VOTE 34 OBS. ENTERPRISE INNOVATION Brief for Minister?s Presentation of the 2011 Estimate to the Select Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education Subhead: A09 Subhead Title: Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Budget Of?cer and Extension No: Paul Appleby 8585820 Budget Of?cer Alternative and Extension No: Conor O?Mahony - 8585827 2010 2010 201 1 Increase Percentage Estimate Outturn Estimate Decrease (-) increase On 2010 Outturn Decrease (-) on 2010 Outturn ?000 . ?000 ?000 ?000 6,086 5,967 2,268 61% Purpose of Subhead The purpose of this Subhead is to provide for the administration costs of the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE). The functions of the Director are to encourage compliance with the Companies Acts and to investigate and enforce SLISpected breaches of those Acts. ODCE staff comprise people with administrative, legal, accountancy and police expertise. The costs associated with the ten members of An Garda Siochana who are on secondment to the Of?ce to facilitate its criminal investigative role are met from Vote 20 Garda Siochana. All other staf?ng, legal, administration and information technology support services are provided for through Subhead A09 of Vote 34. Explanation for Increase on 2010 Outturn The outturn for 2010 was somewhat lower than expected. A signi?cant element of the ODCE non-pay budget relates to projected legal and accounting fees associated 1 This is a provisional ?gure. The outturn per ODCE records is ?3,674,000, and this is likely to be the ?nal ?gure when the Appropriation Accounts are complete. with court cases under preparation and before the courts. However, it is not possible to anticipate with precision the timing or duration of investigations or Court hearings nor the nature of the Courts? eventual decisions, including with respect to the award of costs in favour of or against the ODCE. In this regard, the 2010 outturn ?gure was ?2.41 m. less than the amount allocated mainly because potential legal costs relating to Supreme Court appeals and High Court judgements did not arise during the year. Continuing savings also arose from the curtailment of all non?essential expenditure. Advertising and promotional costs have been virtually eliminated; new and innovative ways to maintain the Of?ce?s advocacy activities have been developed Facebook, Twitter); public procurement has been used to obtain more favourable contracts where possible Of?ce cleaning), and the 8% reduction in the professional fees of Counsel engaged by the Of?ce continues to apply. The increase in the estimate for 2011 reflects a prudent provision in respect of the costs that may fall to be borne by the Of?ce in respect of its outstanding cases. The actual outturn will depend on the determinations made by the Courts in pending enforcement cases. Although there can be no certainty about Court decisions, the Of?ce expects that a number of impeltant cases will be determined in 2011 at Supreme Court and High Court levels. Main Achievements in 2010 Highlights and achievements for the ODCE in 2010 included the following: the ODCE transmitted one investigation ?le and three reports on four aspects of its Anglo Irish Bank investigation to the DPP (see separate brie?ng note); 0 the Of?ce made decisions on some 1,820 other cases, including 1,240 initial liquidator reports which are a consequence of the large increase in newly insolvent companies (see separate brie?ng note). ODCE scrutiny of liquidator reports saw some 8 directors disquali?ed and 156 directors restricted by liquidators in 2010. The majority of the remaining reports and complaints to the Of?ce were resolved administratively. ODCE criminal and civil enforcement work was limited in 2010 due to the priority accorded to the Anglo investigation. However, one disquali?cation and eight convictions were secured, and seven further enforcement cases were initiated. By year- end, the ODCE had some 20 cases before the Courts; 0 the ODCE issued four new publications on aSpects of company law and its remit and distributed 24,000 copies of its various publications to the public; 0 Of?ce staff made 52 presentations to over 2,300 directors and others involved in company affairs and attended 19 company law related exhibitions/seminars; - the Of?ce made a number of policy submissions, including the following: to the Department of Enteiprise Trade and Innovation on company inquiries in the context of the planned Companies Consolidation Bill; 0 to the Department of Justice and Law Reform on white collar crime; 0 to the Central Bank on corporate governance and to the European Commission on future audit policy. Main Priorities for 2011 The Anglo investigation will continue to dominate the work of the Of?ce throughout 2011. A second investigation ?le was sent to the DPP in March 2011, and it is envisaged that a number of further ?les will follow before the end of the year. Notwithstanding the priority of the Anglo investigation, there will be an increase in ODCE enforcement action this year. To date, the Of?ce has successfully prosecuted 13 criminal charges and secured 8 disquali?cations in 8 enforcement cases. One of those disquali?cations is that of a former Managing Director of National Irish Bank in consequence of the ?ndings in a 2004 High Court InSpectors? Report. The ODCE has other substantial investigations underway which are unrelated to Anglo, and a small number of these will likely result in the initiation of enforcement action during 2011. The Of?ce also estimates that it will make close to 2,000 other determinations on liquidator, auditor, regulator, public and other reports and detections relating to aspects of company law and duty. These matters relate to all forms and sizes of company, including listed public limited companies. Many of these issues will be dealt with administratively and will not result in the taking of legal action. As part of the Of?ce?s continuing compliance work, the Of?ce will make about 60 presentations and attend some 15 other public events to promote high standards of compliance with the requirements of the Companies Acts. Newspaper articles, press statements and new or revised ODCE publications will also be issued. The Of?ce will continue to contribute policy advice in respect of proposed legislation. A particular focus is the Government?s new Criminal Justice Bill and the recently published Part A of the Companies Consolidation and Reform Bill. The ODCE will be undertaking a review of priority aspects of Part A in the coming months with a View to ensuring the published text is enforceable and otherwise satisfactory. The Government?s ?scal and other corrective measures will necessarily see the Of?ce continuing to manage its resources on a very prudent basis. In particular, this will see a continuing curtailment of all non-essential Of?ce expenditures. As a result, the ODCE will necessarily have to be selective in identifying and pursuing its priorities. Issues which might arise at Select Committee With respect to staf?ng resources, the ODCE has about 41 Departmental staff and 10 seconded members of An Garda Siochana. The Of?ce has not sought additional staf?ng resources in recent times. Since 2007, some 13 additional Departmental staff were sanctioned and assigned to the Of?ce in tranches between 2007 and 2010 to help progress its heavy caseload. More recently, the Garda Commissioner approved the secondment of three additional Garda of?cers to help with the Anglo investigation. As indicated, separate notes are attached in relation to the Anglo Irish Bank investigation and the review of insolvent companies which are absorbing most ODCE staf?ng resources. If any questions arise relating to individual cases which the ODCE may be investigating, it is respectfully suggested that the Minister refer to the legally independent role of the Director in relation to company law compliance and enforcement matters. The Director is prepared to correspond with any Deputy/Senator on an issue of concern to him/her. VOTE 32 OBS, ENTERPRISE INNOVATION Subhead: A09 Subhead Title: ODCE Budget Of?cer and Extension No: Ian Drennan Ext. 5820 Budget Of?cer Alternative and Extension No: Conor O?Mahony Ext 5827 2012 2012 Increase Estimate Forecast Decrease Outtum On 2012 Estimate 6,000 6,000 ?,000 5,697 3,873 -1,833 Summary Explanation for Underspend On Pay, a small saving is attributable to a number of retirements/departures with non?replacement or delayed replacement. The larger underspend arises on Non-Pay. The Of?ce has managed to generate relatively modest savings on several of our overhead?type expenditures. However, the vast bulk of the savings relate to legal costs that are not now arising this year. The allocation included a signi?cant provision for legal costs that the Of?ce may have to bear in relation to a small number of large cases that have been ongoing now for several years, mostly involving appeals to the Supreme Court. When setting the allocation for the year, we had expected that some, or all, of these cases would be determined during this year. At this stage, it is not likely that any large scale costs will fall to be paid this year. We are hopeful that a number of the cases can be concluded within a relatively short timeframe. As always, legal costs of this nature are extremely dif?cult to forecast as we have little or no control over when the cases will be determined, we cannot be sure of the outcome of the cases in terms of costs orders and we cannot anticipate the scale of costs that other parties may seek. It is, however, worth recalling that one of these cases was determined in 2010 with an order for costs made against the Of?ce. This resulted in the Of?ce have to pay out costs of nearly ?900k in just one case. Accordingly, the Of?ce will still need a signi?cant provision for legal costs in 2013. :\FlNANCE\_Estimates folders 95-18\2012 Estimates\Forecast Outtum\C7 ODCE Forecast Outtumdocx VOTE 32 OBS, ENTERPRISE INNOVATION Brief for Minister?s presentation of the 2013 Estimate to the Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Subhead: C7 Subhead Title: O??ice of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Budget Of?cer and Extension No: Ian Drermcm 8585820 Budget Officer Alternative and Extension No: Conor 0 ?Mahony 8585827 2012 2012 2013 Increase Percentage Estimate Outturn Estimate Decrease (-) Increase On 2012 Outtum Decrease (-) on 2012 Outturn 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 5,697 3,436 5,330 61,984 57% Purpose of Subhead The purpose of this Subhead is to provide for the administration costs. The primary functions of the Director are to encourage compliance with the Companies Acts and to investigate and enforce suspected breaches of those Acts. The ODCE comprises staff with administrative, legal, accountancy and police expertise. The costs associated with the nine members of An Garda Sioch?na who are on secondment to the O?ice to facilitate its criminal investigative role are met from Vote 20 Garda Siochana. All other Of?ce staf?ng, legal, administration and information technology support services are funded through Subhead A09 of Vote 34. Explanation for Increase on 2012 0utturn_ The ?nancial outturn for 2012 was some 62,261,000 lower than expected. Some savings on Pay were gained through the non-?lling of vacancies arising from the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement. However, a signi?cant element of the ODCE non-pay budget relates to projected legal and accounting fees associated with court cases under preparation and before the courts. It is not possible to anticipate :\FlNANCE\_Estimates folders 95-l7\2013 Estimates\Sclect Committee\Subhead returns\C7 ODCE.docx with precision the complexity, timing or duration of investigations or Court hearings nor the nature of eventual Court decisions. In this regard, the 2012 outtum ?gure was somewhat less than that allocated mainly because potential legal costs relating to a number of signi?cant legal cases currently before the Courts did not arise during the year. In common with the wider Public Service the Of?ce continued to curtail all non? essential expenditure. Public Procurement procedures have been used to best advantage in order to obtain ?thher savings on essential expenditure and achieve the best possible value for money. The increase in the 2013 estimate re?ects a prudent provision in respect of the costs that may arise in respect of its outstanding legal cases. The actual outtum will depend largely on the outcomes of a number of signi?cant pending Court cases. Although there can be no certainty, the Of?ce expects that a number of these cases will be determined in the course of 2013. Main Outnuts in 2012 The of?ce continued its outreach activities during 2012 by attending 63 public events, including the delivery of information presentations and attendance at relevant conferences, seminars and exhibitions. It also developed and published 10 new publications with information and guidance for stakeholders? bene?t. I The of?ce continued to offer an informed perspective on policy discussions at national and EU level. These included suggestions on Parts 2 and 22 of the Companies Bill 2012 and suggestions on the EU Commission proposal for a new Accounting Directive. - In relation to the Of?ce?s investigations into the former Anglo Irish Bank Corporation plc, the Of?ce submitted a ftuther ?le to the DPP in February, 2012. Furthermore, the DPP directed, in July, 2012, that a total of 48 charges :\FlNANCE\_Estimates folders 95-l7\2013 Estimates\Select Committee\Subhead returns\C7 ODCE..docx should be preferred against 3 individuals on foot of ?les previously submitted by the Of?ce. The Of?ce continues to assist the DPP in relation to the preparation of Books of Evidence and Disclosure requirements. a 16 criminal convictions were secured in 4 District Court prosecution cases and a further 14 charges were taken into consideration Le. a total of 30 charges were proven to the satisfaction of the court and none were dismissed. In one case, a suspended custodial sentence was imposed and, in another, a consequential disquali?cation order was made (in addition to the ?nes imposed). Two appeals to the Circuit Court were also successfully dealt with by the Of?ce during the year. a On average, 50 criminal enforcement cases were under investigation at any one time during the year. A signi?cant proportion of these were concluded on a satisfactory basis through the use of forms of enforcement other than prosecution. Actions taken in these cases would have included interventions as formal warning letters to company directors and others; securing voluntary resignations (as directors, auditors etc) where suspected offences have been committed or the referral of accountants to their professional bodies (leading, often, to the imposition of substantial ?nes and costs and possibly the expulsion of individuals). a The ODCE reviewed and made decisions in respect of a total of 1,324 initial liquidator reports during the year, a 12% increase on 2011. Arising from the liquidator reporting regime, 242 directors were restricted or disquali?ed during 2012 (128 in 2011). 0 As a result of High Court proceedings taken by the ODCE, 17 directors were disquali?ed and one director was restricted during 2012 in respect of unliquidated insolvent companies that were struck-off by the Registrar of Companies. 0 Aside from liquidator reports, the Of?ce assessed and closed some 685 cases relating to suspected misconduct. In the course of investigation of some of folders 95-l7\2013 Estimates\Select Committee\Subhead rcturns\C7 ODCE.docx these cases, powers delegated by the Director to his staff were used on 30 occasions. Main Output Targets 2013 The of?ce will continue its outreach activities of communicating its compliance message by attendance at 75 public events during 2013. The Of?ce will continue to devote considerable resources to its investigations into the former Anglo Irish Bank Corporation plc, and, in particular, to the provision of assistance to the DPP in relation to the preparation of Books of Evidence and Disclosure requirements. 0 The Of?ce will continue to take criminal prosecutions in appropriate cases. Each potentially prosecutable case is assessed on its merits and the appropriate interventions then determined. While the Of?ce does not consider it appropriate to set targets for the number of prosecutions to be taken, 15 convictions have been secured at District Court level in 2013 to date. A ?rrther case is due to be heard very shortly and it is expected that summonses will be issued in several other District Court cases before the end of the year. I In addition, the Of?ce of the Director of Public Prosecutions has directed - following consideration of detailed ?les submitted by the ODCE last year - that charges be brought in two other (non?Anglo related) cases and it is expected that these cases will come before the Circuit Criminal Court during the year. At least one further case is likely to be sent to the DPP for directions during the year. It is estimated that some 1,300 initial liquidator reports will again be received and reviewed by the Of?ce in 2013, which suggests that insolvencies are continuing at a high level. 0 The Office will assess some 680 cases of suspected reported wrongdoing in 2013 :\FlNANCE\_Estimatcs folders Estimates\Select Committee\Subhead retums\C7 ODCE.docx Context_and Impact Indicators With rCSpect to staf?ng resources generally, the ODCE currently has 36.3 Departmental staff and 6.6 seconded members of An Garda Siochana (these are whole-time equivalent ?gures). While additional staf?ng resources were provided in 2009 to assist, inter alia, with the Anglo investigation, the benefit of these additional resources has been eroded in the intervening period by the departure, and non- replacement, of a number of staff. Notwithstanding the reductions in staf?ng, the Of?ce continues to devote considerable resources to ongoing work associated with the Anglo investigation. Furthermore, the Of?ce continues to face an extremely challenging workload arising from the very high level of insolvent liquidations occurring as a result of the economic crisis. The relevant Departmental and Garda staf?ng ?gures at the end of each of the last ?ve years are outlined in the following table. ODCE Staff End-2008 End-2009 End-2010 End-2011 End-2012 DJEI 36.8 41.5 40.7 39.7 35.9 Garda 8.0 8.0 10.1 10.1 8.6 Total 44.8 49.5 50.8 49.8 44.4 The rise in casework, coupled with the Govemment?s ?scal and other corrective measures, has necessitated that the Of?ce manage its resources on a very prudent basis. In particular, the Of?ce has implemented a signi?cant curtailment of all non- essential Of?ce expenditures. As a result, the ODCE has to be selective in identifying and pursuing its priorities. In this context, it should be noted that the considerable caseload associated with insolvent liquidations is non-discretionary as the Company Law Enforcement Act of 2001 imposes a statutory framework in relation to this work. Issues which might arise at Select Committee A separate note is attached in relation to the Anglo Irish Bank investigation. folders 95-1 7?20 13 Estimates\Select Committee\Subhead retums\C7 ODCE.docx If any questions arise relating to individual cases which the ODCE may be investigating, it is respectfully suggested that the Minister refer to the legally independent role of the Director in relation to company law compliance and enforcement matters. The Director is prepared to correspond with any Deputy/Senator on an issue of concern to him/her. :\FlNANCE\_Estimales folders Estimatcs\Selcct Committee\Subhead retums\C7 ODCE.docx Re ODCE Non Pay allocation 2613 From: CN=Conor To: CN=Orla CC: CN=Carlos CN=Eddie CN=Nicola CN=Phil Posted Date: 18/61/2613 16:57:53 Subject: Re: ODCE Non Pay allocation 2613 Orla The Non-Pay allocation for 2612 included a significant provision for legal costs that the Office had felt were likely to fall due for payment during the year. A significant proportion of these costs relates to a small number of large cases that have been ongoing now for several years, mostly involving appeals to the Supreme Court. When setting the allocation for the year, we had expected that some, or all, of these cases would be determined during this year. As it happens, the cases in question did not progress as quickly as we had expected and, accordingly, the costs provided for did not arise during the year. However, the corollory of this, is that the cases are still ongoing and we would now consider that it is quite likely that they (or at least some of them) will be determined this year. As always, legal costs of this nature are extremely difficult to forecast as we have little or no control over when the cases will be determined, we cannot be sure of the outcome of the cases in terms of costs orders and we cannot anticipate the scale of costs that other parties may seek. If the cases go in our favour, we should need only a modest provision but if the cases go against us, we could have to pay out very significant sums and even the provision now included in the estimates might not be sufficient in those circumstances. It is worth recalling that one of these cases was determined in 2616 with an order for costs made against the Office. This resulted in the Office having to pay out costs of nearly ?966k in just one case. Accordingly, the Office would consider it prudent to provide for a significant provision for legal costs in 2613 and would not be inclined to reduce the provision already included in the estimates. Regards Conor O'Mahony Principal Officer Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 16 Parnell Square Page 1 Re ODCE Non Pay allocation 2013 Dublin 1 ph. +353 - 1 858 5827 From: Orla Maher/entemp To: Conor Cc: Nicola Haran/entemp@entemp, Eddie Nolan/entemp@ENTEMP, Carlos Acarreta/entemp@entemp, Phil Flood/entemp@entemp Date: 16/01/2013 12:14 Subject: ODCE Non Pay allocation 2013 Conor, In reviewing the proposed 2013 Non Pay Subhead allocations across the Vote, I note that an allocation of ?3.077m was made for 2012 in respect 0? the ODCE, of which, only ?973k was drawn down. An allocation of ?2.913m had been proposed for 2013, however, in view of the 2012 outturn, I would be grateful if you could review what practical allocation for 2013 is required. Regards Orla Maher Estimates Section Finance Unit Dept of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Davitt House 65a Adelaide Road Dublin 2 Tel: +353 1 6313372 Page 2 Minutes of ODCE [Department liaison meeting of 27th February 2013 Earlsfort Centre Attendance: ODCE - Ian Drennan, Conor O'Mahony, Kevin Prendergast, Kevin O?Connell and Ann Keating Department - Breda Power (Chairperson), Helen Curley, Claire Gordon, Margaret Dunniece and Joan Howley Items Discussed 1. Corporate Governance Minutes of previous liaison meeting were adopted. Risk register was discussed and it was agreed that there were no issues of high risk to consider. The Business Plan is a work in progress which should be ?nalised midyear. It was agreed that a draft would be submitted to the Department in advance of sign off. Deadline of end March was noted in respect of the 2012 Annual Report. 2. Budgetary Resources and Staf?ng. The 2013 budgetary estimates were noted. Staf?ng was discussed and in particular the requirement to complete and submit the workforce planning template to the Department by the 27th March deadline. Concern was expressed that a vacancy arising in November 2013, at accountancy level, must be ?lled as a matter of urgency and by someone with specialist skills in the area of forensic accounting. The ODCE will forward a submission on this issue to the Department for onward transmission to D/Per. It was also agreed that this issue should be indicated in the workforce planning template. 3. Policy Developments. Court Cases: Discussion dealt primarily with the Anglo case and in particular the fact that signi?cant resources of the of?ce are still being deployed to assist the DPP in progressing the case. Comp To date 5 ?les have been submitted to the DPP, there are two court dates scheduled in March and DPP instruction is awaited in respect of the GBFI ?les. A brief outline was given on enforcement actions recently taken and particular attention drawn to the success?Jl outcome in respect of a case taken to the High Court against a management company with a signi?cant number of members, for non?compliance with a direction under 8.371 Companies Act 1963. Subsequent to the order the company established a registered of?ce in the state and held a properly convened AGM. The ODCE is considering implementing a revised enforcement strategy to consider the possibility of pursuing various additional offences e.g. S. 19, Companies Act 1990, S. 57 CLEA, 2001 and is also considering the feasibility of implementing 8.1 10 CLEA 2001 in reSpect of administrative ?nes. Consideration is also being given to streamlining current procedures to ensure that the Of?ce would be in a position to utilise available resources at short notice to deal with any complex cases coming to attention. Particular attention was drawn to the requirement to have appropriate IT skills in place. It was also noted that a substantial number of 8.187 Companies Act 1990 breaches continue to be noti?ed in respect of unregistered auditors. any Law Developments: The company law bill was published in December 2012 and it is envisaged that it will get through the Dail Committee Stage by year end. ODCE has amendments to suggest and agreed to submit details to the Dept. as soon as possible. 4. Review of Outputs K.P.I. as indicated in the will be considered in the context of the 2012 annual report. The ODCE had a very successful training programme in the Garda Training Unit, Templemore attended by circa 20 staff. The Of?ce is currently organising PMDS training for all staff. 5. Support and Intervention Requirements With regard to the Anglo case, now in disclosure phase, ODCE brought to attention the fact that document analysis software procured at commencement of the investigation and subsequently replaced must be made available to the Defence, as all search facilities made available to DPP must also be made available to the Defence. As a consequence the of?ce must re-procure the software to meet the Courts disclosure requirements. This software may be required at short notice and having regard to concerns surrounding procurement rules, the ODCE is in discussion with IT and the DPP on the issue and will keep the Dept. abreast of developments. 6. Section 77 of the Finance Act 2011 Attention was drawn to the importance of ODCE having access to Revenue information and that since implementation of S. 77 of the Finance Act 2011 the Of?ce?s access to Revenue records has been severely limited. It was agreed that a legislative amendment is required urgently and that consideration should be given to having this amendment included with legislation due to be enacted soon e.g. RFS legislation due to be published in April. Ann Keating agreed to forward a submission on this issue to Breda Power. 7. Irish Banking Resolution Corporation possible issues arising as a result of the appointment of a Special Liquidator The ODCE discussed possible issues arising from the liquidation of the IBRC. A.O.B. F.O.I.: The ODCE is to put forward a business case to D/Per on the F01 issue. It was suggested that there seems to be an acceptance that there would be a derogation for Garda records. Health and Safety: It was brought to attention that there was an incident in the ODCE car park. A member of staff was mugged, suffered some injuries and has been out sick since. Claire Gordon is to contact the Health and Safety Unit and Personnel to seek clarity on health and safety legislative issues. Next Meeting: Date to be con?rmed. Fw Staffing in the ODCE 616313.txt From: CN=breda power/0=entemp To: CN=He1en CN=Claire CC: Posted Date: 61/63/2613 13:11:25 Subject: Fw: Staffing in the ODCE Attachment(s): ODCE Staff Changes 2612 &2613.xlsx Colleagues For information in case there are any queries. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 61 6312669 Fax: 616312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 61/63/2613 13:16 From: Eamonn Balmer/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP Cc: Maureen Date: 61/63/2613 16:45 Subject: Re: Staffing in the ODCE Breda Our phone call refers. Attached is a schedule outlining staff moves in and out of the ODCE since the beginning of 2612. In relation to the need for additional staff that was made in the context of the Workforce Planning exercise, it might be appropriate to point out in response to any subsequent query that corresponding submissions were invited and received from all offices and sections of the Department. Notwithstanding the legitimacy of any such submissions, the moratorium on recruitment and the need to observe ECF targets severely limit the capacity of the Department to respond as required. Assignments are made by reference to the priority needs of the Department and its offices as a whole. Page 1 Fw Staffing in the ODCE 916313.txt Regards Eamonn From: Breda Power/entemp To: Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP Cc: Maureen Date: 28/92/2913 17:48 Subject: Staffing in the ODCE Sent by: breda power Eamonn Could you give me a call about staffing in the ODCE. I want to establish if they got any additional staff last year or this year or if they lost any staff. An FOI response has just issued on correspondence from the former Director and I expect to get some follow up questions from our own Press Office. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 616312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Page 2 Fw Material re ODCE staffing 020513.txt From: CN=Naomi Clohisey/O=entemp To: CN=Claire CC: CN=Aoife Posted Date: 02/05/2013 9:57:24 Subject: Fw: Material re ODCE staffing Hi Claire See below for info from Maureen O'Sullivan. Naomi Forwarded by Naomi Clohisey/entemp on 02/05/2013 09:59 From: Breda Power/entemp To: elaine.cassidy@djei.ie, Aoife Kavanagh/Entemp@Entemp, Naomi Clohisey/entemp@Entemp Date: 24/04/2013 11:06 Subject: Fw: Material re ODCE staffing Sent by: breda power Colleagues To see please. I am checking the figure for the number of Garda staff in the ODCE so we may add a sentence later. I am also checking the last sentence with Maureen. In the meantime you might add the material below from Maureen to the concluding Speech. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 24/04/2013 11:02 From: Maureen O'Sullivan/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP Cc: Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP Page 1 Fw Material re ODCE staffing 929513.txt Date: 24/94/2013 10:55 Subject: Material re ODCE staffing Breda, See below. Come back to me if you need anything else. "As an Office of my Department, the staffing of the ODCE is subject to the same constraints and pressures that apply generally across the Department. The moratorium on recruitment and the need to reduce staff numbers to comply with challenging targets imposed by the Employment Control Framework (ECF) means there is little scope to increase staff resources in response to what might otherwise be regarded as a legitimate case for increased resources. Assignments in my Department are made by reference to the priority needs of the Department and its offices as a whole. Since 2998, the numbers of staff available to my Department and its offices has fallen very significantly from 1,993 at the end of 2998 to 789.5 at the end of Quarter 1 of 2913. Notwithstanding this reduction, the resources available to the ODCE have remained relatively static, with the current figure of 35.5 staff representing a loss of just one administrative staff relative to 2998 figures. Given that the ECF targets require further reductions for 2913 and 2914, there is little prospect of any increase to staff numbers in the ODCE in the foreseeable future." Maureen Maureen O?Sullivan Personnel Officer Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Kildare St Dublin 2 Phone: 91 6312246 Email: maureen.osullivan@djei.ie Page 2 Fw: Advance copy letter re personnel issues From Breda Power To helen.curley@djei.ie. claire.gordon@djei.ie Cc Date 20/09/2013 14:15 Helen. Claire Please consider. Breda Original Message From: Ian Drennan Sent: 20/09/2013 14 11 GDT To: Breda Power Co: John Hughes; Conor O'Mahony; Kevin O'Connell; Ann Keating Subject: Advance copy letter re personnel issues Breda. FYI - please ?nd attached a soft copy of a letter that has issued to you in today?s post. As I have. in light of its contents, copied Mr. Hughes on this letter. I am similarly copying him on this email. Regards, lan Ian Drennan Director Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 16 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 Tel: +353 1 858 5800- L0 Call: 1890 315 015 - Fax: +353 1 858 5801 - Web: Page 1 of 1 Oifig an Sti?rthora urn Fhorfheidhmii?i Corpar?ideach Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Ms. Breda Power Assistant Secretary Department of Jobs. Enterprise 8. innovation Earlsfort Centre Lower Hatch Street Dublin 2 20 September, 2013 Re: ODCE staffing issues Dear Breda, Previous request for sanction re Professional Accountant post As you will be aware, notwithstanding that accountancy expertise is critical to its operations. the Of?ce currently has a complement of only two Professional Accountants. As advised at our last liaison meeting, one of those two Professional Accountants. W, is scheduled to retire, on age grounds, on 12 November, 2013. That being the case, you will recall that. by letter dated 5 July, 2013 requested that sanction be sought from the Department of Public Expenditure 8. Relorm as early as possible in order that any period during which the post would be vacant would kept to an absolute minimum. Given that sanction has not to date been received and, given the? retirement is now only a matter of weeks away. it seems that. regrettably. the post will lie vacant for some time. That being the case. i would reiterate the importance to the Of?ce's operations of this post being ?lled - by a suitably quali?ed and experienced candidate - as a matter of priority. Accordingly, i would be grateful if you could again contact requesting that sanction be granted in as expeditious a manner as is possible. Request for sanction of cenaiMMQements is currently, as has for some time been, heavily involved in a large scale criminal investigation being undertaken by the Office, with his Involvement in that investigation being directly related to his professional knowledge and expertise. That investigation is now approaching a critical phase, Le. preparation for submission of files to the Director of Public Prosecutions for consideration as to whether charges should be directed on indictment GtVen that this case is now entering a critical phase. and having regard to the centrality of the role that is currently playing in the associated investigation and preparations for submissnon of material to the DPP, this Office wishes to propose that consideration be given to an arrangement wherebym could continue to be employed post retirement for a short period, i.e. for a period of five and a haiiweeks (up to Friday 20 December, 2013). Were this proposal to be favourably received. it is suggested that the proposed contract for service would be one under which Hi would be paid at a daily rate which, on an annualised basis, would be the equwalent of his existing annual salary less the amount oihis civil service pension. Related issues - Workforce Planning As you are aware. having taken up this position, I conducted a review of the Office's current HR capabilities having regard to its mandate and set out the resultant analysis, risks, conclusions and proposals in the Of?ce's Workforce Planning document as submitted to the Department. Specifically. as you will recall, the current deficit of professional accountancy expertise has been 16 Ccamog Plimuell, Belle .rltlia Cliath i 16 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 DX1-15003, 16 Parnell Squaw For: Phone: (+353) 1 8585800- Face Fax: (+353) 1 3585801 Ioeghlao [go-Call: 1390 315 015 R-phuist I?I-mml identified as being a major risk and limiting factor in that context. On the assumption that sanction is granted to fill the abovementioned vacancy (which, as indicated in the WFP. must. in my view. be filled through open competition in order to ensure that the Of?ce has access to the best possible candidates). it occurs that, were the Office's analysis of Its current de?cit in accountancy expertise to be acknowledged and accepted. the associated recruitment exercise would present an opportunity to also address the broader skills shortage cost and time effective manner. Accordingly. I would be grateful if you would also give consideration to this point. Whilst I trust that the foregoing suf?ces for the purposes of facilitating consideration of the issues raised herein. should you consider it helpful that we meet to discuss these matters further. I would be happy to do so. lan Drennan Director cc Mr. John Hughes. Personnel Officer Ms. Claire Gordon. ODCE Liaison Re: Fw: Advance copy letter re personnel issues From Breda Power To Claire Gordon Date 23/09/2013 15:35 Thanks Claire. John hasn't been in touch with me yet about this. Tough luck yesterday. It was very close. Hope you are not feeling too bad about the result. Breda Claire Gordon Breda Power 00.. 23/09/2013 15:30 GDT {0"010" Re: Fw: Advance copy letter re personnel issues .J Breda I emailed Eamonn Balmer to see what has been done in relation to getting an accountant for ODCE in general - not in relation to this new element. He said that John Hughes was going to talk to you about a particular aspect of it (didn't say what that was) bilaterally and gave no further information. I hope that you are expecting that - it seems harsh that a person cannot be sick in peace. Anyhow I guess they will talk to you about this request as well. I can't see what information we can provide additional to what is already in this letter so don't see that there is much that we can do until you talk to them. i hope you are feeling better. There is no such hope for Mayo people today. Page 1 of 2 Claire From: Breda Power/eniemp To: heien.curiey@djei.ie, claire.gordon@djei.ie. Date: 2010912013 14:15 Subject: Fw: Advance copy letter re personnel issues Helen. Claire Please consider. Breda Original Message From: Ian Drennan Sent: 20/09/2013 14:11 GDT To: Breda Power Cc: John Hughes; Couor O'Mahony; Kevin O'Connell; Ann Keating Subject: Advance copy letter re personnel issues Breda, FYI - please ?nd attached a soft copy of a letter that has issued to you in today's post. As i have. in light of its contents copied Mr. Hughes on this letter, I am similarly copying him on this email. Regards. Ian la Drennan Director Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 16 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 Tel: +353 1 858 5800 - Lo Call: 1890 315 015 - Fax: +353 1 858 5801 - Web: [attachment deleted by Claire Gordon/entemp] ATTACHMENTS: Page 2 of 2 Accountants for ODCE From Breda Power To Claire Gordon Cc Helen Curley Date 03/12/2013 09:02 Claire As discussed yesterday, please prepare a submission to John Hughes seeking sanction for the ODCE to recruit the accountants that it is seeking based on the letter form Ian Drennan and also their Workforce Plan. As you know I had discussed the ODCE request previously with the former Personnel Of?cer and her view at the time was that sanction would not be forthcoming because the Department was in excess of its ECF ?gures. I had also discussed this with John Hughes and we decided that it would be best to first progress sanction for the the retention of". until the end of the year and then consider how best to progress the request for the additional accountant posts. I understand that DPER have been refusing to sanction posts as the Department and its agencies are over the ECF numbers. John and I discussed this issue again yesterday and we agreed that we should pursue the issue of sanction with DPER. Please include in your submission the fact that following the retirement of at the end of the year that the ODCE will be down to just one accountant which is unsustainable. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre. Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie ATTACHMENTS: Page 1 of 1 Requests to seek sanction from DPER on behalf of IAASA and ODCE From Claire Gordon To John Hughes Cc Breda Power Date 09/12/2013 12:34 John Please see attached requests for Personnel Unit to seek sanction from DPER in relation to vacancies in IAASA and ODCE as well as a request for sanction for the ODCE to rebalance its staff. If you need any further information please ask. Claire ATTACHMENTS: Page 1 of 1 Mr John Hughes Personnel Unit 09 December 2013 Re: Request for sanction to recruit a Professional Accountant Grade 1 for the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) and for sanction for a rebalancing of staff in the ODCE. Dear John I am writing to request that sanction be sought from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to recruit a Professional Accountant Grade I for the ODCE. This post will become vacant on 20 December this year when the current incumbent retires on age grounds. Additionally I am asking that sanction be requested for approval for the ODCE to effect a rebalancing of its staf?ng structure. Request for sanction to ?ll imminent vacancy There are two professional accountants only in the ODCE and given the complex and technical nature of the existing work of the Of?ce, in particular of the two accountants, it is crucial that the upcoming vacancy be ?lled as a matter of urgency. The replacement accountant will need to have the particular skills and expertise necessary to deal with the complex and serious company law investigations that the ODCE is dealing with in the aftermath of the economic collapse. In this context a person with forensic accountancy experience is a necessity and the ?lling of the post 1 by open competition would ensure as wide a pool of talent as possible from which to choose a candidate. This request was previously sent in July this year. Request for sanction to rebalance staff in the ODCE A new Director of Corporate Enforcement was appointed in August last year. Following his appointment the Director carried out an internal review of the ODCE's ability to carry out its mandate. The review concluded that the insuf?ciency of in- house accountancy expertise is a major limiting factor in the Of?ce?s capacity to: formulate individual investigation strategy; 0 examine to the requisite standard companies? and liquidators? books and records; - draw conclusions from, and opine upon, companies? and liquidators? books and records; a progress investigations to the requisite standard having conducted reviews of books and records. These areas of activity were identi?ed by the ODCE as being fundamental in seeking to address the more complex investigation and enforcement issues facing the Of?ce on an on-going basis. The conclusion of the review was that an increase in in-house accountancy expertise will better re?ect the nature of the Of?ce?s staf?ng requirements and, as a consequence, better equip the Of?ce to tackle the more complex end of the spectrum of non-compliance with company law. IR.) As a result of this review the ODCE submitted a revised workforce plan in April this year. The original plan of July 2012 had identi?ed future staf?ng needs as follows: 2 Professional Accountants Grade - 1 Solicitor; - 1 AP (for a minimum of 3 years); - 2 HEOs (1 of whom would possess specialist IT expertise, including digital forensics); - 2 1303 (1 of which would have, or be capable of acquiring, specialist IT skills). The revised assessment of April 2013, following the internal review undertaken by the new Director, identi?ed the Of?ce?s additional staf?ng needs over the foreseeable future as follows: - 5 Professional Accountants Grade I excluding the replacement of the impending retirement related vacancy); and - 1 HEO (possessing IT and digital forensics expertise). The new workforce plan represents a 25% reduction in the number of additional staff envisaged and the ODCE will compensate for the reduced numbers through a combination of internal deployments, increased ef?ciencies and re-prioritisation. Functions of the ODCE The ODCE was established on the 28 November 2001 under the Company Law Enforcement Act 200]. The functions assigned to the Director of Corporate Enforcement under that Act include: - enforcing and encouraging compliance with company law; - investigating suspected offences under the Companies Acts; 0 prosecuting detected breaches of the Companies Acts; 0 referring cases to the Director of Public Prosecutions for prosecution on indictment; and - exercising a supervisory role over the activities of liquidators and receivers. The need for accountancy expertise The work of the Of?ce in 2012 included the following: The examination of reports submitted to the Of?ce by liquidators of insolvent companies resulting in 227 company directors being restricted and 15 disquali?ed by the High Court The securing of the recti?cation on a non-statutory basis, of suspected infringements of the Companies Acts, in relation to Directors? loans to an aggregate value of ?55m approximately Approximately 2000 statutory reports from liquidators, auditors and professional bodies were received and examined. A further ?ve ?les submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions in its investigation of events at the former Anglo Irish Bank. The ?les relate to matters including the giving of ?nancial assistance by a company for the purchase of its own shares and to false statements to auditors The above selected list gives a ?avour of the complexity and the large amounts of money involved in the company law matters with which the ODCE is involved. In 2013, in addition to its on-going work, the Of?ce continues to deploy signi?cant resources assisting the Director of Public Prosecutions to meet disclosure obligations for the upcoming legal proceedings in relation to the former Anglo Irish Bank. Public perception There has been on-going media and political discussion in relation to the events at the former Anglo Irish Bank and to the State?s response to those events. That response came under scrutiny again with the recent releases of audio tapes of conversations in the Bank. At that time questions were raised as to whether the State has the necessary expertise to address this matter and why no progress had been made in relation to it. In this context, the situation arising where one of the main investigating agencies of those billion euro events has only one accountant?s experience to call upon is an unacceptable situation. Company Law supports the request for sanction to ?ll the upcoming Professional Accountant Grade 1 vacancy and also fully supports the rebalancing of staff proposed by the Director. I am requesting that sanction be sought to recruit for the imminent vacancy as a matter of urgency and for approval for the proposed rebalancing of staff in the Of?ce. Claire Gordon Company Law Policy Unit Fw: Re: From Breda Power To Claire Gordon Cc Helen Curley Date 13l12l201315:15 Claire - Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs. Enterprise Innovation. Earlsfort Centre. Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie FonNarded by breda powerlentemp on 1311212013 15:15 From: Breda Powerlentemp To: Ian Drennanlenternp@ENTEMP, Date: 13112/2013 15:14 Subject: Re: Sent by: breda power Ian John Hughes and Phillip Kelly are hoping to have a meeting next week with DPER to follow up on a number of sanction requests including those in relation to the ODCE. I will be in touch next week after that meeting. Regards Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation. Earlsfort Centre. Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie From [an Drennan/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Date: 17:33 Subject: Re: OK. thanks Breda. Appreciated. Page 1 of 3 Ian Ian Drennan Director Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 16 Parnell Square. Dublin 1 Tel: +353 1 858 5800 Lo Call: 1890 315 015 Fax: +353 1 858 5801 Web: From: Breda Power To: Ian Drennan Cc: ?ate: 12/12/2013 17:31 GMT subject. Re: Sent by: breda power Ian Thanks. I was trying to read your message on the Blackberry. It appeared like an attachment. I have put a call through to John Hughes and am awaiting a call back. lwill get back to you as soon as I can. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs. Enterprise 8 Innovation. Earlsfort Centre. Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie From: Ian Drennanientemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP. Date: 12/12/2013 16:30 Subject: Re: Breda. That's strange. there was no attachment to it. The text of it was as follows: Breda. Given that is due to retire tomorrow week, could I enquire as to whether there have been any Page 2 of 3 developments as regards sanction to recruit a replacement for him; and (ii) sanction to recruit further accounting professionals into the Office, as indicated as being necessary in the revised Workforce Planning document? As you will appreciate. given that. as of Friday week. we'll be down to one accountant, with that accountant currently being on sick leave. we are in a particularly problematic situation at the moment. Thanks. lan From: Breda Power/entemp To: ian.drennan@djei.ie. Date: 12112120131611? Subject: Re: Ian I couldn't open the attachment to your earlier email or reply to it. Can you send in a word document or in the text of an email. Thanks Breda ATTACHMENTS: Page 3 of3 Page 1 of 3 RE: Outstanding Sanctions Keeley, Anne to: 'john.hughes@djei.ie' 11/02/2014 13:43 Hide Details From: "Keeley, Anne" To: Many thanks for reply John, which is indeed very helpful. 20d Your point is noted. 1 Thanks again Anne From: john.hughes@djei.ie Sent: 11 February 2014 13:01 To: Keeley, Anne Subject: RE: Outstanding Sanctions Hi Anne, (1) The sanction you granted on 20th December 2013 related to an earlier request of 25th Sept 2013. Hope that information is helpful. Regards, John, 11/2. John Hughes, Principal. Personnel and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise. and Innovation. Kildare Street. Dublin 2. From: "Keeley. Anne" To: Date: 1110212014 12:01 Subject: RE: Outstanding Sanctions ?le .htm 24/02/2017 Page 2 of 3 DearJohn Re list below, Many thanks Anne From: Sent: 16 January 2014 13:43 To: Brady, Judith; Keeley, Anne; 0 hAodha, Fearghal Cc: Eamonn.Balmer@diei.ie: Philip.Kellv@diei.ie Subject: Outstanding Sanctions Colleagues, the following is the list of sanctions that are awaiting decision which I had prepared before yesterday's meeting. Obviously, the IDA one has moved on with the issue of that sanction by you this morning. --. ODCE 6 Accountants HEO specialist - Originally submitted on 13/12/2013 Regards, John, 16/1. John Hughes, Principal, Personnel and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise. and Innovation, Kildare Street. Dublin 2. ?le 0BB5/~web4492 .htm 24/02/2017 Fw: Sanction for recruitment of accountants in ODCE 2 From Claire Gordon To Breda Power, John Hughes Cc Helen Curley Date 03/03/2014 11:35 Breda and John, Please see attached a draft letter from the Minister to Minister Howlin for use if it is decided that a letter between Ministers would contribute to obtaining sanction for the outstanding vacancies in ODCE and IAASA and the related requests. The second paragraph on page 2 has blank spaces for the dates on which the requests for sanction were sent from Personnel to DPER as I am not certain of those. Claire FonNarded by Claire Gordon/entemp on 03/03/2014 09:54 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Helen Curley/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 26/02/2014 15:09 Subject: Fw: Sanction for recruitment of accountants in ODCE Sent by: breda power John I refer to the email below from Claire and earlier correspondence in relation to the request from the ODCE for sanction to recruit additional accountants and also the request from IAASA in relation to project managers. As you know 000 Division supports the requests from both bodies. I consider that the delay by DPER in responding to requests for sanction is not acceptable. While I appreciate that the Department has a number of requests seeking sanction to fill pressure posts or recruit new skills based on changing priorities and these need to be considered in the context of the ECF, nevertheless consider that we have to ?nd a way to convince DPER that enforcement bodies such as the ODCE and IAASA should not be starved of key skills which they have identified are necessary to enable them fulfil their statutory mandates. The points articulated by Claire below are well made and I would appreciate if you would consider whether this matter should now be escalated to Ministerial level. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 Page 1 of 2 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 26/02/2014 14:24 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP. Date: 26/02/2014 13:28 Subject: Sanction for recruitment of accountants in ODCE Breda There is currently a request for sanction with DPER in relation to accountants in the ODCE - for a specific replacement for a current vacancy as well as a rebalancing of staff. While I understand that this Department has no control over the speed at which DPER makes its decisions I suggest that we need to do something more than await DPER's response as if this request is not of particular urgency relative to other requests. The reasons for this are as follows: it is now over seven months since since we were informed that the number of accountants in the ODCE would be reduced to one in November 2013 and a request for a replacement was made. That request was received in July 2013 and was made in the context of the revised workforce plan received in April 2013 from ODCE which specifically highlighted the centrality of accountancy skills as being fundamental to the Office being able to deal with more complex issues and investigation which it has been facing since the recession. That document makes it clear that the Office cannot carry out its functions unless it has seven accountants and yet the number of accountants there has now been reduced to one. The ODCE is required to submit its Annual Report by end March and publish by end May. There is usually a lot of media interest in it and no doubt will be this year because of the Anglo trials. It seems unlikely that the staffing situation in ODCE and the the request made in July will not form part of that Report. It is probable that the fact that the Office which carried out the investigation into Anglo is now operating with one accountant only will be of interest to the media in that context. Alleged inaction from Ministers in relation to enforcement matters is high on the public agenda at the moment and there is a potential for this situation to be characterised in that way. Unless Personnel is con?dent that DPER will be responding soon I think that we need to do more than wait and suggest that perhaps a letter from the Minister to the Minister for PER may be necessary. We could mention the request for sanction for a Project Manager in IAASA and the request to keep Project Manager numbers at a specific level in any such letter also as the same concerns in relation to inaction on enforcement issues would apply. Claire ATTACHMENTS: lDraft Min to Min PER re ODCE IAASA staf?ng 030314.doc, Page 2 of 2 March 2014 Mr Brendan Howlin T.D., Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Government Buildings, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2. Re: Requests for sanction for staf?ng for the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority. Dear Brendan I am requesting your assistance in expediting two requests from my Department for sanction to ?ll important vacancies in the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) and the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA). I am aware of the constraints under which it is necessary to operate in relation to recruitment however I consider the ?lling of the current vacancies to be of priority importance for the reasons below. First, the failure to fill these roles endangers the continuing recovery of Ireland's reputation as a good country in which to do business. The ten criteria used by the World Bank to rank economies on Ease of Doing Business include measures in relation to Protection of Investors and Resolving Insolvency. The roles for which there are outstanding vacancies in the ODCE and IAASA relate directly to Ireland's performance against these measures and therefore I consider it a priority that these vacancies should be ?lled. Secondly, the continuing high pro?le trials in relation to events at the former Anglo Irish Bank could serve to undermine domestic and international con?dence in corporate governance and compliance with company law in the State. In this context I consider that when vacancies arise in company law enforcement organisations, and those organisations are within their Employment Control Framework limit, that sanction for replacement should be given immediately. Long delay in such circumstances is an obstacle to law enforcement and I see no justi?cation for it. Your Department already has the detail of the relevant sanctions sought (by letter of and but I wish to brie?y summarise why these vacancies are of particular importance. 1. Vacancy - Professional Accountant Grade 1 in the ODCE. Following a retirement in December 2013 there is now only one professional accountant in the ODCE. A second accountant is urgently required to deal with the investigation and enforcement work of the Of?ce, particularly that which involves examining the complex ?nancial transactions of large companies in group structures. The urgency to ?ll this vacancy is further underlined by the ODCE's revised workforce plan, received in April 2013, which speci?cally highlighted the centrality of accountancy skills as being fundamental to that Of?ce's ability to deal with the more complex issues and investigation which it has been facing since the economic downturn. According to that plan the ODCE requires a total of seven accountants and a person with IT and digital forensic skills at Higher Executive Of?cer level in order to deal with its current caseload. I am supportive of this request and I note that the rebalancing of staff proposed in the ODCE workforce plan will lead to a 25% reduction of its overall numbers. IQ 2. Vacancy - Project Manager (Professional Accountant Grade I) in IAASA A vacancy has arisen in Regulatory and Monitoring Supervision Unit (RMSU) in IAASA and the replacement of this key position is crucial to its ability to discharge its functions. The RMSU currently has a staff of only ?ve and has primary responsibility for supervising of how the prescribed accountancy bodies regulate and monitor their approximately 30,000 members. This Unit also carries out additional functions under the EC (Statutory Audits) (Directive Regulations 2010 in relation to the registration and approval of auditors from third countries. IAASA already takes a risk-based approach to its supervisory activities in order to use its extremely scant resources to the most bene?cial effect but it requires the Project Manager post to be ?lled, as ?ve is the absolute minimum number of staff that it requires to carry out these important functions. My Department has additionally sought sanction to allow IAASA to keep its Project Manager numbers (across all Units) at eight. This is to resolve a dif?culty that arises because three Project Manager posts are ?lled by persons on contracts of ?ve year?s duration. When a vacancy arises at Project Manager level, sanction is required from your Department to fill that post. Owing to the length of time that it takes for sanction to be given, the likelihood that internal candidates on short term contracts will apply for the post is increased as they will wish to extend their contract duration. Due to the comparatively low pay on offer, few candidates apply for such vacancies and this, combined with the specialist nature of work, means that an internal candidate has a high chance of success. A successful internal candidate will cause a vacancy in the 1 ACCA - Association of Chartered Certi?ed Accountants, AIA - Association of International Accountants, CIMA - Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, CIPFA - Chartered Institute of Public Finance Accountancy, ICAEW - Institute of Chartered Accountants in England Wales, ICAI - Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, ICAS - Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, ICPAI - Institute of Certi?ed Public Accountants in Ireland and IIPA - Institute of Incorporated Public Accountants. position they leave and the delay in sanctioning the ?lling of this vacancy means that the other Project Managers on short term contracts will be likely to apply for and get the newly vacant post thus causing another vacancy and continuing the pattern. The time and money spent on multiple rolling recruitment campaigns could be avoided if IAASA is given sanction to keep its Project Manager numbers at eight. If such sanction is granted and a vacancy arises that is ?lled by an internal candidate, the internal candidate?s now vacant post could be immediately ?lled by the next candidate. This would allow for all vacancies arising to be ?lled immediately and an expensive recruitment campaign would be avoided. I look forward to hearing from you in relation to these important matters as soon as possible. Yours sincerely Richard Bruton T.D. Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Re: Fw: Sanction for recruitment of accountants in ODCE Claire Gordon to John Hughes 04/03/201410:47 ~u Breda Power, Helen Curley, Eamonn Balmer, Una Walsh John Thank you very much for this. I understand that there are other priorities out there and I very much appreciate your response and all that Personnel has been doing to get sanction. It is difficult not to see the delays in sanctioning recruitment (due to scarce public money) as being the result of the State having to aid private institutions that got into difficulty due to poor corporate governance and possibly breaches of company law and therefore to see the filling of these sorts of vacancies as fundamental to any hope of a stable economic recovery. Claire John Hughes Claire, I will be writing to DPER again this week on 04/03/2014 09:46:02 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Helen Curley/entemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Balmerlentemp@ENTEMP. Una Walsh/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 04/03/2014 09:46 Subject: 53:1wa Sanctio_r1 for _r_ec?itment_of Ecountants in ODCE . Claire, I will be writing to DPER again this week on various sanctions and would propose that we not ask the Minister to contact his counterpart in PER u_n_ti_l have written and DPER has had a shorttime within which to respond. If there continues to be a delay in securing the sanction we can then elevate the matter to higher levels. I say the foregoing in the context of a number of urgent sanctions relating to other Ministerial priorities having been secured in recent weeks such that DJEI requests are being progressed in DPER, albeit that yours are currently among those that are outstanding at this time. John, 4/3. John Hughes, Principal, Personnel and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Claire Gordon Breda and John, Please see attached a draft letter 03/03/2014 11:35:07 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Helen Curley/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 03/0312014 11:35 Subject: Fw: Sanction for recruitment of accountants in ODCE Breda and John, Please see attached a draft letter from the Minister to Minister Howlin for use if it is decided that a letter between Ministers would contribute to obtaining sanction for the outstanding vacancies in ODCE and The second paragraph on page 2 has blank spaces for the dates on which the requests for sanction were sent from Personnel to DPER as i am not certain of those. Claire [attachment "Draft Min to Min PER re ODCE IAASA staf?ng 030314.doc" deleted by Claire Gordon/entemp] Forwarded by Claire Gordon/entemp on 03/03/2014 09:54 From: Breda Powerlentemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Helen Curleylentemp@ENTEMP Date: 26/02/2014 15:09 Subject: Fw: Sanction for recruitment of accountants in ODCE Sent by: breda power John 1 refer to the email below from Claire and earlier correspondence in relation to the request from the ODCE for sanction to recruit additional accountants and . As you know Division supports the requests from both bodies. I consider that the delay by DPER in responding to requests for sanction is not acceptable. While I appreciate thatthe Department has a number of requests seeking sanction to fill pressure posts or recruit new skills based on changing priorities and these need to be considered in the context of the ECF. nevertheless consider that we have to find a way to convince DPER that enforcement bodies such as the ODCE should not be starved of key skills which they have identified are necessary to enable them ful?l their statutory mandates. The points articulated by Claire below are well made and I would appreciate if you would consider whether this matter should now be escalated to Ministerial level. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 26/02/2014 14:24 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Date: 26/02/2014 13:28 Subject: Sanction for recruitment of accountants in ODCE Breda There is currently a request for sanction with DPER in relation to accountants in the ODCE for a specific replacement for a current vacancy as well as a rebalancing of staff. While I understand that this Department has no control over the speed at which DPER makes its decisions I suggest that we need to do something more than await DPER's reSponse as if this request is not of particular urgency relative to other requests. The reasons for this are as follows: 1. It is now over seven months since since we were informed that the number of accountants in the ODCE would be reduced to one in November 2013 and a request for a replacement was made. That request was received in July 2013 and was made in the context of the revised workforce plan received in April 2013 from ODCE which specifically highlighted the centrality of accountancy skills as being fundamental to the Office being able to deal with more complex issues and investigation which it has been facing since the recession. That document makes it clear that the Office cannot carry out its functions unless it has seven accountants and yet the number of accountants there has now been reduced to one. The ODCE is required to submit its Annual Report by end March and publish by end May. There is usually a lot of media interest in it and no doubt will be this year because of the Anglo trials. It seems unlikely that the staffing situation in ODCE and the the request made in July will not form part of that Report. It is probable that the fact that the Of?ce which carried out the investigation into Anglo is now operating with one accountant only will be of interest to the media in that context. Alleged inaction from Ministers in relation to enforcement matters is high on the public agenda at the moment and there is a potential for this situation to be characterised in that way. Unless Personnel is confident that DPER will be responding soon I think that we need to do more than wait and suggest that perhaps a letter from the Minister to the Minister for PER may be necessary. Claire gang? Re: Fw: Sanction for recruitment for ODCE and IAASA . .53 John Hughes to: Breda Power 22/04/201415:41 Cc: Claire Gordon, Eamonn Balmer, Una Walsh History: This message has been forwarded. Breda, have no problem with that. accept fully the arguments re ODCE. The Department has over a dozen sanction requests with DPER and while all were brought to their attention once again by correspondence at the start of March i could not go over each one at the bilateral and so i focussed on some. However, I did highlight the fact that each request was meritorious in its own right - and this would, of course, include the ODCE request. As soon as the sanction arrives, i will be in touch re next steps. John, 22/4. John Hughes, Principal, Personnel and Business Services Units, Department ofJobs, Enterprise, and innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Breda Power John I note that you highlighted the case of 22/04/2014 15:32:19 From: Breda Powerlentemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP, Una Walsh/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 22/0412014 15:32 Subject: Re: Fw: Sanction for recruitment for ODCE and IAASA Sent by: breda power John note that you highlighted the case of with DPER but you will appreciate that we are anxious to receive sanction in respect of the request from the ODCE as well. A key requirement for the ODCE is accounting expertise. There has been much comment in recent times by the media and Oireachtas members about the provision of adequate resources for the ODCE. You will be aware of the amendments tabled by Deputy Calleary on the Companies Bill in this regard. i believe that it is crucial for the proper functioning of that of?ce in terms of the enforcement of company law that they have the expertise identi?ed and requested by them. If DPER do not respond favourably by the end of this week, in my view this matter must be escalated to Ministerial level. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie John Hughes Claire, after a bilateral meeting with DPER last 22/04/2014 11:24:45 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP. Una Walsh/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 22/04/2014 11:24 Subject: Re: Fw: Sanction for recruitment for ODCE and IAASA Claire. after a bilateral meeting with DPER last week I am awaiting a sanction letter in respect of some of our outstanding requests. Among the cases i speci?cally highlighted was We might wait for that sanction letter to issue, expected this week, and see where we stand before considering elevating the matter further. John, 22/4. John Hughes, Principal, Personnel and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Claire Gordon John i am following up again on your email of 22/04/201411z15212 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP Date: 22/04/2014 11:15 Subject: Fw: Sanction for recruitment for ODCE and IAASA John i am following up again on your email of 4 March in which you proposed that the Minister not be contacted in relation to the above sanctions until DPER was contacted and given a short time in which to respond. i don't know if any response has been received but i am assuming that sanction has not been granted yet. In view of the very high pro?le of the recent Angio prosecutions and the fact that these requests have been with DPER since December I suggest this may be an opportune time to act. Claire Forwarded by Claire Gordon/entemp on 22/04/2014 11:06 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP Date: 18/03/2014 11:47 Subject: Re: Fw: Sanction for recruitment for ODCE and IAASA John I wonder if there has been any response from DPER to your correspondence on the above and if not whether you think it is now time to move to Ministerial level on this.The continuing revelations from the Anglo trials and the ongoing allegations around the charity sector daily demonstrate the negative impact of poor corporate governance and the importance of ?lling these vacancies. Claire John Hughes Claire, iwili be writing to DPER again this week 04/03/2014 09:46:02 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP, Helen Curleylentemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP. Una Walsh/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 04/03/2014 09:46 Subject: Re: Fw: Sanction for recruitment of accountants in ODCE Claire, I will be writing to DPER again this week on various sanctions and would propose that we not ask the Minister to contact his counterpart in PER i have written and DPER has had a short time within which to respond. if there continues to be a delay in securing the sanction we can then elevate the matterto higher levels. I say the foregoing in the context of a number of urgent sanctions relating to other Ministerial priorities having been secured in recent weeks such that requests are being progressed in DPER, albeit that yours are currently among those that are outstanding at this time. John, 4/3. John Hughes, Principal, Personnel and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Claire Gordon Breda and John, Please see attached a draft 03/03/2014 11:35:07 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP, John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Helen Curleylentemp@ENTEMP Date: 03/03/2014 11:35 Subject: Fw: Sanction for recruitment of accountants in ODCE Breda and John, Please see attached a draft ietterfrom the Minister to Minister Howlin for use if it is decided that a letter between Ministers would contribute to obtaining sanction for the outstanding vacancies in ODCE and IAASA and the related requests. The second paragraph on page 2 has blank spaces for the dates on which the requests for sanction were sent from Personnel to DPER as I am not certain of those. Claire [attachment ?Draft Min to Min PER re ODCE IAASA staf?ng 030314.doc" deleted by Claire Gordon/entemp] Forwarded by Claire Gordon/entemp on 03/03/2014 09:54 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Helen Curleylentemp@ENTEMP Date: 26/02/2014 15:09 Subject: Fw: Sanction for recruitment of accountants in ODCE Sent by: breda power John I refer to the email below from Claire and earlier correspondence in relation to the request from the ODCE for sanction to recruit additional accountants and also the request from IAASA in relation to project managers. As you know Division supports the requests from both bodies. I consider that the delay by DPER in reSponding to requests for sanction is not acceptable. While I appreciate that the Department has a number of requests seeking sanction to ?ll pressure posts or recruit new skills based on changing priorities and these need to be considered in the context of the ECF, nevertheless consider that we have to ?nd a way to convince DPER that enforcement bodies such as the ODCE and IAASA should not be starved of key skills which they have identi?ed are necessary to enable them ful?l their statutory mandates. The points articulated by Claire below are well made and I would appreciate if you would consider whether this matter should now be escalated to Ministerial level. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8: innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax:016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 26/02/2014 14:24 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP. Date: 26/02/2014 13:28 Subject: Sanction for recruitment of accountants in ODCE Breda There is currently a request for sanction with DPER in relation to accountants in the ODCE - for a speci?c replacement for a current vacancy as well as a rebalancing of staff. While I understand that this Department has no control over the speed at which DPER makes its decisions I suggest that we need to do something more than await DPER's response as if this request is not of particular urgency relative to other requests. The reasons for this are as follows: 1. It is now over seven months since since we were informed that the number of accountants in the ODCE would be reduced to one in November 2013 and a request for a replacement was made. 2. That request was received in July 2013 and was made in the context of the revised workforce plan received in April 2013 from ODCE which speci?cally highlighted the centrality of accountancy skills as being fundamental to the Of?ce being able to deal with more complex issues and investigation which it has been facing since the recession. That document makes it clear that the Of?ce cannot carry out its functions unless it has seven accountants and yet the number of accountants there has now been reduced to one. 3. The ODCE is required to submit its Annual Report by end March and publish by end May. There is usually a lot of media interest in it and no doubt will be this year because of the Anglo trials. it seems unlikely that the staf?ng situation in ODCE and the the request made in July will not form part of that Report. It is probable that the fact that the Of?ce which carried out the investigation into Anglo is now operating with one accountant only will be of interest to the media in that context. 4. Alleged inaction from Ministers in relation to enforcement matters is high on the public agenda at the moment and there is a potential for this situation to be characterised in that way. Unless Personnel is con?dent that DPER will be responding soon I think that we need to do more than wait and suggest that perhaps a letter from the Minister to the Minister for PER may be necessary. We could mention the request for sanction for a Project Manager in IAASA and the request to keep Project Manager numbers at a specific level in any such letter also as the same concerns in relation to inaction on enforcement issues would apply. Claire Re: Fw: Sanction for recruitment for ODCE John Hughes to Breda Power 25/04/2014 14:41 Cc Claire Gordon, Eamonn Balmer, Una Walsh Nothing yet, Breda. John Hughes, Principal, Personnel and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Breda Power John Any word from 25/04/2014 10:43:43 From: Breda Powerlentemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Balmerlentemp@ENTEMP, Una Walsh/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 25/04/2014 10:43 Subject: Re: Fw: Sanction for recruitment for ODCE and Sent by: . breda power .- John Any word from Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8. innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie John Hughes Breda, have no problem with that. i accept fully 22/04/2014 15:41 :15 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Balmerlentemp@ENTEMP. Una Walsh/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 22/04/2014 15:41 Subject: Re: Fw: Sanction for recruitment for ODCE and Breda, I have no problem with that. I accept fully the arguments re ODCE. The Department has over a dozen sanction requests with DPER and while all were brought to their attention once again by correspondence at the start of March I could not go over each one at the bilateral and so lfocussed on some. However, i did highlight the fact that each request was meritorious in its own right - and this would, of course, include the ODCE request. As soon as the sanction arrives, lwill be in touch re next steps. John. 22/4. John Hughes, Principal, Personnel and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Breda Power John I note that you highlighted the case of . 15:32:19 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP. Una Walsh/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 22/04/2014 15:32 Subject: Re: Fw: Sanction for recruitment for ODCE and Sent by: breda power John I note that you highlighted the case of with DPER but you will appreciate that we are anxious to receive sanction in respect of the request from the ODCE as well. A key requirement for the ODCE is accounting expertise. There has been much comment in recent times by the media and Oireachtas members about the provision of adequate resources for the ODCE. You will be aware of the amendments tabled by Deputy Calleary on the Companies Bill in this regard. I believe that it is crucial forthe proper functioning of that office in terms of the enforcement of company law that they have the expertise identi?ed and requested by them. If DPER do not respond favourably by the end of this week, in my view this matter must be escalated to Ministerial level. Breda Breda Power Department ofJobs, Enterprise Innovation, Ea rlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie John Hughes Claire, after a bilateral meeting with DPER last 22/04l2014 11:24:45 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP. Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP, Una Walsh/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 22/04/2014 11:24 Subject: Re: Fw: Sanction for recruitment for ODCE and 3 Claire, after a bilateral meeting with DPER last week I am awaiting a sanction letter in respect of some of our outstanding requests. Among the cases I specifically highlighted was .. We might wait for that sanction letter to issue, expected this week, and see where we stand berore considering elevating the matter further. John, 22/4. John Hughes, Principal, Personnel and Business Services Units, Department ofJobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Claire Gordon John lam following up again on your email of4 22/04/2014 11:15:12 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP Date: 22/04/2014 11:15 Subject: Fw: Sanction for recruitment for ODCE and 2..-. John I am following up again on your email of 4 March in which you proposed that the Minister not be contacted in relation to the above sanctions until DPER was contacted and given a short time in which to respond. I don't know if any response has been received but I am assuming that sanction has not been granted yet. In view of the very high profile of the recent Anglo prosecutions and the fact that these requests have been with DPER since December i suggest this may be an opportune time to act. Claire Forwarded by Claire Gordon/entemp on 22/04/2014 11:06 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP Date: 18/03/2014 11:47 Subject: Re: Fw: Sanction for recruitment for ODCE and John i wonder if there has been any response from DPER to your correspondence on the above and if not whether you think it is now time to move to Ministerial level on this.The continuing revelations from the Anglo trials and the ongoing allegations around the charity sector daily demonstrate the negative impact of poor corporate governance and the importance of filling these vacancies. Claire John Hughes Claire, i will be writing to DPER again this week on 04/03/2014 09:46:02 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc?: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Helen Curley/entemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP, Una Walsh/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 04/03/2014 09:46 Subject: Re: Fw: Sanction for recruitment of accountants in ODCE Claire, i will be writing to DPER again this week on various sanctions and would propose that we not ask the Minister to contact his counterpart in PER I have written and DPER has had a short time within which to respond. If there continues to be a delay in securing the sanction we can then elevate the matterto higher levels. I say the foregoing in the context of a number of urgent sanctions relating to other Ministerial priorities having been secured in recent weeks such that DJEI requests are being progressed in DPER, albeit that yours are currently among those that are outstanding at this time. John, 4/3. John Hughes, Principal, Personnel and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Claire Gordon Breda and John, Please see attached a draft letter 03/03l2014 11:35:07 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Helen Curley/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 03/03/2014 1 1:35 Subject: Fw: Sanction for recruitment of accountants in ODCE Breda and John, Please see attached a draft letter from the Minister to Minister Howlin for use if it is decided that a letter between Ministers would contribute to obtaining sanction for the outstanding vacancies in ODCE and and the related requests. The second paragraph on page 2 has blank spaces for the dates on which the requests for sanction were sent from Personnel to DPER as I am not certain of those.. Claire [attachment "Draft Min to Min PER re ODCE staffing 030314.doc? deleted by Claire Gordon/entemp] Forwarded by Claire Gordon/entemp on 03103/2014 09:54 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Helen Curley/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 26/02/2014 15:09 Subject: Fw: Sanction for recruitment of accountants in ODCE Sent by: breda power John refer to the email below from Claire and earlier correspondence In relation to the request from the ODCE for sanction to recruit additional accountants and also the request As you know 000 Division supports the requests from both bodies. I consider that the delay by DPER in responding to requests for sanction is not acceptable. While I appreciate that the Department has a number of requests seeking sanction to fill pressure posts or recruit new skills based on changing priorities and these need to be considered in the context of the ECF, nevertheless consider thatwe have to ?nd a way to convince DPER that enforcement bodies such as the ODCE .should not be starved of key skills which they have identified are necessary to enable them ful?l their statutory mandates. The points articulated by Claire below are well made and would appreciate if you would consider whether this matter should now be escalated to Ministerial level. