Written answers
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Departmental Staff
9:00 pm
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 269: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works have taken on any employees in a permanent or temporary capacity for the western region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7556/12]
Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Within the last six months the Office of Public Works has employed six seasonal drainage operatives in the western region. Additional seasonal staff will be employed as the year progresses, namely, drainage operatives and guide/information officers for visitor sites.
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 270: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an organisational chart detailing officials and their responsibilities in his Department. [7744/12]
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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An organisational chart detailing the responsibilities of certain officials in my Department is contained in the following tables. Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Management Chart February 2012 Minister's Office Press Office
| Senior Staff | Division | |
| Secretary General | Robert Watt | |
| Assistant Secretary | Deirdre Hanlon | Expenditure Policy Evaluation & Management |
| Assistant Secretary | John O'Connell | Health, Pension Policy and EU/NI |
| Assistant Secretary | David Moloney | Labour Market & Enterprise Policy |
| Assistant Secretary | Michael Errity | Remuneration & Industrial Relations |
| Assistant Secretary | Tim Duggan | CMOD & eGovernment |
| Assistant Secretary | Paul Reid | Public Service Reform and Delivery |
| Assistant Secretary | William Beausang | Government Reform Unit |
| Director | Patricia Coleman | Civil Service Human Resource |
| Human Resource Manager | Angela Costello | Human Resources |
| Chief Medical Officer | Dr Thomas O'Connell |
Expenditure Policy Evaluation & Management Division
| Senior Staff | Responsibilities |
| Deirdre Hanlon | This division deals with civil service numbers policy; administrative budgets; national procurement policy; construction procurement policy; lottery licence, capital expenditure/PPPs; expenditure evaluation; and manages various Votes (Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht; Environment; Foreign Affairs; Justice; OPW; Taoiseach's Group of Votes). |
Health, Pension Policy and EU/NI Division
| Senior Staff | Responsibilities |
| John O'Connell | This division deals with health policy, public sector pension policy and issues relating to the EU and Northern Ireland such as EU Structural Funds and North/South Programme policy. This Section is also responsible for the ERDF Audit Authority and Internal Audit Unit The Internal Audit Unit provides a shared internal audit service to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Finance. |
Labour Market & Enterprise Policy Division
| Senior Staff | Responsibilities |
| David Moloney | This division manages various Votes (Agriculture, Communications, Energy & Natural Resources; Children & Youth Affairs; Defence; Health; Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation; Social Protection; Transport, Tourism & Sport); and also deals with Education Policy, Climate Change, Commercial Semi-State Bodies, New Era State Assets and Government Accounting. |
Remuneration & Industrial Relations Division
| Senior Staff | Responsibilities |
| Michael Errity | This division deals with pay policy and industrial relations in the public service including remuneration in non-commercial state agencies, CEOs of commercial state companies, education sector, Defence and EU officials; C&A Scheme – civil service & garda; board fees; travel & subsistence policy; Croke Park implementation body secretariat; training – civil service, Gaeleagras, language training centre. |
CMOD & eGovernment Division
| Senior Staff | Responsibilities |
| Tim Duggan | This division deals with eGovernment and the application of information technology including ICT infrastructure policies & services, ICT Vote Control and IT systems development |
Public Service Reform and Delivery Division
Senior Staff Responsibilities
| Paul Reid | This division is responsible for driving overall Public Service Reform. It reports on the integrated plans for all departments and major offices. It drives a whole set of cross cutting reforms agreed by Government, It also has specific responsibilities for business consulting; organisational review programme; baselining public service reform & delivery programme office; cabinet committee and sub-structures; communications; and shared services policy. |
Government Reform Unit
| Senior Staff | Responsibilities |
| William Beausang | This unit deals with the Government reform agenda; freedom of information policy; civil service codes of standard & behaviour; and Whistleblowing. |
Civil Service Human Resources Directorate
| Senior Staff | Responsibilities |
| Patricia Coleman | This directorate is responsible for the development and implementation of HR policies in the civil service including workforce planning encompassing the workforce planning framework and policies on recruitment; promotion; mobility; secondment, redeployment and decentralisation. The Directorate is also responsible for performance management including policy on induction; probation; PMDS and underperformance. It also deals with the Senior Public Service, policy on equality and diversity; the establishment of the Civil Service HR Shared Service. |
Human Resources Division
| HR Manager | Responsibilities |
| Angela Costello | Employee Relations/ PerformanceWorkforce Planning/ Resourcing |
Chief Medical Officer
| Dr Tom O'Connell |
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