Written answers
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Departmental Staff Rehiring
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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73. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons who are on public or civil service pensions and who have been recruited for work on any basis, either permanent or temporary, under the remit of his Department in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39550/14]
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The details requested by the Deputy are set out in tabular format. In the period ten retired public servants were engaged on temporary contracts by my Department including two civilian drivers engaged by me and one civilian driver engaged by one of the Ministers of State.
I have asked all Agencies under the aegis of my Department to advise me of the information as relevant to each Agency, and I will communicate that information to the Deputy as soon as it is available.
| Grade | Reason for Temporary Hire |
|---|---|
| Former public servant, employed as Civilian Driver | Appointment co-terminous with Minister's appointment |
| Former public servant, employed as Civilian Driver | Appointment co-terminous with Minister's appointment |
| Former public servant, employed as Civilian Driver | Appointment co-terminous with Minister of State's appointment (March 2011 – July 2014). |
| Accountant Grade 1 (Assistant Principal equivalent) | Retirement date 12/11/13. Retained to 20/12/13 to complete outstanding work. Pension deferred for the period of the appointment. |
| Former Assistant Principal at DJEI, temporary rehire at AP grade | 01/10/12 - 31/07/13 (EU Presidency 2013). Pension deferred for the period of the appointment. |
| Former Principal Officer at DJEI | Irish Government representative and Deputy Chair of the Board of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) based in Helsinki, Finland. Ended 30/6/2014. Paid on a fee per day basis in respect of each Board meeting that he attended and also for attending meetings of the Board Sub-Committee which he chaired. (All monies including expenses are claimed by way of invoice). |
| Former Principal Officer at DJEI | From 1 March 2012 to completion of Interdepartmental Committee Report in February 2013 – to establish facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries. Pension abatement not applicable. Payment was below the rate of pay the pensioner would have received if he had continued to serve in the former post. |
| Former Director of Corporate Enforcement | 29/02/12 - 27/08/12 Acting Director of Corporate Enforcement. His pension was abated for the period that he remained on in his post in an acting capacity. |
| Former Secretary General, Department of Transport | 16/6/2010 - Quarter 2 2014. Chair of DJEI Audit Committee. In line with centrally agreed procedures for external audit committee members in the Civil Service, a fee of €450 per meeting was paid, subject to a max. of €1,800 per annum. Pension abatement not applicable (i.e. fee plus pension did not exceed the rate of pay the pensioner would have received if he or she had continued to serve in the former post). Ended Q2 2014. |
| Former Assistant Secretary DJEI | Retired 2007. Appointed to NERA Advisory Board 2008. Pension abatement not applicable. The only payments made for participation on the Advisory Board are Travel and Subsistence payments in accordance with the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform rates for civil servants. |
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