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs. Enterprise 8: Innovation, Ea rlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax2016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 26/02/2014 14:24 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP, Date: 26/02/2014 13:28 Subject: Sanction for recruitment of accountants in ODCE Breda There is currently a request for sanction with DPER in relation to accountants in the ODCE - for a specific replacement for a current vacancy as well as a rebalancing of staff. While I understand that this Department has no control over the speed at which DPER makes its decisions i suggest that we need to do something more than await DPER's response as if this request is not of particular urgency relative to other requests. The reasons for this are as follows: 1. It is now over seven months since since we were informed that the number of accountants in the ODCE would be reduced to one in November 2013 and a request for a replacement was made. 2. That request was received in July 2013 and was made in the context of the revised workforce plan received in April 2013 from ODCE which speci?cally highlighted the centrality of accountancy skills as being fundamental to the Office being able to deal with more complex issues and investigation which it has been facing since the recession. That document makes it clear that the Of?ce cannot carry out its functions unless it has seven accountants and yet the number of accountants there has now been reduced to one. 3. The ODCE is required to submit its Annual Report by end March and publish by end May. There is usually a lot of media interest in it and no doubt will be this year because of the Anglo trials. It seems unlikely that the staffing situation in ODCE and the the request made in July will not form part of that Report. It is probable that the fact that the Office which carried out the investigation into Anglo is now operating with one accountant only will be of interest to the media in that context. 4. Alleged inaction from Ministers in relation to enforcement matters is high on the public agenda at the moment and there is a potential for this situation to be characterised in that way. Unless Personnel is confident that DPER will be responding soon I think that we need to do more than wait and suggest that perhaps a letter from the Minister to the Minister for PER may be necessary. Claire Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 09/05/2014 17:07 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP, Joan Howleylentemp@entemp Date: 01/05/2014 18:26 Subject: Re: Fw: Daii banking enquiry Sent by: breda power John I spoke with Anne Keeley this afternoon en marge of another meeting and I raised with her the urgency of receiving sanction for the ODCE and She mentioned that she had heard the media comments on resources for enforcement bodies and said that she hoped to get back to the Department next week. You will appreciate that we see this as a critical issue for both bodies and we will be following up again next week. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax:016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie John Hughes I spoke again with DPER on this today and will 01/05/2014 17:59:24 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP, Joan Howley/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 01/05/2014 17:59 Subject: Re: Fw: Daii banking enquiry 1 spoke again with DPER on this today and will keep you posted. John Hughes, Principal, Personnel and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Breda Power John Claire is absolutely correct. 0110512014 10:56:32 From: Breda Power/enternp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Joan Howleylentemp@entemp. Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 01/05/2014 10:56 Subject: Fw: Dail banking enquiry Sent by: breda power John Claire is absolutely correct. I mentioned to the Minister yesterday about the outstanding requests for sanction from the ODCE and IAASA and the increasing focus on the adequacy of the resources available to enforcement bodies, in particular the ODCE. This is very much to the fore at the moment as you can see from various media comments. I also mentioned to the Ministerthat we had considered escalating this to Ministerial level. If sanction is not forthcoming consider that this needs to be revisited. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie FonNarded by breda power/entemp on 01/05/2014 10:48 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP. Joan Howleylentemp@entemp Date: 01l05/2014 10:40 Subject: Dail banking enquiry John Minister Howlin is publicly leading on the establishment and commencement of the Dail enquiry into the causes of the banking collapse. I suggest that it might be said to his Department that it would demonstrate a consistency of strategic intention if it were to sanction resources for the state agency that was the instigator of the ?rst successful prosecution in relation to the collapse of Anglo Irish Bank (ODCE) and the state agency (IAASA) that oversaw the ?rst enquiries which made regulatory ?ndings against certain of the major parties involved in the collapse of that bank. Perhaps DPER should be told also that conversely the strength of Minister Howlin's position on this issue may be undermined if the failure to sanction these resources is made public, which it is likely to be on the publication of the ODCE's Annual Report at the end of this month and the publication of IAASA's Report in the following month. Claire Re Comprehensive Spending Review From Conor To Estimates Cc Breda Power, Ian Drennan, Phil Flood, Claire Gordon Date 02/05/2014 15:20 Hi The REV provision for 2014 for the ODCE (subhead C7) is a total of ?4,672k made up of Pay ?2,465k and Non-pay ?2,207k. The request below asks that we consider cuts for 2015 and 2016 in two steps: A - a cut of 1.2% to meet a previously approved Departmental provision for 2015 and 2016 - a further cut of In the case of the ODCE, this equates to reductions of ?56k and ?231k respectively or a cut of ?287k in total. This would mean a provision of ?4,385k for 2015 2016, made up of Pay ?2,465k and Non-pay ?1,920k. The ODCE does not consider that any out in the Pay provision is possible. On the contrary, the Office is seeking the allocation of additional staffing resources and would need to additional financial provision to cover the cost of the additional staf?ng resources provided. Accordingly, a cut of this magnitude would have to be fully absorbed in our Non-pay allocation. As you will recall, part of our non-pay provision is there to cover prospective negative costs awards being made against us in respect of a number of protracted legal proceedings that are, or have been, before the Superior Courts. In this regard, there have been positive developments recently in relation to some of these cases with settlements reached that do not involve any payment of costs by the ODCE (on the contrary, the ODCE will achieve some partial recovery of costs already incurred in processing these cases). Notwithstanding these favourable developments, we still remain at risk of signi?cant costs being awarded against us. In this regard, it is worth recalling that the Byrne case that was previously determined by the Supreme Court resulted in us having to pay out some ?850,000. In addition, the ongoing work in relation to the Anglo cases may involve signi?cant costs on external expertise, etc, while the Of?ce is currently considering some outsourcing of legal/accounting work. Having regard to the foregoing factors,we believe that we could live with the reduced provisions in accordance with the request from Finance Unit. However, this is subject to the understanding that we are not able to control the timing or quantum of any costs that might be awarded against us in legal cases. Accordingly, while we are indicating that we will require less funds than previously thought, there will still remain a risk that we might require additional funds to meet such costs in the event that they exceed the amounts provided in our estimates or that other large unanticipated costs arise. Apart from our main subhead, we have a separate provision of ?50k in subhead X02 for legal costs. This is essentially a precautionary provision to cover exceptional costs that might arise, for example, in the context of the appointment of Inspectors. In this regard, I would remind you of the appointment of the inspector in the DCC case where the costs amounted to some ?1.4m. Those costs were met partly out of the main subhead and partly out of X02. We would regard it important that the provision in subhead X02 be maintained in order to facilitate payment of any exceptional legal costs that might arise. Regards Page 1 of5 Conor O'Mahony Principal Officer Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 16 Parnell Square Dublin 1 ph. +353 - 1 - 858 5827 From: To. Cc: Date: Page 2 of 5 Cathal O'Gormanlentemp Aidan Hodson/entemp@ENTEMP, Anne ColemanDunne/entemp@ENTEMP. ConorVerdon/entemp@entemp. Dermot Sheridan/entemp@ENTEMP, Eugene Fordelentemp@ENTEMP, Fiona Flood/entemp@ENTEMP. 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Patricia Brady/entemp@ENTEMP, Patrick Rochford/entemp@ENTEMP, Paul Brennan/entemp@Entemp. Paul McMorrow/entemp@ENTEMP, Pauline Connolly/entemp@ENTEMP, Phil FIood/entemp@entemp. Philip Gallagher/entemp@ENTEMP. Richard Barry/entemp@ENTEMP. Ronnie Breen/entemp@ENTEMP, Rose Ball/entemp@ENTEMP, Sabha Greene/entemp@ENTEMP. Sandra Mullen/entemp@ENTEMP, Seamus Chamberlain/entemp@ENTEMP, Seamus Grehan/entemp@ENTEMP, Siobhan Daly/entemp@ENTEMP, Siobhan siobhan fitzpatricklentemp@ENTEMP, Stacey Brant/entemp@ENTEMP, Susan A McNamee/entemp@ENTEMP, Tony Daly/entemp@ENTEMP, Una Walsh/entemp@ENTEMP, Wendy Gray/entemp@ENTEMP. Catherine Curran/entemp@ENTEMP, freda nolan/entemp@entemp, Dermot Curran/entemp@ENTEMP, Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Martin Shanagherlentemp@ENTEMP. Philip Kelly/entem Clare Dunne/entemp@ENTEMP 16/04/2014 16:47 Subject Re Comprehensive Spending Review Colleagues, The Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform recently wrote to all Secretaries General advising of the intention to commence the reviews of both Current and Capital expenditure as announced in Budget 2014, and as agreed by Government at its recent cabinet meeting. The comprehensive reviews are part of the Government?s multi-annual budgetary framework and are conducted on a periodic basis to re-set the multi?year Ministerial Expenditure ceilings in line with emerging Government priorities and informed by evaluations of expenditure programmes. Colleagues will recall the previous CRE exercise undertaken in 2011 for the period 2011 - 14. Subsequent to the issue of Secretary General Watt's letter, made a presentation to Finance Of?cers last week in relation to the format and timing of the expenditure reviews. This email is essentially concerned with the requirements of the Current Expenditure Review. A separate email regarding the format of the Capital expenditure review, which is being undertaken in parallel with the CRE, is being sent to budget of?cers who are responsible for sub/reads which involve capital expenditure. Format of the Current Expenditure Review As outlined by PER the ceilings published in the 2014 Expenditure Report 2014 will form the basis ofthe Current Expenditure Review. published current expenditure ceilings are: 2014 ?339m, 2015 ?335m, 2016 ?335m (A) PER has asked all Departments to measures to deliver the level of savings required to meet the published 2015/2016 Current ceilings i. e. a reduction of 64m in DJEI's case. (Bl In addition, PER has asked Departments to identify ?rrther savings options worth 5% of the 2015/16 ceilings Applying a further 5% saving (on ?335m) would yield a further reduction of?16.75m which when added to the ?4m outlined in above would mean a total reduction of ?20.75m on the 2014 Current allocation, for 2015 and subsequent years. This would require the Department to work within a revised annual ceiling of ?318.25m for each of the 3 years in the period 2015-2017. PER has advised that Departments in proposing measures to achieve their respective expenditure ceilings, should examine particular proposals in a number of key areas including in the areas of Public Service Reform, Procurement, Pay and Numbers and New/Increasing Charges. Finance Unit appreciates that, notwithstanding PER's intimations regarding areas in which expenditure may be reduced, scope to reduce current pay/pension allocations within the Vote may be very limited. Accordingly to deliver the full ?20.75m reduction being sought, Budget Of?cers may have to concentrate their proposals for reductions exclusively in Non-pay areas. Accordingly, Budget Officers are being asked to forward to Finance Unit via their Divisional Coordinator the following: Page 3 of 5 Details of measures that would be required to yield a reduction of the amount required e. the minimum ?4m to ensure the Department at least achieves the ceilings published in the 2014 Expenditure Report. The pro-rata reductions expected of Budget Of?cers equates to 1.2% across all elements of your 2014 current allocation. If Pay/Pensions cannot be further reduced in your respective area then the pro-rata reduction expected is 3% of your Non-Pay allocation. In addition B/Ojj?icers should also provide proposals to achieve the reduced ceilings required by the additional PER 5% savings option (~616. 75m) as detailed above in (B). Given the likely dif?culty B/Officers will have to further reduce Pay/Pensions allocations, the pro-rata reduction expected in this additional request by PER means that we are asking B/Of?cers to articulate the feasibility and consequences of a further -12.6% reduction on their 2014 Non-Pay allocation. in addition to reductions being made in (1 above whereby we must deliver ?4m in savings). The implications that such reductions would have on service/programme delivery, knock-on impact on job creation, statutory obligations, reform processes etc; and if possible suggest Alternative measures that mightyield some additional level of savings, by applying greater reductions in one particular area in order to protect others. A copy ofthe PER CRE template for submission of returns is attached below. Timelines PER has advised that it intends to submit policy and expenditure options arising from the current expenditure reviews to Government for consideration in June and has requested that Departments forward their proposals/material in relation to the review in late May. Assistant Secretaries will be asked to nominate a contact person within their Divisions to liaise with Finance Unit in relation to the CRE and to coordinate returns in respect of each Divisional Subhead. Budget Of?cers are requested to forward their current expenditure review proposals via their Divisional Coordinator to Finance Unit's Estimates mailbox by close of business on 30th April 2013. This will allow for a preliminary discussion on various proposals at the Management Board meeting of May 6th prior to a subsequent discussion at a Ministerial Management Board shortly thereafter. Finance Unit's Estimates team, Fergal Cullen, Orla Maher, Carlos Acarreta, will be available to engage with Budget Of?cers to discuss the details of the reviews in relation to their particular areas. Cathal Gorman Finance Unit 16th April 2014 [attachment template for Budget Officersdocx" deleted by Conor O'Mahonylentemp] Page 4 of 5 ATTACHMENTS: Page 5 of 5 Re: Fw: Dail banking enquiry Breda Power to: John Hughes 09/05/201417:50 Sent by: breda power Cc: Claire Gordon, Eamonn Balmer. Joan Howley Thanks John We will be submitting a Memo for Government on the ODCE Annual Report to the Minister on Monday. Government's attention is being drawn to the reference in the Report to "the current insuf?ciency of in-house accountancy expertise will have to be addressed". Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie John Hughes No Breda, so am clean out of reasons to 09/05/2014 17:42:29 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Balmerlentemp@ENTEMP, Joan Howley/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 09/05/2014 17:42 Subject: Re: Fw: Dail banking enquiry No Breda, so am clean out of reasons to suggest that elevating the matter should be delayed further. John, 9/5. John Hughes, Principal, Personnel and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Breda Power John Any word from 09/05/2014 17:08:21 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP. Joan Howley/entemp@entemp Date: 09/05/2014 17:08 Subject: Fw: Dail banking enquiry Sent by: breda power John Any word from Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation. Fw: Re Current and Capital Expenditure Reviews From Cathal O'Gorman To Fergal Cullen, Orla Maher Cc Date 23/05/2014 17:39 FYI Forwarded by Cathal O'Gorman/entemp on 23/05/2014 17:39 From: Conor O'Mahony/entemp To: Cathal Cc: lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Helen Curley/entemp@ENTEMP, Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Phil FIood/entemp@entemp Date: 23/05/2014 17:26 Subject: Re: Fw: Re Current and Capital Expenditure Reviews Cathal As indicated in my earlier response of 2 May, the entirety of these proposed cuts would have to be absorbed in Non-pay allocation. While we had indicated that we believed that we could probably live with the reduced provisions proposed in your email of 16 April (though with the caveat that we might require additional funds to meet legal costs or other large unanticipated costs that might arise), we have concerns that a further cut - which amounts to another ?175k (or an additional 8% of our 2014 provision and a total cut of could have potentially serious implications for our operational capacity. A considerable element of our non?pay budget is essentially fixed with binding contractual arrangements in place. This would include, for example, security and cleaning, while basic requirements such as phones and stationary have already been cut to the bone and cannot be cut any further. In terms of non ?xed expenditure, this largely relates to legal and other costs incurred in investigating, preparing and taking and/or defending legal actions. The latest "cut" proposed would, in our opinion, pose a material risk that we might not have suf?cient funds available to properly investigate, prosecute and/or support the DPP's prosecution of, signi?cant cases, including high profile cases already on hands, in a manner which is likely to achieve successful outcomes, especially if we were to face any signi?cant adverse costs awards. Having regard to the extent of the cuts already accepted by the Office, we would not consider it prudent to compromise our ability to function to this extent. Accordingly, we would urge you to preserve our funding at the level indicated in your April email, i.e. a provision of ?4,385k for 2015 8 2016, made up of Pay ?2,465k and Non-pay ?1,920k. Regards Conor O'Mahony Principal Officer Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 16 Parnell Square Dublin 1 ph. +353 - 1 - 858 5827 Page 1 of 4 From: To: Cc. Date Subject. Colleagues, Cathal O'Gorman/entemp Aidan Hodson/entemp@ENTEMP, Anne ColemanDunne/entemp@ENTEMP. Conor Verdon/entemp@entemp, Dermot Sheridan/entemp@ENTEMP. Eugene Forde/entemp@ENTEMP, Fiona FIood/entemp@ENTEMP, Fiona Kilcullen/entemp@ENTEMP, Gerard Monks/entemp@ENTEMP, Helen Curley/entemp@ENTEMP. Helen Dixon/entemp@Entemp. Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP. John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Kieran Grace/entemp@ENTEMP, Liam Kelly/entemp@ENTEMP, Maire Ni Chuirc/entemp@entemp. Maureen Paraig Hennessy/entemp@ENTEMP, PatA Houlihan/entemp@Entemp. Pat McCourt/entemp@ENTEMP, Pauline Mulligan/entemp@ENTEMP, Stephen Curran/entemp@entemp, Thomas Murray/entemp@ENTEMP, William Parnell/entemp@Entemp, Adrienne Byrne/entemp@entemp, Aedin Doyle/entemp@ENTEMP. Ailish Looby/entemp@ENTEMP. Aine de Bairtiseil/entemp@ENTEMP, Aisling McCarthy/entemp@ENTEMP. Andrew Anne Maree/entemp@ENTEMP. Anne Sievin/entemp@ENTEMP, Augustine Bernard Rooney/entemp@ENTEMP, Bill Cox/entemp@Entemp, Breda Murphy/entemp@ENTEMP, Brenda Ward/entemp@entemp, Brendan Hogan/entemp@ENTEMP. Brian Dalton/entemp@ENTEMP. Conor Caitriona O'Connell Maher/entemp@ENTEMP, Caroline Kiernan/entemp. Celyna Coughlan/entemp@ENTEMP. Clan Neville/entemp@ENTEMP, Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Cliona Hickey/entemp@ENTEMP, Colette Reilly/entemp@ENTEMP. Don Dave Lockhart/entemp@ENTEMP, David Small/entemp@ENTEMP, Declan Tighe/entemp@ENTEMP, Deirdre Durnin/entemp@ENTEMP, Eadaoin Collins/entemp@ENTEMP. Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Gallagher/entemp@entemp. Elaine Elaine Nolan/entemp@entemp, Enda Murphy/entemp@ENTEMP. Eric Giguere/entemp@ENTEMP. Evelyn Daly/entemp@ENTEMP, Fergal Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP, Fergus Doyle/entemp@ENTEMP. Fionna Hallinan/entemp@ENTEMP, Fionnuala Kehoe/entemp@ENTEMP, Frances Gaynor/entemp@ENTEMP, Francesca Atkinson/entemp@ENTEMP. Gerry Grainne Geraldine Drummlentemp@ENTEMP, Gerard Barrett/entemp@ENTEMP, Gerry Doyle/entemp@ENTEMP, Gillian Leyden/entemp@ENTEMP. John Moran/entemp@ENTEMP, James A Kelly/entemp@ENTEMP. Joan Howley/entemp@entemp. Joan Kehoe/entemp@ENTEMP, Joan Joe Wilson/entemp@ENTEMP. John Nolan/entemp@ENTEMP, Julia Laura Allen/entemp@ENTEMP, Lelia Abe/entemp@ENTEMP, Michael Davitt/entemp@ENTEMP, Michael Greene/entemp@ENTEMP, marcus.maginniss@djei.ie, Margaret Dunniece/entemp@ENTEMP, Margaret Lawlor/entemp@ENTEMP, Margaret Ryan/entemp@ENTEMP, Maria Marie Hogarty/entemp@ENTEMP, Marie McMahon/entemp@ENTEMP, Martina Murray/entemp@ENTEMP, Mary FIynn/entemp@ENTEMP, Mary Dooley/entemp@ENTEMP, Michael Michael Pender/entemp@ENTEMP, Niamh Mathews/entemp@Entemp, Nicola Haran/entemp@entemp, Nina Brennan/entemp@ENTEMP. Orla Kenny/entemp@ENTEMP, Orla Padraig Dooley/entemp@ENTEMP, Pat Kelly/entemp@ENTEMP, Patricia Phillips/entemp@ENTEMP. Patricia Timmons/entemp@ENTEMP, Patricia Brady/entemp@ENTEMP. Patrick Rochford/entemp@ENTEMP, Paul Brennan/entemp@Entemp, Paul McMorrow/entemp@ENTEMP, Pauline Connolly/entemp@ENTEMP, Phil Flood/entemp@entemp, Philip Gallagher/entemp@ENTEMP. Richard Barry/entemp@ENTEMP, Ronnie Breen/entemp@ENTEMP. Rose Ball/entemp@ENTEMP, Sabha Greene/entemp@ENTEMP. Sandra Mullen/entemp@ENTEMP, Seamus Chamberlain/entemp@ENTEMP, Seamus Grehan/entemp@ENTEMP, Siobhan Daly/entemp@ENTEMP, Siobhan siobhan fitzpatrick/entemp@ENTEMP, Stacey Brant/entemp@ENTEMP, Susan A McNamee/entemp@ENTEMP, Tony Daly/entemp@ENTEMP, Una Walsh/entemp@ENTEMP. Wendy Gray/entemp@ENTEMP. Catherine Curran/entemp@ENTEMP. freda nolan/entemp@entemp, Dermot Curran/entemp@ENTEMP. Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Martin Shanagher/entemp@ENTEMP, Philip Kelly/entemp@ENTEMP. Clare Dunne/entemp@ENTEMP 22/05/2014 17:40 Fw: Re Current and Capital Expenditure Reviews Mea culpa. obviously the deadline should have read lunchtime Monday the 26th May, Cathal Forwarded by Cathal O'Gormanlentemp on 22/05/2014 17:35 Page 2 of 4 From: To: Cc: Date: Subject: Colleagues Cathal O'Gorman/entemp Aidan Hodson/entemp@ENTEMP, Anne ColemanDunne/entemp@ENTEMP. Conor Verdon/entemp@entemp. Dermot Sheridan/entemp@ENTEMP. Eugene Forde/entemp@ENTEMP, Fiona Flood/entemp@ENTEMP, Fiona Kilcullen/entemp@ENTEMP, Gerard Monks/entemp@ENTEMP. Helen Curley/entemp@ENTEMP, Helen Dixon/entemp@Entemp. Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP. John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Kieran Grace/entemp@ENTEMP, Liam Kelly/entemp@ENTEMP, Maire Ni Chuirc/enternp@entemp, Maureen O?Sullivanlentemp@entemp. Paraig Hennessy/entemp@ENTEMP, PatA Houlihan/entemp@Entemp. Pat McCourt/entemp@ENTEMP. Pauline Mulligan/entemp@ENTEMP, Stephen Curran/entemp@entemp, Thomas Murray/entemp@ENTEMP. William Parnell/entemp@Entemp. Adrienne Byrne/entemp@entemp. Aedin Doyle/entemp@ENTEMP, Ailish Looby/entemp@ENTEMP. Aine de Bairtiseil/entemp@ENTEMP. Aisling McCarthy/entemp@ENTEMP, Andrew O'Shealentemp@ENTEMP. Anne Maree/entemp@ENTEMP. Anne Slevin/entemp@ENTEMP. Augustine Bernard Rooney/entemp@ENTEMP, Bill Cox/entemp@Entemp. Breda Murphy/entemp@ENTEMP, Brenda Ward/entemp@entemp, Brendan Hogan/entemp@ENTEMP, Brian Dalton/entemp@ENTEMP. Conor Caitriona O'Connell Maher/entemp@ENTEMP, Caroline Kiernan/entemp, Celyna Coughlan/entemp@ENTEMP. Cian Neville/entemp@ENTEMP, Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Cliona Hickey/entemp@ENTEMP, Colette Reilly/entemp@ENTEMP, Don Dave Lockhartlentemp@ENTEMP, David Small/entemp@ENTEMP, Declan Tighe/entemp@ENTEMP, Deirdre Durnin/entemp@ENTEMP. Eadaoin Collins/entemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Balmerlentemp@ENTEMP. Eamonn Gallagher/entemp@entemp, Elaine Elaine Nolan/entemp@entemp, Enda Murphy/entemp@ENTEMP, Eric Giguere/entemp@ENTEMP. Evelyn Daly/entemp@ENTEMP, Fergal Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP, Fergus Doyle/entemp@ENTEMP, Fionna Hallinan/entemp@ENTEMP, Fionnuala Kehoe/entemp@ENTEMP. Frances Gaynor/entemp@ENTEMP, Francesca Atkinson/entemp@ENTEMP. Gerry Grainne Geraldine Drumm/entemp@ENTEMP. Gerard Barrett/entemp@ENTEMP, Gerry Doyle/entemp@ENTEMP, Gillian Leyden/entemp@ENTEMP, John Moran/entemp@ENTEMP, James A Kelly/entemp@ENTEMP, Joan Howley/entemp@entemp, Joan Kehoelentemp@ENTEMP. Joan Joe Wilson/entemp@ENTEMP, John Nolan/entemp@ENTEMP, Julia Laura Allen/entemp@ENTEMP. Lelia Abe/entemp@ENTEMP, Michael Davitt/entemp@ENTEMP. Michael Greene/entemp@ENTEMP, marcus.maginniss@djei.ie, Margaret Dunniecelentemp@ENTEMP. Margaret Lawlor/entemp@ENTEMP, Margaret Ryan/entemp@ENTEMP, Maria Marie Hogarty/entemp@ENTEMP, Marie McMahon/entemp@ENTEMP. Martina Murray/entemp@ENTEMP, Mary Mary Dooley/entemp@ENTEMP, Michael O'Flahertylentemp@ENTEMP, Michael Pender/entemp@ENTEMP, Niamh Mathews/entemp@Entemp, Nicola Haranlentemp@entemp, Nina Brennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Orla Kenny/entemp@ENTEMP, Orla Padraig Dooley/entemp@ENTEMP. Pat Kelly/entemp@ENTEMP, Patricia Phillips/entemp@ENTEMP, Patricia Timmons/entemp@ENTEMP, Patricia Brady/entemp@ENTEMP, Patrick Rochford/entemp@ENTEMP. Paul Brennan/entemp@Entemp, Paul McMorrow/entemp@ENTEMP. Pauline Connolly/entemp@ENTEMP. Phil Flood/entemp@entemp. Philip Gallagher/entemp@ENTEMP, Richard Barry/entemp@ENTEMP, Ronnie Breen/entemp@ENTEMP, Rose Ball/entemp@ENTEMP. Sabha Greene/entemp@ENTEMP. Sandra Mullen/entemp@ENTEMP. Seamus Chamberlain/entemp@ENTEMP, Seamus Grehan/entemp@ENTEMP, Siobhan Daly/entemp@ENTEMP, Siobhan siobhan fitzpatricklentemp@ENTEMP, Stacey Brant/entemp@ENTEMP. Susan A McNamee/entemp@ENTEMP, Tony Daly/entemp@ENTEMP. Una Walsh/entemp@ENTEMP, Wendy Gray/entemp@ENTEMP, Catherine Curran/entemp@ENTEMP, freda nolan/entemp@entemp, Dermot Curran/entemp@ENTEMP, Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Martin Shanagher/entemp@ENTEMP. Philip Kelly/entemp@ENTEMP, Clare Dunne/entemp@ENTEMP 22/05/2014 17:23 Re Current and Capital Expenditure Reviews Further to my email of 16th April in regard to the Current and Capital Expenditure Reviews and further discussions at this morning's Ministerial Management Board meeting; please find attached under a revised Non Pay table outlining the financial impact of a ?4m reduction of the Dept's Non Pay budget for 2015 and a further reduction 17.2% Page 3 of 4 Non Pay reduction to achieve the 5% overall reduction to the the Current ceiling requested by DPER. Please note that the table precludes reductions in respect of International Subscriptions and has been revised to take account of the probable reclassification of certain Current expenditure as Capital expenditure in 2015, on foot of obligations arising under new European Standards of Accounting Regulations. Such reclassification will impact on the Capital Expenditure Review as Capital expenditure ceilings are likely to increase by a quantum of approximately ?40m. Finance Unit will be in contact with relevant Capital Budget Officers in this regard shortly. At this morning's Management Board meeting, Minister Bruton asked that specific argumentaire be provided in respect of the impact of both of the reductions proposed (Columns of the table) on Departmental/Agency activities, with particularfocus on the additional 17.2% element (column E) eg. number of overseas of?ces that would be closed, number of HSA inspections that would not be carried out etc. Whilst the returns already supplied by Budget Offices are appreciated, more detailed information in relation to the specifics of the impacts of each of the 2 scenarios is required in order to enable Finance Unit to frame the Department's response to DPER in accordance with the Minister's directions. Budget Officers are requested to review the revised proposals and to forward the material sought by the Minister to Finance Unit - Estimates mailbox by lunchtime Monday 19 May. Cathal O'Gorman Finance Officer ATTACHMENTS: Page 4 of 4 Re: Fw: Dail banking enquiry [3 Claire Gordon to: Breda Power 29/05/201419:12 Breda Please see attached draft note to accompany the letter below. I am not convinced that all of the changes suggested by John in his redraft of yesterday should be included in the ?nal letter. [?93 Claire John Hughes Claire, some quick thoughts on the proposed 29/05/2014 12:01:22 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 29/05/2014 12:01 Subject: Re: Fw: Dail banking enquiry Claire, some quick thoughts on the proposed draft are attached for your consideration. John, 29/5. [attachment deleted by Claire Gordon/entemp] John Hughes, Principal, Personnel, Learning 8. Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Claire Gordon On further thought I think it may make more 28/05/2014 15:56:04 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 28/05/2014 15:56 Subject: Fw: Dail banking enquiry On further thought I think it may make more sense to look for sanction for all six accountants for ODCE as well as the specialist up front. I think that there is no point looking for one accountant at this stage. Apologies for this. Claire [attachment deleted by Claire Gordon/entemp] Forwarded by Claire Gordon/entemp on 28/05/2014 15:48 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP. Co: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 28/05/2014 15:42 Subject: Re: Fw: Dail banking enquiry Breda Please see attached updated draft for the Minister's signature. Note to accompany it will follow. Claire John Hughes Breda Power John Hughes Breda Power No Breda, so I am clean out of reasons to John Any word from I spoke again with DPER on this today and will John Claire is absolutely correct. 09/05/2014 17:42:29 09/05/2014 17:08:21 01/05/201417:59:24 01/05/2014 10:56:32 Breda Power Assistant Secretary John Maher Private Secretary to the Minister Re: Draft letter from the Minister to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to outstanding requests for sanction to recruit. Please see attached a draft letter to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for the signature of Minister Bruton. The purpose of the draft letter The letter has two purposes: 1. The detail of the requests for sanction to recruit staff for the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) and the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA) are being brought to the attention of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. 2. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation is requesting the aid of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in expediting the requests. The reason for the letter Requests to allow IAASA and the ODCE to fill vacancies have been with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform since and . The need to fill the relevant vacancies has been urgent since that time. Both IAASA and the ODCE are small organisations1 and therefore the outstanding vacancies are having a disproportionately high impact on their work. Both organisations have already moved to a risk based approach in relation to the IAASA has 13 staff. The ODCE has 42.9 whole-time equivalent staff. enforcement aspects of their work in order to achieve the maximum impact but their limited numbers inevitably means that enquiries or investigations that might be done cannot be done. The current context of the vacancies Attached at Tab 2 are two articles that appeared in the Irish Independent subsequent to the publication of the Annual Report for 2013 both of which highlighted that ODCE is operating with one accountant only, despite its assessment that seven are required for it to be able to carry out its functions effectively. The message from both articles is that the ODCE is not properly resourced to carry out its functions and that things have not changed and no lessons have been learned from the events at Anglo Irish Bank and the banking collapse which led to the insolvency of the State. The future context There are a number of upcoming events which are likely to bring the resourcing of company law bodies into the spotlight in the near future. The issue is likely to arise during the passage of the Companies Bill 2012 through the Seanad at the end of this month as it was raised in the Dail in which the following opposition amendment was proposed: ?798. The Minister shall, within three months of the enactment of this Act, publish a report on the adequacy of the resources available to The Companies Registration O??ice and The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and such report shall detail the areas in which resources need to be increased in order to allow both agencies to adequately deal with each agency?s area of responsibility. Annual Report for 2013 is statutorily required to be published by the end of June. In that Report the Chairperson?s statement includes the following: We currently have 13 staff working to fulfil a remit which includes supervising nine Prescribed Accountancy Bodies (whose aggregate membership in the State exceeds 32,000) and enforcing compliance with ?nancial reporting standards for the annual and half yearly reports of 144 listed entities. In order deliver a service commensurate with this remit we need a significant increase in our staff numbers. It is dif?cult to imagine that the miniscule resources which has IAASA has to carry out its remit will not receive some attention in view of the imminent banking enquiry and the focus that that is likely to place on the role of auditors and accountants in the crisis. On 31 July the sentencing of Pat Whelan and Willie McAteer, formerly of Anglo Irish Bank, will be ?nalised and in view of the high pro?le of the trials to date it is certain that this will again raise media and public interest in the enforcement of white collar crime. Further into the future it is likely that any decision from the Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to the investigation ?les sent to her by the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation will focus interest on this matter again and in February next year the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick on charges of failing to tell the bank's auditors about loans to him will once again spotlight these matters. The overall impact of under-resourcing Each time that conclusions are drawn such as those in the attached Irish Independent articles that resources are not being provided to tackle corporate crime the efforts to rebuild the reputation of Ireland as a secure place to invest are being undermined. IAASA is wishes to recruit one accountant in order to bring its overall numbers back to ?fteen staff while the ODCE is seeking to increase its accountant numbers from one to seven and to recruit one Higher Executive Of?cer recruit with IT skills. These numbers are negligible in the context of the breadth of the remit of these organisations and their importance in tackling white collar crime and rebuilding confidence in Ireland and it is on this basis that it is suggested that the Minister might intervene to seek the aid of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to expedite sanction for these vacancies. Draft letter submitted for approval and forwarding for the signature of the Minister. Claire Gordon 29 May 2014 Re: Fw: Dail banking enquiry El John Hughes to: Claire Gordon 29/05/201412:01 Cc: Breda Power History: This message has been replied to. Claire, some quick thoughts on the proposed draft are attached for your consideration. John, 29/5. [3 - John Hughes, Principal, Personnel, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Claire Gordon On further thought I think it may make more 28/05/2014 15:56:04 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP. Cc: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 28/05/2014 15:56 Subject: Fw: Dail banking enquiry On further thought I think it may make more sense to look for sanction for all six accountants for ODCE as well as the lT specialist up front. I think that there is no point looking for one accountant at this stage. Apologies for this. Claire El; FonNarded by Claire Gordon/entemp on 28/05/2014 15:48 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP. Co: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 15:42 Subject: Re: Fw: Dail banking enquiry Breda Please see attached updated draft for the Minister's signature. Note to accompany it will follow. Claire John Hughes Breda Power John Hughes Breda Power No Breda, so I am clean out of reasons to John Any word from I spoke again with DPER on this today and will John Claire is absolutely correct. 09/05/2014 17:42:29 09/05/2014 17:08:21 01/05/2014 17:59:24 01/05/2014 10:56:32 May 2014 Mr Brendan Howlin T.D., Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Government Buildings, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2. Re: Staf?ng Requirements for the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority to enable both Regulatogy Bodies satisfactorily meet their statutory Mandates. Dear Brendan I am requesting your assistance to expedite two requests from my Department for sanction to ?ll important MVacancies in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) and the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA). While I am acutely aware of the constraints under which it is necessary for all public bodies to operate in relation to recruitment, heweveFI consider the ?lling of these _ms_ts/ vacancies to be of priority importance, given the necessity, in my View, for Ireland to be able to demonstrate that we are adequately resourcing our Company Law and Financial Regulatory bodies in light of recent well-documented cases, most notably?pertieularl?y ewin-g?te the continuing high pro?le attention attracted -at both international and national level eilthe?fallei?-?em? events at the former Anglo Irish Bank. I draw your attention to recent reportagel following the publication of the Annual Report for 2013 which highlights that the ODCE is operating with one accountant only, despite its assessment that seven are required for it to be able to carry out its functions effectively, and which concludes that the lack of provision of resources to that Of?ce demonstrates that this Government is not committed to tackling corporate [crime] Insert the direct quote] This continuing ?negative perception of Ireland?s commitment to effectively resourcing our regulatory regimes and attendant publicity can only serve to undermine our efforts to restore domestic and international con?dence in corporate governance and compliance with company law in the State and to impede our efforts to attract investment here. ?eu On this basis I ask for your support to expedite the requests for sanction for seven specialist Accounting posts in the ODCE and a Proiect Manager (Professional Accountant) plus 11 Accountant for IAASA to allow it implement existing oversight responsibilities as well as its new resnonsibilities under the recently enacted Companies (Amendment) Act QOl?l which have now been with your ?Department for over ?ve Comment Check necumcyofnos and references etc. Also, I cannot months and which are set out in detail below. The latter 11 posts are to be fully funded iwc-f?m??ymemd sanction for the 11 ?Gompames Act-2013? by an indust? leg. The speci?c sanctions sought bBy letter of and my to recruit the following in the ODCE and IAASA: 1. Six Professional Accountants Grade I and HEO in the ODCE. 1 ?Lack of resources hampers probes" and asks for forensic accountants to prosecute cases" - Irish Independent 28 May 2014 Following a retirement in December 2013 there is now only one professional accountant in the ODCE. A second accountant is urgently required to deal with the investigation and enforcement work of the Of?ce, particularly that which involves examining the complex ?nancial transactions of large companies in group structures. The urgency to ?ll this vacancy is further underlined by the revised workforce plan, received in April 2013, which speci?cally highlighted the centrality of accountancy skills as being fundamental to that Of?ce's ability to deal with the more complex issues and investigation which it has been facing since the economic downturn. According to that plan the ODCE requires a total of seven accountants and a person with IT and digital forensic skills at Higher Executive Of?cer level in order to deal with its current caseload. 1 am strongly supportive of the case made this?Feq-uest?and Hete?that?the rebalancing of staff proposed in the ODCE workforce plan which will lead to a 25% reduction of its overall numbers. 2. Vacancy Project Manager (Professional Accountant Grade 1) in IAASA A vacancy has arisen in Regulatory and Monitoring Supervision Unit (RMSU) in IAASA and the replacement of this key position is crucial to its ability to discharge its functions. The RMSU currently has a staff of only ?ve and has primary responsibility for supervising of how the nine prescribed accountancy bodies regulate and monitor their approximately 30,000 members. This Unit also carries out additional functions under the EC (Statutory Audits) (Directive Regulations 2010 in relation to the registration and approval of auditors from third countries. IAASA already takes a risk- based approach to its supervisory activities in order to use its extremely scant resources to the most bene?cial effect but it requires the Project Manager post to be ?lled, as ?ve is the absolute minimum number of staff that it requires to carry out these important functions. My Department has additionally sought sanction to allow IAASA to keep its Project Manager numbers (across all Units) at eight thus avoiding the necessity for rolling recruitment campaigns when vacancies are ?lled by an internal candidate. I look forward to hearing from you in relation to these very important matters as soon as possible. Yours sincerely Richard Bruton T.D. Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Re: Fw: Dail banking enquiry El Claire Gordon to: Breda Power 28/05/201415:42 Cc: John Hughes Breda Please see attached updated draft for the Ministefs signature. Note to accompany it will follow. 9?3 Claire John Hughes No Breda, so I am clean out of reasons to 09/05/2014 17:42:29 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP. Joan Howley/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 09/05/2014 17:42 Subject: Re: Fw: Dail banking enquiry No Breda, so I am clean out of reasons to suggest that elevating the matter should be delayed further. John, 9/5. John Hughes, Principal, Personnel and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Breda Power John Any word from 09/05/2014 17:08:21 John Hughes I spoke again with DPER on this today and will 01/05/2014 17:59:24 Breda Power John Claire is absolutely correct. 01/05/2014 10:56:32 May 2014 Mr Brendan Howlin T.D., Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Government Buildings, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2. Re: Requests for sanction for staf?ng for the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority. Dear Brendan I am requesting your assistance to expedite two requests from my Department for sanction to ?ll important vacancies in the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) and the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA). I am aware of the constraints under which it is necessary to operate in relation to recruitment however I consider the ?lling of these vacancies to be of priority importance, particularly owing to the continuing high profile at international level of the fallout from events at the former Anglo Irish Bank. I draw your attention to recent reportagel following the publication of the Annual Report for 2013 which highlights that the ODCE is operating with one accountant only, despite its assessment that seven are required for it to be able to carry out its functions effectively, and which concludes that the lack of provision of resources to that Of?ce demonstrates that this Government is not committed to tackling corporate crime ?Lack of resources hampers probes? and asks for forensic accountants to prosecute cases? - Irish Independent 28 May 2014 This negative publicity can only serve to undermine our efforts to restore domestic and international con?dence in corporate governance and compliance with company law in the State and to impede our efforts to attract investment here. You have personally supported and promoted the establishment of an enquiry into the causes of the banking collapse therefore I know that you understand the critical importance of ensuring that the bodies tasked with investigating breaches of white collar crime and ensuring corporate governance compliance are suitably resourced to do so. On this basis I ask for your support to expedite the requests for sanction for the ODCE and IAASA which have now been with your Department for over ?ve months and which are set out in detail below. By letter of and my Department requested sanction to recruit the following in the ODCE and IAASA: 1. Six Professional Accountants Grade I and a Higher Executive Of?cer with IT skills for the ODCE. Following a retirement in December 2013 there is now only one professional accountant in the ODCE. A second accountant is urgently required to deal with the investigation and enforcement work of the Of?ce, particularly that which involves examining the complex ?nancial transactions of large companies in group structures. The urgency to ?ll this vacancy is further underlined by the revised workforce plan, received in April 2013, which speci?cally highlighted the centrality of accountancy skills as being fundamental to that Of?ce's ability to deal with the more complex issues and investigation which it has been facing since the economic downturn. According to that plan the ODCE requires a total of seven accountants and a person with IT and digital forensic skills at Higher Executive Of?cer level in order to deal with its current caseload. I am supportive of this request and I note that the rebalancing of staff proposed in the ODCE workforce plan will lead to a 25% reduction of its overall numbers. 2. Vacancy - Project Manager (Professional Accountant Grade 1) in IAASA A vacancy has arisen in Regulatory and Monitoring Supervision Unit (RMSU) in IAASA and the replacement of this key position is crucial to its ability to discharge its functions. The RMSU currently has a staff of only five and has primary responsibility for supervising of how the nine prescribed accountancy bodies regulate and monitor their approximately 30,000 members. This Unit also carries out additional functions under the EC (Statutory Audits) (Directive Regulations 2010 in relation to the registration and approval of auditors from third countries. IAASA already takes a risk- based approach to its supervisory activities in order to use its extremely scant resources to the most beneficial effect but it requires the Project Manager post to be ?lled, as five is the absolute minimum number of staff that it requires to carry out these important functions. My Department has additionally sought sanction to allow IAASA to keep its Project Manager numbers (across all Units) at eight thus avoiding the necessity for rolling recruitment campaigns when vacancies are filled by an internal candidate. I look forward to hearing from you in relation to these very important matters as soon as possible. Yours sincerely Richard Bruton T.D. Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. 04/06/2014 18:57 5.ij Resources for the ODCE and IAASA Breda Power to: John Maher L?l? Sent by: breda power Cc: Claire Gordon History: This message has been forwarded. John Hard copy ?le is on the way to you. I would be grateful if you would print the letter on headed paper. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax:016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie ?3 Resources for ODCE and IAASA Breda Power to: John Hughes 04/06/2014 18:54 Sent by: breda power Cc: Claire Gordon John Further to previous correspondence seeking sanction to ?ll various posts/vacancies in the ODCE and IAASA we have sent a hard copy of the attached to the Minister's Office. Thanks for your assistance on this. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Breda Power Assistant Secretary John Maher Private Secretary to the Minister Re: Draft letter from the Minister to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to outstanding requests for sanction to recruit staff for the ODCE and IAASA. Please see attached a draft letter to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for the signature of Minister Bruton. The purpose of the draft letter The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation is requesting the aid of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in expediting important requests for sanction for staf?ng of company law enforcement bodies. The reason for the letter Requests to allow IAASA and the ODCE to fill vacancies have been with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform since the 13th of December last year. The need to ?ll the relevant vacancies has been urgent since that time. Both IAASA and the ODCE are small organisationsl and therefore the outstanding vacancies are having a disproportionately high impact on their ability to carry out their statutory mandates. Both organisations have already moved to a risk based approach in relation to the enforcement aspects of their work in order to achieve the maximum impact but their limited staf?ng numbers inevitably means that enquiries or investigations that might be done cannot be done. The current context of the vacancies IAASA has 13 staff. The ODCE has 42.9 whole-time equivalent staff. Attached at Tab 2 are ?ve neWSpaper articles that appeared in the Irish Independent and the Irish Times subsequent to the publication of the Annual Report for 2013 both of which highlighted that ODCE is operating with one accountant only, despite its assessment that seven are required for it to be able to carry out its functions effectively. The message from both articles is that the ODCE is not properly resourced to carry out its functions and that things have not changed and no lessons have been learned from the events at Anglo Irish Bank and the banking collapse which led to the insolvency of the State. The future context There are a number of upcoming events which are likely to bring the resourcing of company law bodies into the spotlight in the near future. The issue is likely to arise during the passage of the Companies Bill 2012 through the Seanad as it was raised in the Dail in which the following opposition amendment was proposed: ?798. The Minister shall, within three months of the enactment of this Act, publish a report on the adequacy of the resources available to The Companies Registration Office and The O?ice of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and such report shall detail the areas in which resources need to be increased in order to allow both agencies to adequately deal with each agency 's area of responsibility. In 2013 Annual Report the Chairperson?s statement includes the following: ?We currently have 13 staff working to ful?l a remit which includes supervising nine Prescribed Accountancy Bodies (whose aggregate membership in the State exceeds 32,000) and enforcing compliance with ?nancial reporting standards for the annual and half yearly reports of 144 listed entities. in order deliver a service commensurate with this remit we need a signi?cant increase in our staff numbers. In.) It is dif?cult to imagine that the limited resources which IAASA has to carry out its remit will not receive some attention in view of the imminent banking enquiry and the focus that that is likely to place on the role of auditors and accountants in the crisis. On 31 July the sentencing of Pat Whelan and Willie McAteer, formerly of Anglo Irish Bank, will be ?nalised and in view of the high pro?le of the trials to date it is certain that this will again raise media and public interest in the enforcement of white collar crime. Further into the future it is likely that any decision from the Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to the investigation ?les sent to her by the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation will focus interest on this matter again and in February next year the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick on charges of failing to tell the bank's auditors about loans to him will once again spotlight these matters. The overall impact of under-resourcing Each time that conclusions are drawn such as those in the attached newspaper articles that resources are not being provided to tackle corporate crime the efforts to rebuild the reputation of Ireland as a secure place to invest are being undermined so on this basis it is suggested that the Minister might intervene to seek the aid of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to expedite sanction to recruit for the relevant posts. Draft letter submitted for approval and forwarding for the signature of the Minister. Claire Gordon 03 June 2014 June 2014 Mr Brendan Howlin T.D., Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Government Buildings, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2. Re: Minimum staffing requirements for the ODCE and IAASA to enable both regulatory bodies satisfactorily meet their statutory mandates. Dear Brendan I am requesting your assistance to expedite two requests from my Department for sanction to ?ll important posts/vacancies in the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) and the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA). While I am acutely aware of the constraints under which it is necessary for all public bodies to operate in relation to recruitment, I consider the ?lling of these posts/vacancies to be of priority importance, given the necessity, in my View, for Ireland to be able to demonstrate that we are adequately resourcing our Company Law bodies in light of recent well-documented cases, most notably the continuing high pro?le attention given to events at the former Anglo Irish Bank at both international and national level. I draw your attention to recent reportagel following the publication of the Annual Report for 2013 which highlights that the ODCE is operating with one accountant ?Lack of resources hampers probes? and asks for forensic accountants to prosecute cases? - Irish Independent 28 May 2014; ?There?s never been a better time for white collar crime, warns lawyer?- Irish Independent 2 June 2014; ?White-collar crime ignored, forum told? Irish Times 2 June 2014 and ?White-collar crime will ?ourish so long as our corporate enforcer?s hands remain tied? Irish Independent 3 June 2014. only, despite its assessment that seven are required for it to be able to carry out its functions effectively, and which concludes that the lack of provision of resources to that Of?ce demonstrates that this Government is not committed to tackling white collar crime. This negative perception of Ireland?s commitment to effectively resourcing our regulatory regimes and attendant publicity can only serve to undermine our efforts to restore domestic and international con?dence in corporate governance and compliance with company law in the State and to impede our efforts to attract investment here. On this basis I ask for your support to expedite the requests for sanction which have now been with your Department for over ?ve months and which are set out in detail below. The Speci?c sanctions were sought on the 13?h of December last year and were to recruit for the following posts in the ODCE and IAASA: 1. Six Professional Accountants Grade 1 and a HEO with IT skills in the ODCE. Following a retirement in December 2013 there is now only one professional accountant in the ODCE. A second accountant is urgently required to deal with the investigation and enforcement work of the Of?ce, particularly that which involves examining the complex ?nancial transactions of large companies in group structures. Additionally the revised workforce plan, received in April 2013, has Speci?cally highlighted the centrality of accountancy skills as being fundamental to that Of?ce's ability to deal with the more complex issues and investigations which it has been facing since the economic downturn. According to that plan the ODCE requires a total of seven accountants and a person with IT and digital forensic skills at Higher Executive Of?cer level in order to deal with its current caseload. I am strongly supportive of the case made and the rebalancing of staff proposed in the ODCE workforce plan which will lead to a 25% reduction of its overall numbers. 2. Vacancy - Project Manager (Professional Accountant Grade 1) in IAASA and 11 staff for the Quality Assurance of Auditors. A vacancy has arisen in the Regulatory and Monitoring Supervision Unit (RMSU) in IAASA and the replacement of this key position is crucial to its ability to discharge its functions. The RMSU currently has a staff of only ?ve and has primary responsibility for supervising how the nine prescribed accountancy bodies regulate and monitor their approximately 32,000 members. This Unit also carries out additional functions under the EC (Statutory Audits) (Directive Regulations 2010 in relation to the registration and approval of auditors from third countries. IAASA already takes a risk- based approach to its supervisory activities in order to use its extremely limited resources to the most bene?cial effect but it requires the Project Manager post to be ?lled, as ?ve is the absolute minimum number of staff required to carry out these important functions. My Department has additionally sought sanction to allow 1AASA to keep its Project Manager numbers (across all Units) at eight thus avoiding the necessity for rolling recruitment campaigns when vacancies are ?lled by an internal candidate. Since 2012 my Department has sought sanction for IAASA to recruit 11 staff to carry out Quality Assurance inspections of Irish audit ?rms. These 11 staff, which will be fully funded by a levy on the industry as provided for in the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013, are required at the following grades: I Nine inspectors at Principal Of?cer level I One Head of Function at Principal Of?cer (Higher) level I One Administrative support at Executive Of?cer level The current Employment Control Framework ?gure for is 26 which includes the 11 additional staff required to undertake the Quality Assurance function. I understand that there has been signi?cant correspondence on this request to date. While originally the Quality Assurance function was based on a Recommendation from the European Commission it has now become a mandatory obligation under Regulation (EU) No 53 7/2014 of 6 April 2014 on specific requirements regarding statutory audit of public- interest entities. I look forward to hearing from you in relation to these very important matters as soon as possible. Yours sincerely Richard Bruton T.D. Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. 1L2 L?g Correspondence from MJEI re ODCEIIASSA Staffing levels Ed John Maher to: Michelle O'Connor 0610612014 12:23 Bcc: Claire Gordon History: This message has been forwarded. Hi Michelle Please see attached correspondence from Minister Bruton for the attention of Minister Howlin Hard copy in the post Regards John [UntitE?pdr [,June 2014 Mr Brendan Howlin T.D., Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Government Buildings, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2. Re: Minimum staffing requirements for the ODCE and to enable both regulatory bodies satisfactorily meet their statutory mandates. Dear Brendan I am requesting your assistance to expedite two requests from my Department for sanction to ?ll important posts/vacancies in the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) and the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA). While I am acutely aware of the constraints under which it is necessary for all public bodies to operate in relation to recruitment, I consider the ?lling of these posts/vacancies to be of priority importance, given the necessity, in my view, for Ireland to be able to demonstrate that we are adequately resourcing our Company Law bodies in light of recent well-documented cases, most notably the continuing high pro?le attention given to events at the former Anglo Irish Bank at both international and national level. I draw your attention to recent reportagel following the publication of the Annual Report for 20 I3 which highlights that the ODCE is operating with one accountant ?Lack of resources hampers probes" and asks for forensic accountants to prosecute cases? - Irish Independent 28 May 2014; "There's never been a better time for white collar crime, warns lawyer"- Irish Independent 2 June 2014; "White-collar crime ignored, forum told" - Irish Times 2 June 20 I4 and ?White-collar crime will ?ourish so long as our corporate enforcer's hands remain tied" - Irish Independent 3 June 2014. only, despite its assessment that seven are required for it to be able to carry out its functions effectively, and which concludes that the lack of provision of resources to that Of?ce demonstrates that this Government is not committed to tackling white collar crime. This negative perception of Ireland?s commitment to effectively resourcing our regulatory regimes and attendant publicity can only serve to undermine our efforts to restore domestic and international con?dence in corporate governance and compliance with company law in the State and to impede our efforts to attract investment here. On this basis I ask for your support to expedite the requests for sanction which have now been with your Department for over five months and which are set out in detail below. The speci?c sanctions were sought on the l3lh of December last year and were to recruit for the following posts in the ODCE and 1. Six Professional Accountants Grade 1 and a HEO with IT skills in the ODCE. Following a retirement in December 2013 there is now only one professional accountant in the ODCE. A second accountant is urgently required to deal with the investigation and enforcement work of the Office, particularly that which involves examining the complex financial transactions of large companies in group structures. Additionally the ODCE's revised workforce plan, received in April 2013, has speci?cally highlighted the centrality of accountancy skills as being fundamental to that Of?ce's ability to deal with the more complex issues and investigations which it has been facing since the economic downturn. According to that plan the ODCE requires a total of seven accountants and a person with IT and digital forensic skills at Higher Executive Of?cer level in order to deal with its current caseload. I am strongly supportive of the case made and the rebalancing of staff proposed in the ODCE workforce plan which will lead to a 25% reduction of its overall numbers. 2. Vacancy - Project Manager (Professional Accountant Grade 1) in IAASA and 11 staff for the Quality Assurance of Auditors. A vacancy has arisen in the Regulatory and Monitoring Supervision Unit (RMSU) in IAASA and the replacement of this key position is crucial to its ability to discharge its functions. The RMSU currently has a staff of only ?ve and has primary responsibility for supervising how the nine prescribed accountancy bodies regulate and monitor their approximately 32,000 members. This Unit also carries out additional functions under the EC (Statutory Audits) (Directive Regulations 2010 in relation to the registration and approval of auditors from third countries. already takes a risk- based approach to its supervisory activities in order to use its extremely limited resources to the most bene?cial effect but it requires the Project Manager post to be ?lled, as ?ve is the absolute minimum number of staff required to carry out these important functions. My Department has additionally sought sanction to allow to keep its Project Manager numbers (across all Units) at eight thus avoiding the necessity for rolling recruitment campaigns when vacancies are ?lled by an internal candidate. Since 2012 my Department has sought sanction for to recruit I 1 staff to carry out Quality Assurance inspections of lrish audit ?rms. These 11 staff, which will be fully funded by a levy on the industry as provided for in the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 20i3, are required at the following grades: - Nine inspectors at Principal Of?cer level . One Head of Function at Principal Of?cer (Higher) level I One Administrative support at Executive Of?cer level The current Employment Control Framework ?gure for IAASA is 26 which includes the il additional staff required to undertake the Quality Assurance function. I understand that there has been signi?cant correspondence on this request to date. While originally the Quality Assurance function was based on a Recommendation from the European Commission it has now become a mandatory obligation under Regulation (EU) No 53 7/2014 of 16 April 2014 on speci?c requirements regarding statutory audit ofpublic- interest entities. I look forward to hearing from you in relation to these very important matters as soon as possible. Yours sincerely Richard Bruton T.D. Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Representation Tracking Created by: Conor Farrell On: 20/06/2014 Process is complete-20l06I2014 by Conor Farrell Reference Number Date of 19/06/2014 Date Received: 20/06/2014 Subje Staf?ng at the ODCE and IAASA ct: Status For information El No Reply Necessary 1:1 Unscannable material to follow is this a further query? Is this an urgent query? Is this a request for speech material? Representation Scanned image document link Details Representor Details: Name Prefix Title TD/Senator Representee Details: Surname Howlin Firstname Brendan Prefix Mr. Title Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Address 1 Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Address 2 Upper Merrion Street Town County Dublin Postal Code 2 Country Forwarding Forwarded to BREDA Division Commerce Detail Consumer and Competition 20/06/2014 - 04/07/2014 to Breda Power/entemp Dept Commerce Consumer and Competition Sub]. - re: 'Staffing at the ODCE and Letters (to open a letter expand the section by clicking here) i Comments 1 Minister's of?ce comment 20/06/2014 14:26:56 Conor Farrell Sent to BPower for info and Rep Closed - CF 20/6/14 Your comment i Our Ref: lune 2014 Mr Richard Bruton TD Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Kildare House Kildare Street Dublin 2 Re: Staf?ng at ODCE and IAASA Dear Richard Thank you for your letter of 6 June 2014 concerning the above matters. 1 will be in contact with you again on this matter in the near future. Yours sincerely Brendan Howlin TD Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform mm ?own, Mom. nous minimum 20 JUN ome All 3mm AIR: OIFIG RN OFFECE OF Tithe an Rialtats. Government Building; Stand Mbmn?ean Uacnt. nger Memos +353 1 631 8102 belie cha Clt?th 2 Dub 2 +353 1631 8021 Eur: lrcla mum pergmr Ie Rn Roinn Caiteachais Phoibii agus Department of Public Expenditure and Reform ODCE and-1 Claire Gordon to John Hughes 01/07/201417z11 Cur. Breda Power John I would appreciate it if you couid send the attached extract to our in DPER. it is from a recent Oireachtas debate which arose from a Question to the Minister for Justice on resources for the Gardai and the ODCE. Perhaps it might speed up the response promised "in the near future" in Minister Howiin's acknowiedgment letter of 19 June to Minister Bruton. Claire p3 Oireachtas debate 24 June 2014.docx l?open document Tuesday, 24 June 2014 Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations 69. Deputy Padraig Mac Lochlainn (SI 0. asked the Minister for Justice and Equality a if she is satis?ed that the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation has the necessary resources to deal with all reports of alleged white collar crime; if there is a joined- up approach to tackling white collar crime with the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, with the requisite resources deployed. [26923/14] Deputy Padraig Mac Lochlainn: 0. My question follows media reports on the Bar Council?s annual conference. Mr. Remy Farrell, senior counsel, heavily criticised the lack of resources given to the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigatlon and th?0f?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. He expressed the view that there was never a better time for white collar criminals to get away with it. These were serious comments. Mr. Farrell is one of the most eminent practitioners in tackling this area and seen as a leading expert. His comments, therefore, were alarming. What is the Minister?s response? Deputy Frances Fitzgerald: Ci- 0. While the deployment of resources within An Garda Siochana is a matter for the acting Garda Commissioner, I have received a detailed report from her on the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation and its functions. As the Deputy will be aware, the acting Commissioner has initiated an immediate comprehensive review and strategic realignment of An Garda Siochana's capacity to deal with emerging and complex crime and this will have an important bearing on how these functions are performed. As the Deputy has noted, a major challenge facing the bureau is the rapidly changing environment in which white collar and other criminals operate, as well as the scale and complexity of some white collar crime investigations. As part of the review process An Garda Siochana is liaising with its international partners and national institutions to identify collaborative approaches. Clearly, international work and co-operation are singularly important in the investigation of these crimes. 1 am in ongoing contact with the Garda authorities in this regard. The Government moved rapidly to provide new legislation with the Criminal Justice Act 2011 which served to help to speed up investigations into white collar crime. The acting Commissioner is aware that I will give careful consideration to additional proposals from the Garda authorities in this regard. Furthermore, while specialist and major investigations are a matter for the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation, many types of white collar crime are investigated by local units within An Garda Siochana with support and advice from the bureau. In addition, the Criminal Assets Bureau has been active in targeting the proceeds of deception, fraud, money laundering, bribery and corruption and other types of criminal activity commonly referred to as white collar crime. In so far as the question referred to liaison with other enforcement bodies, I emphasise that the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation is working closely with other bodies that have enforcement functions, for example, the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, the Central Bank and the Competition Authority. GBFI staff are seconded to the Director of Corporate Enforcement and the Competition Authority. There is considerable liaison between the various bodies with responsibilities in this area. Deputy Padraig Mac Lochlainn: '31- 9. The reports on the comments made by Mr. Remy Farrell, senior counsel, were most alarming. I will go through some of them. He referred to the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. The director, Mr. Ian Drennan, had said the office needed ?ve forensic accountants to keep up with the volume of complaints coming in, yet the of?ce has only one. Clearly, this is not up to standard. One quote on forensic computer analysis, a core part of the investigatory functions of the of?ce, struck me in particular. Mr. Farrell said: So if you?re going to commit an elaborate fraud, make sure to password lock your computer, even if it?s a really obvious password. That should buy you at least two to three years. Perhaps this was something of a rhetorical ?ourish, but the comments were alarming. We need reassurance that resources are being deployed. White collar crime is what brought the State to its knees. Arguably, there are all sorts of issues, but certainly there is a fear, as well as a concern, among the public that white collar crime was part of what led to the collapse of the economy. Deputy Frances Fitzgerald: Q. Regarding the Deputy's point on the need for greater accountancy skills in the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE, such skills are fundamental to the of?ce's ability to deal with the more complex issues and investigations it has been facing since the economic downturn. My colleague, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, has been addressing this issue and working with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to ensure that the posts are ?lled. This is critical. The Acting Garda Commissioner has told me that the main challenge the Garda is facing is the rapidly changing environment in which fraudsters and white collar criminals operate. This owes to changing technology, criminality and questionable business practices. As the Deputy knows, the Garda is working on a range of cases. I will keep the question of resources under review with the Acting Garda Commissioner. Deputy Padraig Mac Lochlainn: 6. As part of my preparation for this question, I read an article from the respected writer and columnist, Ms Elaine Byrne, which referred to the need for an independent audit of the capacity of the oversight agencies, namely, the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, the ODCE, the Garda bureau of fraud investigation, the Central Bank, Revenue, the national bureau of criminal investigation, NBCI, the Competition Authority and so on. These agencies have ajoined-up responsibility. Will the Minister consider Ms Byrne's brilliant suggestion of an independent audit of the agencies? collective capacity to tackle white collar crime? In the article, which Ms Byrne wrote last year, she mentioned that we did not have a police-led multi-agency task force approach to this issue. Will the Minister consider a police-led approach so as to join up the dots between the agencies and ensure they are effectively tackling white collar crime as a team? Mr. Remy Farrell, senior counsel, has stated that raising ?nes will not be enough. The people inyolyed in white collar crime need to see clearly that they will be brought that? resources will be deployed in the investigations and that there will be a joined-up approach. When people start being prosecuted and going to jail, the culture will change. Raising fines will not cut it. Deputy Frances Fitzgerald: CE) 9. To a degree, the Deputy's points could best be dealt with in the context of the Acting Garda Commissioner's strategic review. By undertaking such a review, she clearly recognises that this issue is an emerging and serious priority. The questions of resources and of engagement with international and local partners are key. The precise mechanisms for that engagement and who should lead it are questions that will arise in the course of the review. I will seek the review's outcome and keep in mind the Deputy's points. Deputy Padraig Mac Lochlainn: is) I thank the Minister. Claire Gordon to: John Hughes Cc: Breda Power if 07/07/2014 10:39 Thank you John. Perhaps if someone could email over the extract from the Oireachtas debate that I sent you last week and ask DPER to con?rm when they intend to respond to the letter from our Minister to theirs that that might spur a response. Minister Howlin signed a letter of 19 June stating that he would respond to our Minister in the near future so I think we are due a response. Claire John Hughes No news. And I haven't pursued with DPER in Fr?o?r?n?: John Hughes entemp To: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP Date: 0710712014 10:23 Subject: Re: nd ODCE sanctions 07/07/2014 10:23:58 No news. And I haven't pursued with DPER in recent weeks. John Hughes, Principal. Personnel, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, 07/07/2014 10:16:34 Dublin 2. Claire Gordon John Breda asked me to enquire whether you From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP Date: 07107/2014 10:16 Subject: 3nd ODCE sanctions John Breda asked me to enquire whether you have heard anything from DPER on the above. Claire Re: Anglo Irish Bank - DPP v. Sean Fitzpatrick - Engagement of Expert Witnesses (Experienced Forensic Accountant Experienced Audit Expert) - Budgetary Issues From Kevm O'Connell To Claire Gordon Cc Ian Drennan. Conor O'Mahony Date 21/08/2014 15:08 Claire. As you probably know the DPP's proceedings against Mr. Sean Fitzpatrick. for alleged breaches of Section 197 of the Companies Act 1990. are listed for trial before the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court beginning on 2 February 2015. It has been determined by the DPP. having taken advice from prosecuting Counsel. that two key aspects of the prosecution's case against the accused will be evidence summarising the complex and numerous transactions by which Mr Fitzpatrick's borrowings from Anglo were routinely "re?nanced". for short periods of time spanning the ends of Anglo's ?nancial years. and evidence establishing the nature and importance of an audit and the consequences of statements made to Anglo's former auditors by Mr Fitzpatrick. In order to establish this evidence. it was agreed with the ODPP that a needed to engage the services of two expert witnesses. viz. a highly experienced Forensic Accountant who will be able to communicate the complex and numerous money movements (which are at the root of the criminal proceedings) to a jury in a manner which optimises the likelihood of the transactions being readily comprehended by that jury. A highly experienced audit expert who. ideally. will have previously carried out audits of banks or other large ?nancial institutions. as well as having experience of testifying in civil and criminal proceedings. We are currently in the process of conducting procurement processes to recruit suitable professionals to carry out these roles. Given the signi?cance of this case from both the perspective of this Of?ce and of the ODPP. we are looking for someone with skills and experience at the upper end of the scale. i.e. in terms of expertise. experience. credibility and professional reputation. Furthermore. given the extent of conflicts of interest for local prospective experts. we concluded. in consultation with the ODPP. that we needed to look abroad when seeking to engage such experts. While this process is ongoing. it is clear that signi?cant costs will arise this year with further amounts arising next year when the case proceeds. While we cannot be sure of the costs involved until all tenders are received and contracts awarded. we would expect that it is likely to be of the order of 6200.000 but with a risk that it could be considerably higher depending on who gets the contracts. Fortunately. we believe that we shOuld be able to meet these costs from within existing resources as we now appear unlikely. at this time. to require the full provision for legal costs included in our :ubhead for this year (though we are still at risk of large adverse costs awards in 2015 and/or subsequent years). In conducting the procurement process. we have sought to comply fully with all relevant requirements. In particular. we designed the process in the expectation that the value of the contracts would be below EU OJ thresholds. However. on the basis of the tenders received. prices both above and below the threshold have been received. These tenders have still to be assessed. In any event. it is our understanding that public procurement rules allow us to proceed once we are satis?ed that our original estimate of the contract was reasonable. KEVIN SOLICITOR HEAD OF SPECIAL PROJECTS OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE ENFORCEMENT 16 PARNELL SQUARE DUBLIN 1 Direct Dial: 01-8585838 Page 1 of2 ATTACHMENTS: Page 2 of 2 Fw: Anglo Irish Bank - DPP v. Sean Fitzpatrick - Engagement of Expert Witnesses (Experienced Forensic Accountant 8: Experienced Audit Expert) - Budgetary Issues From Joan Hewley To Claire Gordon Cc Date 2208/2014 15:16 Forwarded by Joan Howleylentemp on 22/08/2014 15:15 From: Kevin To: Joan Howleylentemp@entemp. Cc: Ian Drennanlentemp@ENTEMP. Conor O'Mahonylentemp@entemp Date: 2210812014 15:13 SUDJBCII Re: Fw: Anglo Irish Bank - DPP v. Sean Fitzpatrick - Engagement of Expert Witnesses (Experienced Forensic Accountant Experienced Audit Expert) - Budgetary Issues Joan. That's great. thanks. We will keep you informed according as the situation becomes clearer. In that regard the next major milestone will be on 6 September. when we receive responses to the second of the RFTs. On Monday and Tuesday of the following week (8 and 9 September) we will be holding interviews with respondents to the first of the RFTs. Accordingly by the end of that week we should be clear as to which of the ?rms we will be selecting (for the Forensic Accountant engagement). It will be a further two to three weeks before we will be in the same position as regards the second of the RFTs (for the Expert Audit engagement). KEVIN SOLICITOR HEAD OF SPECIAL PROJECTS OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE ENFORCEMENT 16 PARNELL SQUARE DUBLIN 1 Direct Dial: 01-8585838 From Joan Howleylentemp To: Kevin Date: 14:36 Subject: Fw: Anglo Irish Bank - DPP v. Sean Fitzpatrick - Engagement of Expert Witnesses (Experienced Forenslc Accountant 8. Experienced Audit Expert) - Budgetary Issues Hi Kevin With regard to the 2015 estimates process. I have alerted Finance Unit to the fact that the ODCE will require additional resources in 2015 to pay for the services of the professionals whose expertise is required in connection with the above mentloned case. that the costs should