Written answers
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Department of Agriculture and Food
Departmental Staff
5:00 pm
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 203: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of public servants who have left under the incentivised early retirement scheme with details of grades; the number of public servants who left for other reasons with details of grades; the number of new staff recruited with details of grades; the number of promotions with details of grades; the net savings arising from the staff leaving over and above those recruited and promoted and to provide a breakdown of each of these figures for years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 [38319/10]
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy in respect of staff in my Department is given in 4 separate Tables.
The full years' savings generated in 2009 due to staffing reductions was 7.4 million when compared to the 2008 outturn.
Comparison between my Department's salary and overtime outturn at end-September 2010 and end-September 2009 shows savings of €18 million. It should be noted that this figure includes savings generated from the revised payscales introduced in January 2010.
| TABLE 1DETAILS OF STAFF WHO AVAILED OF THE INCENTIVISED SCHEME FOR EARLY RETIREMENT | |||
| Grade | 2009 | 2010 to-date | Total |
| Asistant Principal | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Former Chief Vet. Officer (on secondment) | 1 | - | 1 |
| Clerical Officer | 20 | 2 | 22 |
| District Superintendent | 3 | - | 3 |
| Engineer - Grade 1 Civil | - | 1 | 1 |
| Executive Officer | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| Higher Executive Officer | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| Lab. Analyst | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Principal Officer | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Senior Lab. Analyst | - | 2 | 2 |
| Staff Officer | 6 | - | 6 |
| Supervisory Agricultural Officer | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Technical Agricultural Officer | 10 | - | 10 |
| Veterinary Inspector | 1 | - | 1 |
| TOTAL | 75 | 17 | 92 |
| TABLE 2DETAILS OF STAFF WHO LEFT THE CIVIL SERVICE FOR REASONS OTHER THAN 1.S.E.R.2008 – 2010 TO DATE | ||||
| GRADE | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 to-date | TOTAL |
| Agricultural Inspector | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| Administrative Officer | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Area Superintendent | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Ass. Agricultural Inspector | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Ass. Inspector of Fisheries | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Assistant Secretary | - | 4 | - | 4 |
| Assistant Principal | 1 | 7 | - | 8 |
| Civilian Driver | 2 | - | 4 | 6 |
| Chief Inspector | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Cleaner | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Cleaner – Part Time | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
| Clerical Officer | 28 | 21 | 9 | 58 |
| Dairy Produce Officer | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Dep. Chief Technologist | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dep. Chief Veterinary Officer | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Director Vet. Research Labs. | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| District Superintendent | 5 | 15 | 3 | 23 |
| Engineer Grade 1 – Civil | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Engineer Grade 2 – Civil | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Executive Officer | 7 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| Forestry Inspector – grade 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Forestry Inspector – Grade 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Harbour Master | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Higher Executive Officer | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| Inspector Grade 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Lab. Analyst | 2 | 3 | - | 5 |
| Lab. Attendant | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Personal Secretary | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Poultry Officer | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Principal Officer | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Research Officer | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| TABLE 2 (contd.)DETAILS OF STAFF WHO LEFT THE CIVIL SERVICE FOR REASONS OTHER THAN I.S.E.R.2008 – 2010 TO DATE | ||||
| GRADE | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 to-date | TOTAL |
| Rural General Operative Band 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rural General Operative Band 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| Senior Dairy Produce Officer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Senior Inspector | 3 | 5 | - | 8 |
| Senior Lab. Analyst | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Senior Research Officer | - | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Senior Superintend. Vet Inspector | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Serological Assistant | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Services Attendant | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Services Officer | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Staff Officer | 1 | 11 | 2 | 14 |
| Storekeeper | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Superintending Vet. Inspector | - | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Supervising Poultry Officer | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Supervisory Agricultural Officer | 8 | 25 | 6 | 39 |
| Technical Agricultural Officer | 29 | 52 | 9 | 90 |
| Engineering Technician | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Veterinary Inspector | 10 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| TABLE 3STAFF RECRUITED BY THE DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD 2008 – 2010 (to date) | |||
| GRADE | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 TO DATE |
| Administrative Officer | 5 | - | - |
| Assistant Agricultural Inspector | 10 | - | - |
| Civilian Driver | - | - | 2 |
| Clerical Officer | 10 | 1 | - |
| Clerical Officer (Temporary) | 26 | 1 | - |
| Executive Officer | 3 | - | - |
| Forestry Inspector – Grade 3 | 3 | - | - |
| Assistant Harbourmaster | 1 | - | - |
| Higher Executive Officer | 1 | - | - |
| Laboratory Analyst | 6 | - | 3 |
| Laboratory Attendant | 1 | - | - |
| Research Officer | 2 | - | - |
| Rural Gen. Operative – Band 3 | 2 | - | - |
| Serological Assistant | 5 | - | - |
| Veterinary Inspector | 5 | - | - |
| TOTAL | 80 | 2 | 5 |
Note: These figures do not include staff temporarily employed during the summer months to provide cover for a proportion of staff in the Department who availed of the Shorter Working Year Scheme.
| TABLE 4 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOODPROMOTIONS 2008 – 2010 (to date) | |
| GRADE | NUMBER |
| 2008 | |
| Agricultural Inspector | 2 |
| Administrative Officer | 1 |
| Area Superintendent | 2 |
| Assistant Principal | 9 |
| Chief Inspector | 1 |
| Craftsman | 1 |
| Executive Officer | 40 |
| Forestry Inspector – Grade 2 | 1 |
| Higher Executive Officer | 17 |
| Senior Inspector | 2 |
| Senior Research Officer | 1 |
| Staff Officer | 1 |
| Supervisory Agricultural Officer | 1 |
| 2009 | |
| Assistant Secretary | 2 |
| Deputy Chief Inspector | 1 |
| Executive Officer | 2 |
| Quality Manager | 3 |
| Senior Inspector | 3 |
| 2010 to date | |
| Head of Veterinary Labs. | 1 |
| Head of Agricultural Labs. | 1 |
| Head of Regional Veterinary Labs. | 1 |
| Chief Economist | 1 |
| Senior Inspector | 1 |
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