Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social Protection 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 [38330/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The attached tables detail the numbers of staff who left my Department, newly recruited staff and those promoted in the period from January 2008 to the 1st October 2010.

In response to the significant increase in the Live Register my Department has taken on additional staff by way of a levy imposed by the Department of Finance on other Government Departments. Further additional staff have been redeployed from the Department of Agriculture in locations where that Department has closed offices. The position therefore is that, despite the significant number of staff who have left my Department, there has in fact been an increase in the overall staffing level during the period in question. Consequently there have been no savings in terms of payroll costs.

Table A: Number of New Recruits

Table B: Number of Promotions

2008 – Details of Staff Leaving

2009 – Details of Staff Leaving

2010 – Details of Staff Leaving (at 1st Oct 2010)

** The figure for "Redeployed" refers to the Office of Social Inclusion in the Department which transferred to the Department of Community, Equality

and Gaeltacht Affairs during 2010

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the date on which the General Register Office was transferred from the Department of Health and Children to the Department of Social Protection; the number of persons involved in this transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38352/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The General Register Office transferred from the Department of Health and Children to the Department of Social Protection on 1 January, 2008. The number of persons involved in the transfer was 57.6 and the number of posts was 61. The variation arises from work-sharing patterns.

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff working in the Department of Social Protection for the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38353/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The table below shows the number of full-time equivalent posts filled in my Department as at 1st January for each of the years 2005 to 2010. The latest staffing figure available shows that there are currently 4830 posts filled in my Department. The number of staff is higher as some posts are filled on a job sharing basis.

Posts filled in the Department of Social Protection at 1st January 2005-2010