Written answers
Tuesday, 26 April 2022
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Departmental Staff
Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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187. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide the details of the name, salary, position and roles of persons who are being paid for by his Department for secondment to another public, private or semi-private entity in tabular form following the announcement that the salary of a person (details supplied) being seconded to Trinity College, Dublin will be paid by the Department of Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19546/22]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The table below sets out the details of persons who are being paid for by my Department for secondment to another public, private or semi-private entity.The officers concerned are seconded from my Department to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and posted to the Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels and embassies and missions overseas. In all these cases, my Department remains liable for full salary costs as the officers concerned carry out duties overseas in relation to my Department’s portfolio.
Table 1 - Secondments to the Department of Foreign Affairs for posting to the Permanent Representation to the EU, Brussels and Embassies and Missions overseas:
| Number | Salary Scale | Role / Grade | Seconded to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | €91,609 - €113,313 | PO Counsellor | - Permanent Representation of Ireland to the EU, Brussels x 2 - Irish Mission Geneva - Embassy of Ireland London - Embassy of Ireland Washington - Embassy of Ireland Berlin |
| 5 | €70,399 - €87,734 | AP attaché | - Permanent Representation of Ireland to the EU, Brussels x 3 - Embassy of Ireland London - Embassy of Ireland Beijing |
| 1 | €33,889 - €64,038 | Administrative Officer | Permanent Representation of Ireland to the EU, Brussels |
| 2 | €50,848 - €64,038 | Higher Executive Officer | - Irish Mission Geneva - Embassy of Ireland London |
| 1 | €25-339 - €41,504 | Clerical Officer | Irish Mission Geneva |
Additionally, there are 4 staff of my Department seconded to the European Commission as seconded national experts (SNEs). In these cases, the sponsoring Member State remains liable for salary costs for each officer. In the case of 3 of these officers, while they remain on the payroll of my Department their salary costs are reimbursed by the civil service central fund set up to facilitate Ireland’s outreach across Europe. In the case of the fourth officer, 50% of their salary is reimbursed by the central fund (this is a limited fund and services all Government Departments for this purpose). In general, SNEs are seconded for a period of 2 years.
On occasion, officers of my Department are seconded to other Departments across the civil service to work on cross-Governmental priorities and interdepartmental initiatives. Currently there is 1 officer at Clerical Officer level seconded to the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and the Gaeltacht for such interdepartmental work.
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