Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a discrepancy between the redeployment scheme and the Fáilte Ireland career break scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47635/14]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The Public Service Agreements (PSA) covering the period 2010 -16 (the Croke Park and Haddington Road Agreements) provide for agreed redeployment arrangements to apply in the Civil Service and Non-Commercial State Sponsored Bodies (NCSSB). Under the PSA, redeployment generally takes precedence over all other methods of filling a vacancy and supersedes any existing agreements on the deployment of staff.

Redeployment operates through a Resource Panel system, which is managed by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) for the Civil Service and Non-Commercial State Sponsored Bodies (NCSSBs) under their aegis. PAS also manages cross-sectoral assignments where necessary.

The detailed operational arrangements that have been agreed with the Staff Unions are set out in the Redeployment Toolkit which is available at .

The Redeployment Toolkit provides that where a Department is above its Employment Control Framework (ECF) ceiling, or does not have the salary budget available to pay an official returning from career break, the post will be put on the resource panel.

The implementation of these arrangements in Fáilte Ireland are the responsibility of the management of that agency. However, on the basis of the information available to it the assessment of my Department is that  the correct provisions of the PSA as they apply to personnel returning from career breaks have been complied with by Fáilte Ireland in this case.