Written Answers - Departmental Staff.

Thursday, 8 October 2009

Dáil Eireann Debate
Vol. 691 No. 2

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  74.  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh  Information on Aengus O Snodaigh  Zoom on Aengus O Snodaigh   asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment  Information on Mary Coughlan  Zoom on Mary Coughlan   the number of vacant civil servant or public servant positions in her Department on 1 October 2009, and in the State bodies or organisations answerable to her; the grade and the average duration of the vacancies; and if an application has been made to have these positions exempted from the public service recruitment and promotions embargo. [35037/09]

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Deputy Mary Coughlan): Information on Mary Coughlan  Zoom on Mary Coughlan  The following tables outline the position on 1 October 2009 in relation to the number of vacant positions in my Department, the number of vacancies in all State bodies and organisations answerable to me; the grade and the average length of the vacancies in each case.

Posts vacated as a result of the Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement and the special Incentivised Career Break Scheme do not represent vacancies and are, therefore, not included in the table above.

Departmental Vacancies

Grade Number of vacancies Length of vacancies Application sought for exemption
Assistant Secretary Nil Nil No
Principal Officer 1.0 3 months Yes
Sanction received
Assistant Principal Officer 2.6 5 months No
Higher Executive Officer 4.8 14 months No
Executive Officer 12.5 11 months No
Staff Officer 3.0 6 months No
Clerical Officer 7.5 9 months No
Service Officer 1.0 5 months No

Enterprise Ireland

Vacancies Grade Average length of vacancies Application sought for exemption
9 1 Level F
3 Level E
5 Level D		 4.1 months Yes in all cases

IDA Ireland*

Vacancies Grade Average length of vacancies Application sought for exemption
8 2 Level F
3 Level E
1 Level B
2 Graduate Trainee		 3 months No
No
No
Yes

Shannon Development

Vacancies Grade Average length of vacancies Application sought for exemption
2 E3
E4		 3 months No
No

Forfás

Vacancies Grade Average length of vacancies Application sought for exemption
16 3 Level A & B
1.5 Level C
6.5 Level D
2 Level E
3 Graduate Trainee		 5 months
3 months
9 months
5 months
2 months		 No in all cases

[376]National Standards Authority of Ireland

Vacancies Grade Average length of vacancies Application sought for exemption
15 4 Level B
2 Level C
1 Level E
3 T2
4 SSO
1 PSO		 11 months
6 months
4 months
8 months
2 months
6 months		 No in all cases

County and City Enterprise Boards

Vacancies Grade Average length of vacancies Application sought for exemption
7 3 CEO
1 Assistant CEO
3 Business Advisors		 10 months No in all cases

The National Consumer Agency**

Vacancies Grade Average length of vacancies Application sought for exemption
10 2 AP
3 HEO
3 EO
2 CO		 4 months Yes in all cases

The Competition Authority

Vacancies Grade Average length of vacancies Application sought for exemption
9 1 Member
6 Case Officer
1 Detective Sergeant
1 CO		 10 months
1-13 months
22 months
12 months		 No
Yes, 1 only
No
No

Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority

Vacancies Grade Average length of vacancies Application sought for exemption
3 1 Project Manager
1 Administrative Executive
1 Clerical support Officer		 3 years Yes
No
No

The Health and Safety Authority

Vacancies Grade Average length of vacancies Application sought for exemption
1 1 Inspector Grade 1 3 weeks No

FÁS

Vacancies Grade Average length of vacancies Application sought for exemption
86.16 5 Grade 6
27 Grade 8
27.16 Grade 10
27 Grade 11		 7-8 months Yes in the case of 4 Grade 10 posts
No in all other cases

InterTradeIreland

The moratorium on recruitment does not apply to the North South Bodies on the condition that the efficiency guidance agreed by Finance Ministers is applied.

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