Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE and HTE staff, by grade, working in the Standards in Public Office Commission; and the estimated cost of increasing staffing by 50% at each grade. [44050/24]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Office of the Ombudsman that the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO), established in 2001, is an independent, non-partisan body responsible for overseeing the Ethics in Public Office Acts, the Electoral Act 1997 (as amended), the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Act 2014, and the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. The Standards Commission is supported in its work by a Secretariat, led by the Head of the Secretariat to the Commission. Secretariat staff are provided by the Office of the Ombudsman.

There are 20 staff working in the Secretariat to the Standards in Public Office Commission. That is represented by 19.4 full time equivalent (FTE) grades as follows:

• 3 x Clerical Officers;
• 3.6 x Executive Officers;
• 3.8 x Higher Executive Officers;
• 4 x Administrative Officers;
• 4 x Assistant Principal Officers; and
• 1 x Principal Officer.