Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of employees under her remit who are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; the number of these who are receiving incremental salary payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43286/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I am aware of two staff members employed in my Department on the basis of Contracts of Indefinite Duration awarded by the Department.

The Deputy will be aware that since 2011 more than 1,700 posts from the Community Welfare Services and FAS have been transferred to my Department, along with a significant number of staff who joined the Department using the redeployment arrangements agreed under the Public Service Agreements. Some of these staff may have been employed under a Contract of Indefinite Duration awarded by a previous employer, but this information is not currently stored in the central civil service HR management system.

Civil servants on a Contract of Indefinite Duration are treated as unestablished permanent staff, and are therefore paid on the relevant pay-scale and are entitled to receive increments on the same basis as all other staff.