Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance 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 [38326/10]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement (ISER) announced in the Budget Statement of 7 April 2009, the following is the position:

760 public servants availed of the ISER in 2009 and 220 to date in 2010 (details will be provided separately to the Deputy).

The total number of public servants (including those who availed of the ISER) who retired in 2008 was 823 with 2,163 retiring in 2009 and 802 retired to end September 2010 (details will be provided separately to the Deputy).

The number of staff recruited for 2008 was 2989 with 911 staff being recruited in 2009 and 596 in 2010 (details will be provided separately to the Deputy).

Due to the various assumptions that would have to be made with regard to the costings and savings of salaries and pensions and retirement lump sums, it would not be feasible to accurately determine the net savings arising.

In my Department the following is the position: The number of Staff members who have availed themselves of the ISER are as follows:

The number of Staff members who have left for other reasons are as follows:

The number of Staff Members recruited from 2008 is as follows:

The number of promotions since 2008 is as follows:

Please note that the above staff figures are in Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) terms.

In the time allowed it was not possible to gather all the details required by the Deputy. Once assembled, all additional information will be forwarded to the Deputy.

I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the following is the information sought in respect of their Office.

Tables 1 to 3 below provide details of staff who retired under the incentivised early retirement scheme; the number of public servants who left for other reasons; the number of new staff recruited; the number of promotions in each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 (to date). Please note that the staff figures provided are given as Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs). Table 1

Table 2

Table 3

Table 4 below provides details of the serving staff by grade in each of the years sought together with details of the reduction in numbers since the start of 2008.

Table 4

It is not possible to identify the savings accruing exclusively from the net staffing changes as requested by the Deputy. Details of average annual staffing and salary levels and associated annual salary costs are shown in Table 5. Changes in the average annual salary level reflect the impact of pay increases, pay decreases and changes in the relative proportions of staff at each grade.

Table 5

I am advised by the State Laboratory that the following is the position: