Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children 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 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 [38328/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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Due to the manner in which records are maintained in my Department it is not possible to provide all of the information requested to the Deputy at this time. The full set of information, including detailed financial calculations, is currently being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

I can confirm that there has been a net reduction of 52 staff employed at my Department since the end of 2008. This includes 26 individuals (23.23 whole-time equivalents) who availed of the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement.

However, during the same period 11.50 whole-time equivalents transferred into my Department as a result of the dissolution of the National Council on Aging and Older People and the Women's Health Council. An additional 9.00 whole-time equivalents were seconded into my Department pending the dissolution of the Children's Act Advisory Board. Following approval from the Department of Finance (exemption to the moratorium) a new Director General at Deputy Secretary level was recruited for the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in May 2010.

The figures quoted below relate to whole-time equivalents employed in the core Department, the Adoption Board, the Office of the Ombudsman for Children, the Office of the Disability Appeals Officer and the Health Repayment Scheme Appeals Office.

The Health Service Executive has advised that at 30 August 2010 they have approved 260 applications under the ISER scheme. The Health Service Executive has been requested to prepare the remaining information requested by the Deputy for direct reply. The information relating to other agencies that come under the aegis of my Department is currently being collected and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.