Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of promotions made in his Department to principal officer higher scale, principal officer standard scale, assistant principal officer higher scale, assistant principal officer standard scale, higher executive officer scale, executive office scale and staff officer scale; the total for all of his Department; if he will provide a breakdown for for 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50975/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The number of promotions made in my Department in the period 2009/2012 to the specified grades are set out in the following table:

No promotions have been made to the grade of Higher Executive Officer, Executive Officer or Staff Officer since 2009. In addition, three Assistant Principal Officers and three Higher Executive Officers have been awarded allowances for the performance of duties at a higher grade in 2012. It was only in limited and exceptional circumstances and with the prior approval and sanction from the Department of Finance and now the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, that this small number of internal promotions and allowances were awarded. These were necessary to deal with priority business areas taking account of staff departures due to retirement and in preparation for Ireland’s Presidency of the EU in early 2013. Assignments to Higher Scales are made in accordance with relevant Department of Finance/Public Expenditure and Reform Circulars and are not considered to be promotions. The following table gives the number of higher scale assignments made in the relevant grades from 2009 to date.

There is no Higher Scale for the grade of Staff Officer.