Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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12 staff members of my Department have availed of secondment to outside organisations since January 2019. Two of these officers are seconded on the basis that it is not their intention to return to positions within the Department of Education. The former Secretary General of the Department has completed his term of office as Secretary General and is now on secondment to Maynooth University for a term which will expire on his reaching his preserved pension age. This arrangement follows two Government decisions in 2011 and 2021 which dealt with this matter.  This is in line with the Top Level Appointments Committee review of special retirement severance terms for Secretaries General.

There is also one officer employed by my Department at Principal Officer (PO) level, who is seconded to Caranua (Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board), an aegis body of the Department of Education. This officer is employed as a temporary resource to facilitate the orderly winding down of Caranua and is on a fixed term contract.