Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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290. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if personnel in her Department have been removed from their position, have been transferred to another role or had their employment terminated in the past four years due to breaches of departmental standards or professional misconduct or incompetence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27944/18]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department operates within the Civil Service policy framework for Human Resources, and in this regard it carries out its functions in accordance with the circulars and policies set down by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Since the moratorium on recruitment was lifted in 2015, there has been considerable movement of staff.

In respect of the Deputy's queries regarding personnel being "removed from their position",  "transferred to another role" or "terminated" due to breaches of departmental standards or professional misconduct, I have provided some information in the statistical table below. It should be noted however, that the Department does not maintain records according to these categories. Instead, the Department maintains records in relation to "suspension", "re-assignment" or "dismissal/termination" arising from a sanction given under the Disciplinary Code, or an action taken under the Guidelines on Probation. These categories are the ones which broadly correlate with the information sought by the Deputy. Accordingly, these are the categories of information that information has been supplied under.

The specific reason for the sanction/action is personal information relevant to the individual concerned and it is the Department's practice not to share such information to ensure that confidentiality is protected. The sanction/action would however broadly relate to some kind of misconduct as defined under the Disciplinary Code, or relate to not meeting the departmental requirements in respect of satisfactory performance/attendance under the Guidelines on Probation. It should be noted that this may be broader than the criteria that the Deputy has indicated as "breaches of departmental standards or professional misconduct".