Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff members from his Department that have been temporarily and or permanently redeployed to other Government Departments or agencies since 27 March 2009; the details of the grades and pay scales of same; the total amount of savings achieved in salary payments in respect of the persons concerned; the duration of assignments; the business reasons supporting the redeployment of staff; the details of sanction received from the Department of Finance and or Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47174/12]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Since the establishment of my Department on 2 June 2011, a total of 8 staff in my Department have been temporarily or permanently redeployed to other Government Departments or agencies. 2 at Principal Officer level, 1 at Higher Executive Officer level, 3 at Executive Officer level and 2 at Clerical Officer level were involved, all of whom are paid in accordance with general civil service payscales for these grades. The estimated annual saving in respect of these transfers and redeployments is €433,611. 3 of the redeployments are temporary and will cease, respectively, in November 2013, April 2014 and May 2017. Sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was not required.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff members that have been temporarily and or permanently redeployed to his Department from other Government Departments or agencies since 27 March 2009; the details of the grades and pay scales involved; the total increase in salary payments for his Department in respect of the persons concerned; the duration of assignments; the area to which each person was assigned; the business reasons supporting the redeployment of staff; the details of sanction received from the Department of Finance and or Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47189/12]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Since the establishment of my Department on 2 June 2011, a total of 11 staff members have been temporarily or permanently redeployed to my Department from other Government Departments or agencies. 8 staff at Clerical Officer grade and 3 staff at Executive Officer grade were involved, all of whom are paid in line with general civil service payscales for these grades. The estimated annual cost of these assignments is €313,678. The assignments are on a permanent basis, with the exception of one Clerical Officer who is on secondment to my Department up to end-January 2013. The staff were assigned as follows in line with business needs:

Sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was not required.