Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names of each staff member within his Department that has been rehired since March 2011 and the cost involved in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47297/12]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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During the period, at the request of the Chairman of the Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries, my Department re-engaged, on a part-time basis, one Principal Officer who retired in February 2012 and who had represented the Department on the Committee prior to his retirement. An all-inclusive fee of €1,500 was sanctioned by the Department of Public Expenditure to cover the cost of completing this work, based on an estimated requirement of up to 10 working days. Any travel and subsistence costs incurred in fulfilling this role will be reimbursed by my Department.

I appointed two retired public servants to act as Civilian Drivers at my Department [€631.75pwk]. I also re-appointed the former Director of Corporate Enforcement to the post of Acting Director of Corporate Enforcement with effect from 29 February 2012 for a period of up to six months [€146,191 per annum pro rata]. One additional re-appointment of a former Assistant Principal of my Department at the first point on the Assistant Principal pay scale €61,966 has been sanctioned for the period 25/10/12 – 31/7/12 in connection with Ireland’s Presidency of the EU. The appointments were made on the basis of the relevant salary scales for the posts, with abatement as appropriate of public sector pensions in payment. No further retired public servants/civil servants were re-hired in my Department during the period.