Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 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. [47176/12]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 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. [47191/12]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 135 and 136 together.

I understand that the Deputy’s Question relates only to staff at Assistant Principal level and above. Since 27th March 2009, one Assistant Principal was permanently redeployed from my Department to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine as part of a shared services initiative whereby that Department provides core IT services to my Department. This initiative was provided for in my Department’s Action Plan under the Croke Park Agreement. The salary cost saving achieved in this case was €74,514. From 27th March 2009 to date there has been no redeployment of staff at Assistant Principal grade or above from other Departments to my Department.