basis and to the renewal of such contracts. Therefore when vacancies arise, each agency must reallocate or reorganise work or staff accordingly. In the case of the health sector, any exceptions to this principle, which will arise in very limited circumstances only, require the prior sanction of both the Minister for Health and Children and the Minister for Finance.