be in the region of ?200,000. but with a risk that it could be higher. Page 1 of 2 I also brought to their attention the fact that costs will be incurred in respect of 2014. but that your budget allocations for this year should be suf?cient to cover these costs. I agreed to revert with actual figures as soon as the contracts are awarded and costs established. Trust this is of assistance. Kind regards Joan Joan Howley Company Law Policy Earlsfort Centre, Lr Hatch Street Dublin 2 Phone 01-6312613, e-mail ioan.howlev@diei.ie TTACHMENTS: Page 2 of 2 Re: ODCE- Budgetary Issues J/g From Joan Howley To Fergal Cullen Cc Breda Power, Claire Gordon, Orla Maher, Cathal O'Gorman Date 22/08/2014 15:52 HI Fergal You are correct, the cost is in respect of professional services and will come under non - pay expenditure, I will revert as soon as the cost has been established, just wanted to give you a heads up at this stage. Many thanks, have a lovely weekend. Regards Joan Joan Howley Company Law Policy Earlsfort Centre, Lr Hatch Street Dublin 2 Phone 01-6312613, e-mail ioan.how1ev@diei.ie From: Fergal Cullen/entemp To: Joan Howley/entemp@entemp, Cc: Breda Powerlentemp@entemp, Claire Gordon/entemp@entemp, Orla Maherlentemp@entemp, Cathal Date: 22/0812014 15:00 Subject: Re: Budgetary Issues Thanks Joan, noted. keep us posted, 2015 Estimates process will kick off in earnest first week in Sept. Just so I'm absolutely clear, I am presuming that the c.?200k indicative costs will come under Non-Pay expenditure relating to "Legal Costs Other Services" and would not be regarded as Pay related costs? We have an expectation of further significant current expenditure reductions coming this way - so securing such a ?200k provision will be challenging in 2015 give the likely pressure across the Vote - but we note the requirement for additional funding for forthcoming criminal proceedings. Talk to you in due course. All the best Fergal Page 1 of 2 Fergal Cullen Finance Unit [with responsibility for Estimates, Payroll Travel Units Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation Davitt House 65A Adelaide Road Dublin 2 Republic of Ireland. ph: 353 1 6313057 web From: Joan Howleylentemp To: Orla Maher/entemp@ENTEMP, Fergal Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP, Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 22/08/2014 13:32 Subject: ODCE- Budgetary Issues Hi Orla With regard to the 2015 estimates process, I wish to alert you to the fact that the ODCE will require additional resources to pay for the professional services of two candidates whose expertise is required in connection with criminal proceedings to be commenced in 2015. It was agreed with the ODPP that these experts are required and the ODCE is currently conducting a procurement process to recruit suitable professionals to carry out these roles. While this process is ongoing, it is clear that significant costs will arise this year with further amounts arising next year when the case proceeds. However, additional funding may not be required in respect of 2014, as the ODCE should have sufficient resources in their provision for legal costs included in their subhead for this year. With regard 2015, we cannot be sure of the costs involved until all tenders are received and contracts awarded, however it is expected to be in the region of ?200,000, but with a risk that it could be considerably higher. I will revert as soon as the costs have been established. Should you require additional information please give me a call. Kind regards Joan Joan Howley Company Law Policy Earlsfort Centre, Lr Hatch Street Dublin 2 Phone 01-6312613, e-mail ioan.howlev@diei.ie ATTACHMENTS: Page 2 of 2 *1/41 4 John Hughes to Eamonn Balmer 17/09/2014 09:10 Eamonn, this Note will be updated later today after our meeting at 10:15 with DPER in Mr. Kelly's office. Specifically, I will develop draft Speaking Points for the Minister for his Bilateral with Minister Howlin now scheduled for next Monday based on today's meeting. The Note brings together all the details on current staffing "asks" for the Department and the Agencies. John. 17/9. John Hughes. Principal, Personnel and Learning 8. Development Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Phone - 01-6312246 - Overview on Sanction Requests to DPER - Note for Minister - 158ept2014.docx Brief for Minister for Secretar -General . . . . Staffing In the Department and In the Of?ces 8: Agencnes ?1 'x uni (L Pain ts l_ .- 1 Departmental Operating Context Priorities 2011-2014: As a result of the decrease in staffing, pressure points have developed in the Department as well as in some downsized Agencies. This has required careful Workforce Planning responses by my Department such as the assignment of additional resources to the ODCE at the height of its work on the Anglo and related investigations. In addition, Management has proactively reprioritised tasks to match the reduced staffing levels as well as worked with staff to work smarter and ever- more efficiently streamlining EAT or Employment Permit application processes, or merging call centre activities etc.). Background in Of concern, in addition to the pressures outlined above, has been the Department's capacity to respond to new priority issues as they emerge. For example, the Department redeployed 6 staff to work in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement to assist with the investigation into Anglo Irish Bank. However, in the ever-tightening staffing situation, the Department?s ability to redeploy staff resources to deal with new issues, while continuing to deliver on existing commitments, is severely constrained. Concern about the Department's "capacity to respond? to new issues because of staff cutbacks was identified in the Brief for the New Minister and reported on in the Irish Times on 9?h August 2014. Office Numbers serving w.enq 29% 1 I i Office of the Director of ?rate Enforcement 36.50 35.30 11 2 ll . ?Overall Position: "Since the introduction of the moratorium on recruitment and promotions in March, 2009, followed by other schemes to facilitate reductions in the Civil and Public Service, the Department has experienced a decrease of over 20%2 in its staff resources while experiencing no diminution of the level and range of services it is required to provide. Under the terms ofthe Employment Control Framework (ECF), the Department is expected to further reduce its staffing numbers to 767 by end-2014 and it is likely that between retirements and staff opting to redeploy to other Departments/Agencies we will get very close to reaching this target. However, that assumes that there are no replacements sought at any level or in any post, and that may not be tenable in a small number of cases Head of a key Business Unit or a legal expert in the ODCE) nor does it take account of any additional essential recruitments Accountants for the ODCE or 2 The figure takes account of the fact that certain functions were transferred from this Department to the Departments of Education and Social Protection in May 2010 and January 2011. "0f concern, in addition to the pressures outlined above, will be the Department?s capacity to respond to new priority issues as they emerge. For example, the Department redeployed 6 staff to work in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement to assist with the investigation into Anglo Irish Bank. However, in the ever-tightening staffing situation, the Department?s ability to redeploy staff resources to deal with new issues, while continuing to deliver on existing commitments, is severely constrained. Possible Questions on Staff Resources: Q. In the Brief for New Minister prepared last June the Department noted that . Is the Minister satisfied that and indeed Offices such as the ODCE currently have the staffing levels required to fulfil their important regulatory functions? A. The Department had an aggregate target for the number of employees in its family of Non- Commercial Semi-State Bodies for 2014 and that target under the ECF had to be divided up across the family of Agencies in line with Government policy priorities for the Department and its mission. in that regard, after several years of reducing targets, a number of Agencies has represented to the Department and the Minister that reduced staffing levels challenged those agencies' ability to achieve their missions and goals. In that context and on a case?by?case basis the Department has engaged with the Department of Public Expenditure 12 and Reform on sanctioning the filling of key vacancies within the ECF/Moratorium framework. number of agencies ., ODCE included). Nonetheless, the respective managements of each agency have had to reconfigure their organisations and adapt to a constrained-resources environment in continuing to deliver their mandates. 13 Recent Pg! 20th November 2014 - Denutv Peadar T6ibin. To_ask the Minister for fob?s, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form?i-e 1 annual number of civil servants employed in his Department between 2007 and 2014.. Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Mr Bruton) The number of full-time equivalent staff (in rounded numbers) employed in my Department at the end of each year in question is as follows: Year Number of full-time equivalent staff at year end 2007 1,021 2008 1,075 2009 994 2010 906 201 1 831 2012 788 2013 802 2014 (at November) 803 These ?gures include staff at all grades, and incorporate staff in the of?ces of my Department: the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA), the Labour Court, the Labour Relations Commission and the Employment Appeals Tribunal, the Equality Tribunal, . the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and the Companies Registration Of?ce. Also included are the staff personally appointed to my of?ce and that of the Minister of State for Business and Employment at my Department. Staf?ng levels for each year are re?ective of the requirement to manage numbers in line with Government policy to reduce the overall staf?ng numbers in the public sector, and within the context of challenging staff reduction targets contained in the employment control framework managed centrally by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The numbers also re?ect various changes to the Department?s statutory functions that have occurred in recent years which have required the transfer of associated staff. These changes 14 include the integration into my Department of Forfas in 2014 and the Eq mality Tribunal in 73%: -- -- the Department of Education and Science in 2010 and the transfer of policy responsibility for Redundancy and Insolvency to the Department of Social Protection in 2011. 15 Q. To what extent have particular Divisions of the Department been affected in . . - 0 11 fEl'mS haw IllvesugaIIUllb.? A. While the structures and functions of most divisions of the Department have changed in recent years, the Commerce, Consumers and Competition Division (which deals with Company Law matters) has remained relatively constant in its remit. The number of staff assigned to Division (which includes the Companies Registration Of?ce, the Registry of Friendly Societies and the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) over recent years is as follows: Year Staff Assigned to 2007 36 2008 41 2009 44 2010 43 201 43 2012 3 8 2013 37 2014 (Nov) 36 *Refers to overall number of staff some of whom may be on reduced hours arrangement 16 3 4? Appendix 1 Causes of Changes in Staff Numbers in Department 2007?2014 C. Of?ces and Agencies of the Department Q. Have the Office and Agencies of the Department been adversely affected by staffing reductions? A. The moratorium on recruitment and adherence to ECF targets has been as necessary for the Of?ces and Agencies of my Department as with all other public sector bodies. While the Department engages with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on sanctioning the ?lling of key vacancies within the ECF/Moratorium ?amewgris the management 01? cash @3629 has Ind to recgn?sgre their organisation and adapt to a constrained?resources environment. Notwithstanding these constraints, through a comprehensive series of reforms, changed work practices, and an absolute focus on the Department?s core mission through the Action Plan for Jobs to support the rebuilding of the enterprise sector, the Department and its agencies have been able to deliver a comprehensive range of services and supports while also managing to add new and additional services and supports through that period. That focus and that approach to delivering for Irish enterprise will continue. Resources for all Business Units in my Department are reviewed periodically and local managements advocate on behalf of their Units in terms of resource allocation. 1 am satis?ed that in the ongoing resource-constrained environment we must operate, adequate resources are allocated to Of?ces and Agencies although that will be kept under review as needs dictate. 22 20 ter for Bilateral Meeting with DPER on 18th September 2014 Note for Minis Staffing in the Department and In the Offices Agencies Background: 3. Of concern, in addition to the pressures outlined above, is the Department's capacity to respond to new priority issues as they emerge. For example, the Department redeployed 6 staff to work in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement to assist with the investigation into Anglo Irish Bank. However, in the ever-tightening staffing situation, the Department?s ability to redeploy staff resources to deal with new issues, while continuing to deliver on existing commitments, is severely constrained. Concern about the Department?s ?capacity to respond? to new issues because of staff cutbacks was identified in the Brief for the New Minister and reported on in the irish Times on August. ECF Targets for 2014: It is currently anticipated that the Department will meetcome in bglro_wuits end-2014 ECF target on the basis of expected retirements and/or redeployments by staff who have voluntarily sought to redeploy to other locations across the public service. in fact, we anticipate at this time achieving a staffing level of mag; against the 822 target, assuming no additions to the staffing levels. However, if sanctions were granted in respect of our Offices (ODCE, plus possible Career Break returnees rejoined, we will be much closer to the actual target but, we currently forecast, still below. Therefore, the additional posts for which we recently sought sanction (25lh July letter from the Secretary General to his counterpart in DPER) would not drive our staffing levels much beyond our ECF target for 2014, if at all. Current Requests for Sanction to Recruit with DPER: 10. During the currency of the Moratorium and ECF etc. the Department has submitted, on a case by?case basis, requests to DPER for sanction and several have been approved and the Department has delegated authority to sanction posts within ECF limits However, the sanctions process can take a long time and in very many cases several months elapse before decisions are taken. For the smaller Offices and Agencies ODCE, this has proved very frustrating. we Bale submitted - Agency -- -- ODCE 6 posts Accountants HEO ICT 13/12/2013 Key to ability of ODCE to specialist forensically assess levels of company law compliance, post?Anglo and similar cases Numbers servina in Offices of the Department at end 2008 and 12/09/2014 The following Department?s client?facing statutory Offices: able shows how the staff reduction programme has impacted the staffing levels in the Office Numbers serving end 2008 Numbers serving 12/09/2014 Effice of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 34.30 10 2 fl/ Re: Fw: Anglo Irish Bank - DPP v. Sean Fitzpatrick - Engagement of Expert Witnesses (Experienced Forensic Accountant Experienced Audit Expert) - Budgetary Issues From Kevin O'Connell To Joan Howley Cc Claire Gordon. Ian Drennan. Phil Flood. Conor O'Mahony. Central.Anglo Date 19/09/2014 16:51 Joan, Further to my email below we recently awarded the first of these contracts to one of the London-based accountancy ?rms whose proposal. following careful evaluation. we adjudged the most economically advantageous, having regard to the criteria and weightings that we had set forth in our tender documentation. On Wednesday last I signed an Engagement Letter on behalf of the ODCE. The contract provides for a ?xed price of ?80,000 (plus VAT) for the bulk of the ?nancial analysis preparatory work. At least 80% of that amount (?64,000 plus VAT) will be payable between now and 31 December 2014. in accordance with a timeframe stipulated in the contract. It is also conceivable that the balance (?16,000 plus VAT) might have to be paid during 2014 but. if not. it will certainly fall due during January 2015. So far as other payments in 2015 under this contract are concerned this will depend on the extent to which the Office of the DPP and/or prosecuting counsel engaged by them see a need for the forensic accountants to attend for consultations or other meetings here in Dublin and (ii) how much time the forensic accountant will be required to spend in Dublin while giving his testimony during the forthcoming trial, or waiting around to do so. Accordingly i cannot be de?nite as to how much will be due. However my best estimate at the present time is that it is unlikely to be less than ?10,000 (plus VAT) nor more than 620.000 (plus VAT). We will of course be seeking to minimise such expenditure. not only to save money but also to ensure that no-one's time is needlessly wasted. We expect to be awarding the second of these contracts (relating to an Experienced Audit Expert) during the coming week and i will be in contact with you subsequently about the levels of eXpenditure to which that is likely to give rise. For the moment I would simply point out that, as we had anticipated, the firms have quoted lower fees for this engagement. with two of the three tenders quoting amounts comfortably below the current EU threshold of 6134.000. KEVIN SOLICITOR HEAD OF SPECIAL PROJECTS OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE ENFORCEMENT 16 PARNELL SQUARE DUBLIN 1 Direct Dial: 01-8585833 Forwarded by Kevin O'Connell/entemp on 19/09/2014 16:30 From: Kevin O'Connell/enlemp To: Joan Howley/enlemp@enlemp. Cc: lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP. Conor Date: 22/08/2014 15:13 Subject: Re: Fw: Anglo Irish Bank - OPP v. Sean Fitzpatrick - Engagement of Expert Witnesses (Experienced Forensic Accountant Experienced Audit Expert) - Budgetary Issues Joan. That's great, thanks. We will keep you informed according as the situation becomes clearer. In that regard the next major milestone will be on 6 September. when we receive responses to the second of the RFTs. On Monday and Page 1 of 2 Tuesday of the following week (8 and 9 September) we will be holding interviews with respondents to the first of the RFTs. Accordingly by the end of thatweek we should be clear as to which of the ?rms we will be selecting (for the Forensic Accountant engagement). It will be a further two to three weeks before we will be in the same position as regards the second of the RFTs (for the Expert Audit engagement). KEVIN SOLICITOR HEAD OF SPECIAL PROJECTS OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE ENFORCEMENT 16 PARNELL SQUARE DUBLIN 1 Direct Dial: 01-8585838 From: Joan Howleylentemp To: Kevin Date: 2210812014 14:36 Subject: Fw: Anglo Irish Bank - DPP v. Sean Fitzpatrick - Engagement of Expert Witnesses (Experienced Forensic Accountant Experienced Audit Expert) - Budgetary Issues Hi Kevin \Mth regard to the 2015 estimates process, I have alerted Finance Unit to the fact that the ODCE will require additional resources in 2015 to pay for the services of the professionals whose expertise is required in connection with the above mentioned case. that the costs should be in the region of 6200.000. but with a risk that it could be higher. I also brought to their attention the fact that costs will be incurred in respect of 2014, but that your budget allocations for this year should be suf?cient to cover these costs. I agreed to revert with actual ?gures as soon as the contracts are awarded and costs established. Trust this is of assistance. Kind regards Joan Joan Howley Company Law Policy Earlsf?ort Centre, Lr Hatch Street Dublin 2 Phone 01-6312613, e-mail ioan.howlev@diei.ie ATTACHMENTS: Page 2 of 2 22 Department/ODCE Liaison Meeting Agenda 08 October 2014, 4pm. Room 110, Kjldare Street. Corporate Governance 0 Minutes and Matters Arising - Risk Management 0 Business Plan SLA and Key Performance Indicators Budgetary Resources and Staf?ng a. ODCE request for sanction for six accountants and one HEO IT specialist. Policy Developments 0 Court Cases 0 Company Law Developments Companies Bill 2012. Review of Outputs 0 Key Performance Indicators Support and Intervention Requirements a. ICAV legislation A.O.B. Department/ODCE Liaison Meeting Minutes 08 October 2014, 4pm. Room 110, Kildare Street. In attendance: ODCE - Ian Drennan (Director), Conor O?Mahony, Kevin O?Connell and Kevin Prendergast Department Breda Power, Helen Curley and Claire Gordon. 1. Corporate Governance Risk Management The ODCE inputs into Division?s Risk Register and the Of?ce con?rmed that it keeps risk under constant review. 2. Resources and Staf?ng Immediately following this meeting, the ODCE is to meet the Minister to discuss its request for sanction to recruit six accountants and one HEO IT specialist. 3. Policy Developments Court Cases The ongoing involvement with the legal proceedings that arose as a result of its investigation into events at the former Anglo Irish Bank was discussed. Company Law Developments The Companies Bill 2012 There was discussion on provisions of the Companies Bill which are relevant to the work of the ODCE. The Accounting Directive The impact of the Accounting Directive on unlimited companies was discussed. 4. Review of Outputs The ODCE set out its progress in relation to the Key Performance Indicators contained in its MOU with the Department and con?rmed that all are being met. Advocacy The ODCE is participating in the Department?s Taking Care of Business Conference on 16 October which is to be held in Dublin Castle. 5. Support and Intervention Requirements ICA legislation A number of issues were discussed in relation to this legislation from the Department of Finance including: The apparent enlargement of the scope of the enforcement role; 0 The ?tness for purpose of the legislation; and The effectiveness of the cross-application of company law provisions to The ODCE thanked the Department for its ongoing support in relation to the development of the legislation. Note: This meeting was followed by a meeting between the ODCE and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. At this meeting the Minister informed the Director that sanction had been received ??om the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) for the ODCE to recruit six accountants and a HEO IT specialist. The sanction request had been submitted to DPER in December 2013. Media reports state that Mr Alan Dukes has criticised the Director of Corporate Enforcement for delays in its investigation into Anglo Irish Bank. 1. The Director of Corporate Enforcement has indicated that he will be making no comment on the matter. 2. The ODCE is independent in the exercise of its statutory functions. The investigation into certain activities in Anglo Irish Bank is very complex. 4. A large volume of documents both hard and electronic have to be evaluated. 5. Understand that the investigation is progressing satisfactorily, and the Of?ce continues to work constructively with the Bank, the Financial Regulator and other relevant parties in the matter. 6. Because of the risk of prejudicing the investigation it would not be appropriate to make any comment at this time. 7. Six additional staff has been assigned to the ODCE to assist the Of?ce in its investigation. 24 5? Fw: ODCE Staffing lan Drennan, Kevin Prendergast, Kevin gar-d John Hughes to: O'Connell, Conor O'Mahony, Breda Power. 14110120141054 Helen Curley. Claire Gordon Cc Eamonn Balmer, Mary Cullen (1) Ian, thanks for that, that would, indeed, be helpful. lwill ask the Recruitment, Assignment Pay team to add this task to their growing list. (2) Eamonn I Mary. we should add this task to the many others we are looking to progress at this time. John. 14H0. John Hughes. Principal, Personnel and Learning Development Units, Department of Jobs. Enterprise. and Innovation. Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Phone - 01-6312246 Fomarded by John Hughes/entemp on 14/10/2014 10:51 From: lan Drennan/entemp To: john.hughes@djel.le. Cc: "Breda Power" helen.curley@djei.le. "Kevin Prendergast" "Kevin O'Connell? "Conor O'Mahony" "Claire Gordon" Date: 14/10/2014 09:05 Subject: Fw: ODCE Staf?ng John, refer to Breda's email below. I would like to thank you and your colleagues for all your assistance and support in securing this sanction. The ?lling of these posts will greatly assist us in furthering the objectives of the Of?ce. I note from your email below that Personnel Unit will be taking the lead on this matter. In that regard, please do not hesitate to let me know what you want/need of us. It strikes me that a Job Spec would be a good place to start and I'll begin drafting that. Similarly, I'm happy to draft a newspaper/web advert for discussion. As above, if anything else occurs, please let me know. Regards, lan lan Drennan Director Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 16 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 Tel: +353 1 858 5800 Lo Call: 1890 315 015 Fax: +353 1 858 5801 Web: Breda Power Original Message From: Breda Power Sent: 13/10/2014 14:05 GDT To: Ian Drennan Cc: Claire Gordon; Helen Curley Subject: Fw: ODCE Staffing Ian Please see sanction under. You might copy us with your correspondence to Personnel Unit in this regard. If there is any further assistance that we on the Liaison side can give in securing the early recruitment of staff to fill these posts please let us know. Regards Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs. Enterprise 8. Innovation, Earlsfort Centre. Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Faxz016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 13/10/2014 13:58 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Philip Kelly/entemp@ENTEMP, John Murphy/entemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP Date 13/10/2014 12:02 Smbm: ODCESEHMQ Breda, iust to confirm that DPER last week issued a sanction letter concerning Departmental staffing and it included the appointment of 6 Professional Accountants Grade I and a HEO ICT specialist as originally sought by the ODCE. As the ODCE staffing complement comprises staff of the Department, Personnel Unit will need to take the lead on the recruitment/appointment process with PAS in relation to these posts. We will, of course. work with the ODCE Director in that regard. John, 13/10. John Hughes, Principal, Personnel and Learning 8 Development Units. Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation. Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Phone - 01-6312246 VOTE 32 JOBS1 ENTERPRISE INNOVATION Brief for Minister?s presentation of the 2015 Estimate to the Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Subhead: C7 Subhead Title: O?ice of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Budget Of?cer and Extension No: Ian Brennan, 5820 Budget Of?cer Alternative and Extension No: Conor O?Mahony, 5827 2014 2014 2015 Increase Percentage Estimate Outturn Estimate on 2014 Outturn Increase on 2014 Outturn 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 4,672 3,012 5,091 2,079 69% Purpose of Subhead The purpose of this Subhead is to provide for the ODCE's administration costs. The primary functions of the Director are to encourage compliance with the Companies Acts and to investigate and enforce suspected breaches of those Acts. The ODCE currently employed 32.5l staff including a number of legal and accounting professionals. Sanction was recently obtained to increase the staf?ng levels in the Of?ce by appointing an additional ?ve accountants and an ICT expert. In addition, there are 6.51 members of An Garda Siochana seconded to the Of?ce. The costs associated with the members of An Garda Siochana are met from Vote 20 Garda Siochana. All other staf?ng, legal, administration and information technology support services are funded through Subhead C7 of Vote 32. Explanation for Increase on 2014 Provisional Outturn In 2014, a large underspend arose mainly on Non-Pay but also with a small underspend on the Pay side. The Of?ce continues to minimise costs across our overhead?type expenditures. However, the vast bulk of the savings in 2014 related to 1 Whole-time equivalent ?gure folders 95-i7\2015 Estimates\Select Committee - Feb 2015\Subhead Retums\C7 ODCE.docx anticipated legal costs that did not arise during the year. The allocation included a signi?cant provision for legal costs anticipated in relation to a small number of large cases that have been ongoing for several years, mostly involving appeals to the Supreme Court. In 2014, one of these was determined in 2014 with 50% of our costs being awarded to the Of?ce, while another was settled on a basis that will not entail the Of?ce paying out legal costs. These two cases signi?cantly reduce the Of?ce?s ongoing exposure to large costs. Notwithstanding these favourable developments, the Of?ce still remains potentially exposed to signi?cant costs being awarded against us in Court cases involving the Of?ce. As always, legal costs of this nature, as well as the timing of the of such costs, are extremely dif?cult to forecast as we have little or no control over the timing of when the cases will be determined; we cannot be sure of the outcome of the cases in terms of costs orders and we cannot anticipate the scale of costs that other parties may seek. Accordingly, the Of?ce continues to require a signi?cant provision for legal costs in 2015. The smaller underspend, on Pay, was the result of delays in ?lling posts vacated in late 2013 and in 2014. The higher 2015 provision re?ects the inclusion of some funding in connection with the additional posts sanctioned recently. Main Outputs delivered in 2014 4 individuals were tried on indictment in the Circuit Court during the year of which 3 were convicted; - 10 convictions were secured in District Court cases in 2014. A number of criminal enforcement cases continue to be under investigation at any given time. A signi?cant proportion of which are concluded on a satisfactory basis but which does not involve prosecution. In the cases where, all things considered, a prosecution is not considered to be warranted, we may seek to resolve matters through interventions such as formal warning letters to company directors and others; securing voluntary resignations (as directors, auditors etc) where suspected offences have been committed; or folders Committee - Feb 20l5\Subhead Retums\C7 ODCE.docx referral of accountants to their professional bodies (leading, often, to the imposition of substantial ?nes and costs and possibly the expulsion of individuals). The ODCE anticipates the receipt of in close to 1000 initial liquidator reports during 2015. This would represent a small reduction on the corresponding 2014 ?gures. More recent trends would seem to indicate that the modest downward trend in the number of insolvent liquidations may continue into 2015 due to the gradual pick up in the economy. The ODCE determined a total of 1168 liquidator reports during 2014, a 14% reduction on 2013. A similar number of determinations is expected to be made in 2015. Arising from the liquidation-related work of the Of?ce a large number of directors were restricted or disqualified during the year. However, the actual numbers involved are not yet available. No. of Cases Dealt With 2011 2012 2013 2014 Start of Period 939 1016 1087 908 Received 2021 2126 1920 1419 Concluded 1944 2055 2084 1669 On hands End of Period 1016 1087 923 658 Some incompatibility of ?gures arose at the end of2013 in connection with an internal reorganisation. Accordingly, there is a small discrepancy on closing ?gures 2013 and opening ?gure for 2014. Legal Proceedings: 2011 2012 2013 2014 No. of Proceedings Concluded 23 18 20 22 No. of Ongoing Proceedings 16 6 10 12 Includes all Court proceedings that have been commenced involving the Of?ce, i.e. arising from investigations, insolvency, compliance and enforcement Advocacy 2011 2012 2013 2014 folders Estimates\Select Committee - Feb 2015\Subhead Retums\C?7 ODCE.docx Total No.0f Events 901 all 88 57 Includes all presentations, exhibitions attended, new publications, articles and other advocacy events media interviews). Main Output Targets 2015 - Criminal enforcement activity in the Of?ce does not operate on a prosecution targets basis per se. Each potentially prosecutable case is assessed on its merits and the appropriate interventions then determined. However, at the start of the year, 12 civil and criminal cases were before the Courts and it is anticipated that most of these will be disposed of during the year. In addition, other cases are likely to arise during the year. It is estimated that the Of?ce will receive some 1000 initial liquidator reports in 2015. The Of?ce will be aiming to make determination of at least this number of reports during the year. The Of?ce will continue to promote compliance with the Companies Acts through presentations to relevant stakeholders, attendance at exhibitions and conferences, information publications and other advocacy activities. Context and Impact Indicators The ODCE currently has 32.5 Departmental staff and 6.5 seconded members ofAn Garda Siochana; these are whole-time equivalent ?gures. The Of?ce has recently received sanction for additional accounting and IT resources. Additional staff previously assigned to the Of?ce to assist with the ongoing considerable workload associated with the various strands of the Anglo investigation was offset by subsequent reductions in staff numbers through retirements, re-assignments and other departures. The relevant Departmental and Garda staf?ng ?gures at the end of each of the last ?ve years are outlined in the following table. ODCE Staff End-2010 End-2011 End-2012 End - 2013 End - 2014 DJEI 40.7 39.7 35.9 36.3 32.5 folders 95-l7\2015 Estimates\Select Committee - Feb 20 5\Subhead Retums\C7 ODCE.docx Garcia 10.1 10.1 8.6 6.6 6.5 Total 50.8 49.8 44.4 42.9 39 In common with the other areas of the Public Sector the ODCE, in striving to achieve more with less resources, will have to be selective in identifying and pursuing its priorities. It is a considerable challenge for the Of?ce to properly discharge its statutory functions with the limited resources available to it. In this context, it is worth noting that, while the investigative phase of the Anglo case is largely complete, there remains a signi?cant amount of work in supporting the DPP in preparation for forthcoming prosecutions, etc. In addition, the Of?ce has a number of substantial cases where extremely resource-intensive criminal investigations are underway or are being contemplated. Meanwhile, the very high number of insolvent liquidations, while down in the past year, still demands the application of a considerable amount of scarce resources. In this context, it should be noted that the caseload associated with insolvent liquidations is non-discretionary as the Company Law Enforcement Act of 2001 imposes a statutory framework in relation to this work. Issues which might arise at Select Committee A separate note is attached in relation to the Anglo Irish Bank investigation. If any questions arise relating to individual cases which the ODCE may be investigating, it is reSpectfully suggested that the Minister refer to the legally independent role of the Director in relation to company law compliance and enforcement matters. folders 95-l7\2015 Estimates\Select Committee - Feb 2015\Subhead Returns\C7 ODCE..docx VOTE 32 OBS. ENTERPRISE INNOVATION Brief for Minister?s presentation of the 2015 Estimate to the Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Subhead: C16 Subhead Title: Legal Expenses (our!) Budget Of?cer and Extension No: Ian Drennan, 5820 Budget Of?cer Alternative and Extension No: Conor O?Mahony, 5827 2014 2014 2015 Decrease Percentage Estimate Outturn Estimate on 2014 Outturn Decrease on 2014 Outturn 6,000 13,000 6,000 6,000 50 Nil 50 50 n/a Purpose of Subhead A precautionary provision is made each year in subhead C16 for exceptional legal costs that might arise during the year. This might, for example, include the costs associated with the appointment of a High Court Inspector. However, no such exceptional costs arose in 2014. Explanation for Increase on 2014 Provisional Outturn Main Outputs delivered in 2014 n/a Main Output Targets 2015 n/a Context and Impact Indicators n/a Issues which might arise at Select Committee We folders 95470015 Estimates\Selcct Committee - Feb 2015\Subhead Returns\C16 ODCE.docx 2 Eamonn Balmer to: McCabe, Margaret 14101l2015 17:00 Co: John Hughes. Mary Cullen Thanks Margaret Regards Eamonn "McCabe. Margaret" Hi Eamonn, Happy new year to you to. We can 14/01/2015 16:57:49 From: "McCabe, Margaret" To: "Eamonn.Balmer@djei.ie" Cc: "Murphy, Brian" 5 16:57 Subject: RE: Proferssional Accountants for Of?ce of Director of Corporate Enforcement Hi Eamonn, Happy new year to you to. We can put this in our job jar and come back to you with a timeline. Best regards Margaret From: Eamonn.Balmer@djei.ie [mailtozEamonn.Balmer@djei.ie] Sent: 14 January 2015 16:36 To: McCabe, Margaret Subject: Fw: Proferssional Accountants for Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement Hi Margaret Happy new year. I was wondering whether you had chance to consider the issue I raised in the email below? Regards Eamonn FonNarded by Eamonn Balmerlenternp on 14101I2015 16:34 From: Eamonn Balmerlentemp To: margaret.mccabe@publicjobs.ie. Cc: Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 1211 2I2014 15:09 Subject: Proferssional Accountants for Of?ce of Director of Corporate Enforcement Margaret This Department recently got sanction from DPER to recruit/appoint six Professional Accountants Grade 1 for the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE). We would hope to make the appointments as early as possible in the new year. The ODCE is currently putting together a job spec/person fit, etc. Can you advise whether PAS would be in a position to undertake the recruitment process on the Department's behalf? Regards Eamonn Balmer Personnel Unit Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Kildare Street Dublin 2 Tel +353 1 631 2288 Email Disclaimer: disclaimer text.htm [attachment "~WRD000.jpg" deleted by Eamonn Balmer/entemp] This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?t'isaid an duine aonair up an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu a tit Munar t1'1 an duine '3 if} k; El - eggs?! John Hughes to: Eamonn Balmer Cc: Mary Cullen, Paul McMahon. Tracy ?tzpatrick Eamonn, lan submitted material on Friday evening which I will fonNard shortly. We might discuss before further engagement on the project. John. 19/1. John Hughes, Principal, Personnel, Learning as. Development and Busmess Servrces nits. Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Phone - 01?6312246 Eamonn Balmer John To note please the following. 19/01/2015 10:23:48 From: Eamonn Balmerlentemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP, Tracy ?tzpatrick/entemp@entemp, Paul McMahon/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 19/01/2015 10:23 Subject: Fw: ODCE - Professional Accountant Recruitment John To note please the following. We?ve been given a deadline of 6 February for completion of the documentation required for the recruitment of Professional Accountants Grade 1 to the ODCE. I understand lan Drennan has been made aware of the need to provide a job Iperson spec so we'll follow up with him. Also, we spoke previously of the desirability of having a DJEI person on the board, given that those selected will be staff of the Department rather than the ODCE specifically. Given the grade involved, this would require representation at a minimum level of Principal Officer. Eamonn FonNarded by Eamonn Balmerlentemp on 19/01/2015 10:14 From: "Phelan, Marese" To: "Eamonn.Balmer@djei.ie" Date: 16/01/2015 17:34 Subject: Accountant Recruitment Dear Eamonn I am the Recruitment Manager who will be looking after your recruitment campaign for Accountants and we have you provisionally pencilled in for advertising on 13 February so if you get all your . Kind regards Marese Marese Phelan Professional and Technical Recruitment Public Appointments Service Chapter House 26?30 Abbey St Upper DubMtl publicjoste milven?g Pedpie S'oiuiToi'rc To [inl- Gun?re Platinum Award for Excellence Through People 2008 Top 10 Graduale Recruiter Grad Ireland 2008 This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?usaid an duine aonair no an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu a ta Munar ti?l an duine a ba choir an riomhphost see, no aon chuid de, a fhail, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a ch?ipeail no a dhaileadh. D?an teagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis d?ldi go bhfuair tu tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a tit ag de?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tu ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan slan a tit ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fon?ta seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. Fw: Recruitment?materials - - - John Hughes to: Eamonn Balmer 19/01/201510:33 Eamonn. as per email exchange a few moments ago and recent PAS engagement. attached is the material lan Drennan sent on Friday afternoon last. Pl assess and let me know the position. John, 19/1. John Hughes. Principal. Personnel, Learning 8. Development and Business Services Units. Department of Jobs, Enterprise. and innovation, Kildare Street, #1305002. Phone - 01-6312246 Forwarded by John Hughes/entemp on 19/01/2015 10:32 From: lan Drennan/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP. John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Kevin Prendergastlentemp@entemp, Conor O'Mahonylentemp@entemp. Kevin Ann Keatinglentemp@entemp Date: 16/01/2015 14:47 Subject: Recruitment materials John/Breda. Please find attached a newspaper advert and the ODCE-speci?c elements of a PAS Information Booklet. I'm not in a position to draft the Principal Conditions of Service element of the latter without knowing the specific terms of the sanction but. in any event, I expect that the Personnel Unit might be better placed to do that aspect of the drafting. Should you require any clarification etc., please don't hesitate to let me know. Regards, lan investigators (Accounting Professionals) newspaper advertisementdocx investigators (Accounting Professionals) - information Booklet.doc 5. 1% John Hughes t-z'a Eamonn Balmer, Mary Cullen 13/02/201513:15 Eamonn Mary, for any further comments pl. John, 13/2. John Hughes. Principal, Personnel, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, uuolln 2. Phone - 01-6312246 Forwarded by John Hughes/entemp on 13102/2015 13:15 From: Kevin Prendergast/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Date: 13/02/2015 12:00 Subject: Information booklet Professional ODCE John attach the information booklet for the above position, with a slight amendment . Please keep mellan apprised on developments. Also, iust a note to thank you for your assistance in arranginu Kind regards Kevin professional - information Booklet 130215.doc Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 Wm. . .ODCE-resruitments - - - ?2 Mary Cullen to John Hughes 18/02/201517:30 John FYI and consideration: Eamonn and I haven?t had a chance to discuss the email below, but re the further Information Booklet for the ICT Professional/HEO, I've done a further 'work in progress? draft this afternoon of that. incorporating earlier elements from the 9/2/15 Accountant ICT professional - Information Booklet 130215 HR DRAFT work in progress 180215.doc Regards. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section Personnel Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 email: mary.cullen@djei.ie Tel: Forwarded by Mary Cullen/entemp on 18/02/2015 17:27 From: Mary Cullen/entemp To: Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP, Date: 09/02/2015 16:02 Subject: Re: Fw: Recruitment materials Eamonn Partial redrafts for consideration: [a . .l CSHR Probationary Contract - DPER website 9 Feb 2015 DJEI . fl Investigators (Accounting Professionals) - Information Booklet HR Investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement HR Regards. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section _Personnel 0911 Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation Kildore Street, Dublin 2 email: mory.cullen@djei.ie Tel: Ol?6312466 Eamonn Balmer Mary We might discuss. 20/01/2015 17:36:38 From: Eamonn Balmerlentemp To: Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP, Date: 20/01/2015 17:36 Subject: Fw: Recruitment materials Mary Wemight?diseuss. Thanks Eamonn Forwarded by Eamonn Balmerlentemp on 20/01/2015 17:36 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Eamonn Balmerlentemp@ENTEMP. Date: 19/01/2015 10:33 Subject: Fw: Recruitment materials Ea monn, as per email exchange a few moments ago and recent PAS engagement, attached is the material Ian Drennan sent on Friday afternoon last. Pl assess and let me know the position. John, 19/1. John Hughes, Principal, Personnel, Learning 8: Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Phone - 01-6312246 Forwarded by John Hughes/entemp on 19/01/2015 10:32 From: Ian Drennan/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp. Conor Kevin Ann Keating/entemp@entemp Date: 16/01/2015 14:47 Subject: Recruitment materials John/Breda, Please ?nd attached a newspaper advert and the ODCE-specific elements of a PAS Information Booklet. I'm not in a position to draft the Principal Conditions of Service element of the latter without knowing the specific terms of the sanction but, in any event, I expect that the Personnel Unit might be better placed to do that aspect of the drafting. Should you require any clarification etc.. please don't hesitate to let me know. Regards, Ian e3 investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisementdocx investigators (Accounting Professionals) - Information Booklet.doc - - - - - cements and . .50 ICT John Hughes to Eamonn Balmer 07/04/201516125 Eamonn, we might endeavour to progress this week, if possible. John. 7/4. John Hughes, Principal, Personnel. Learning 8 Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Phone?U?l?6312246 ?7 7 ?7 Forwarded by John Hughes/entemp on 07/04/2015 16:22 From: Kevin Prendergastlentemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP. Conor O'Mahony/entemp. Kevin Date: 07/04/2015 16:15 Subject: ODCE additional staff - Financial Accountants and HEO John You will be aware of the above staffing proposals, in respect of which the Office forwarded draft documentation some time ago. Can you let me know the current status on these? Many thanks Kevin Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 n; John Hughes to: Eamonn Balmer 14/05/201517z48 FYI. We'll need to discuss. Breda Power Original Message From: Breda Power Sent: l4/05f2015 1'7 :38 GDT To: John Hughes Subject: Urgent John What is the current position on the filling of the additional staffing posts for the The Minister has requested an update and I need to advise him of the position. I will need details of when the ODCE sent the job specs etc to you and then the follow on with . . . . You might give me a call when you have a few minutes to discuss. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax:016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie May 2015 ?1 L.J Breda Power to: John Hughes 15/05/201519:56 John, I will give you a call on Monday. Breda John Hughes have corrected that date error in my Note, 15I05I2015 19:01 GDT From: John Hughes To: Breda Power Cc: Eamonn Balmer Date: 15/05/2015 19:01 GDT Subject: Re: Note re Staffing in ODCE for BPower - May 2015 I have corrected that date error in my Note, Breda. I cannot be sure precisely when we will have the ads cleared here but I would hope within a fortnight at most. As to DPER clearance, i will have to check if that will be required and if it is, I expect itwould take 2 to 3 weeks max. John, 1515. John Hughes, Principal, Personnel, Learning 8: Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Phone - 01-6312246 Breda Power John Thanks very much. Should the reference to 15/05/2015 15:35:56 From: Breda Powerlentemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 15l05/2015 15:35 Subject: Re: Note re Staffing in ODCE for BPower - May 2015 Sent by: breda power John Thanks very much. Should the reference to 13/01/2014 be to 2015? Can you give me an indication of when you expect to be ion a position to send the draft advertisements to Must they be cleared by Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8. innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie John Hughes Breda, note as requested. 15/05/2015 15:04:26 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 15/05/2015 15:04 Subject: Note re Staffing in ODCE for BPower May 2015 Breda, __note as reguested. John, 15/5. John Hughes, Principal, Personnel, Learning 8: Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Phone - 01-6312246 [attachment "Note re Staffing in ODCE for BPower - May 2015.docx" deleted by breda power/entemp] Staffing in ODCE Recruitment of 6 Professional Accountants 0 25/07/2014 - DJEI makes sanction request to DPER for various posts in the Department including 6 Professional Accountants Grade 1 and a HEO with ICT skills for the ODCE - 07/10/2014 DPER grants the sanction including the ODCE posts 5 - 13/01/201f? Personnel Officer meets Director of ODCE and other colleagues re i and notes the need for Draft Advertisements to allow for progressing of recruitment sanction - 16/01/2015 Personnel engages with PAS regarding capacity to conduct competition, advertising requirements etc. 0 16/01/2015 Personnel receives input to Draft Advertisement from Director of ODCE 0 19/01/2015 Personnel Unit undertakes preliminary assessment of draft material and notes need to carefully adjust certain aspects regarding the status of the staff to be recruited who should be assigned to the Department itself, for subsequent/immediate assignment to ODCE and not directly to the ODCE who is not an employer itself. Consideration also needed to be given as to how the Department will be represented on PAS Board noted. 0 15/05/2015 Work on revised Drafts has been crowded out by a huge variety of issues in Personnel Unit (PeopIePoint, plethora of other Competitions and Assignments, urgent HR matters too many to number and too sensitive in some cases to specify here 5) a. no .1, ccoumants gt Bruda P0 1 Land} to: Helen 29/05/2035 I6138 33le by: brads. power Hide Dani?s Fm 3rI-3daE?0 .EI'IIeznp It) :11. Ian CL ?ame-ml: jel- Cuff: CI r3- ?1.11.3.1 acmen ?ssional 1:10: In: Bakict I SP. Bi'ada Eire-jg P0 Ic?r Bap-3m as :rnarmnc Erl?r Czn? a Lower Hal 'll, Heel Duolm I: C- 2 ll' Ian Ape-I: I ias ra'. ?ne ?Lela; mr emu: to you on- ?ns. 1 .e earn: pm of Inis year n55 fanscuia shale ngIaIg fer HR ?Is-r various ree 50 n5. 'nfarmai inn ooklei you sent raIa'ung :0 the Accounrt :Ian posts. infer mat?: on related in pensions and security Pie to b= The centres: and adva?isemeni documents fonds: {he ?nalisation of ?Inls acumen! rather than the ODCE spa-3%? ally. ODCE The prIrII-zzpal. differencegratefui if you would review 'I'ne revised doom-"new and a .4- epanmeni of Jabs Eniarprise innovation tIiezI?l/C: E8482f~web3364him 01/02/20]? Dubiin 2 Te! +353 1 831 2286 (See attached?ic: Accountams Grade 1 {'im esn?gmors, - lagfbr-mmfon Bookie! HR DRA T. pdj} sersi'H 82I~wsb3 3 64.311111 0 i 102/20 1 7 Public Appointments INFORMATION BOOKLET The Public Appointments Service intends to hold a competition for the purpose of recommending a number of persons for appointment as: Professional Accountant Grade 1 - Department of Jobs,Enterprise and Innovation (Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) The Public Appointments Service is committed to a policy of equal opportunity. The Public Appointments Service will run this campaign in compliance with the codes of practice prepared by the new Commissioners for Public Service Appointments (CPSA). Codes of practice are published by the CPSA and are available on CHAPTER HOUSE 26 30 ABBEY STREET UPPER DUBLIN 1 Telephone Number: 353 1 858 7400 I?l Professional Accountant Grade 1 Department of Jobs,Enterprise and Innovation (Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) Title of Position: Professional Accountant Grade 1 Employing Authority: Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Location: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, 16 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 The mission of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and innovation (the Department) is to encourage the creation of high quality and sustainable full employment by championing enterprise across government, supporting a competitive enterprise base, promoting a low tax environment to incentivise work and enterprise and promoting fair and competitive markets. The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) is an Office of the Department. Its specific mission is to improve the compliance environment for corporate activity in the Irish environment. The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Mandate and high level goals The ODCE was established under the Company Law Enforcement Act 2001 (the Act). Under the Act, the principal functions of the Director of Corporate Enforcement include the: encouragement of compliance with the Companies Acts; - investigation of instances of suspected offences under the Companies Acts; 0 enforcement of the Companies Acts, including the prosecution of offences by way of summary proceedings; . referral of cases, at his discretion, to the Director of Public Prosecutions for consideration as to whether they should be prosecuted on indictment; - exercise, insofar as considered necessary or appropriate, a supervisory role over the activity of liquidators and receivers in the discharge of their functions under the Companies Acts. Those statutory functions have been further distilled into the high level goals, which are to: . promote a greater understanding of affected parties' rights and duties under company law; - confront unlawful and irresponsible behaviour insofar as it relates to company law; and . provide a quality customer service to internal and external stakeholders. Professional Accountant Grade 1 2 Department of Jobs,Enterprise and Innovation (Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) Structure and current resources Currently, the ODCE has a staff complement of approximately 40 comprising solicitors, accountants, members of An Garda Siochana, civilian case officers and administrative staff. budget for 2015 is ?5m. Having regard to its principal statutory functions, and the associated the ODCE is organised into a number of Units, each of which comes under the responsibility of a Head of Function. Further information regarding the principal activities can be accessed at The roles Arising from a review of the extent to which the current skills mix is commensurate with its statutory mandate, it has been decided that the additional in-house accountancy expertise would further support the ODCE in delivering on its important mandate. Specifically, the ODCE seeks to the appointment of Professional Accountants to be assigned, in the first instance, as investigators. These roles will be at a senior level within the Of?ce, with the post holders reporting to a Head of Function or, as may be required from time to time, directly to the Director. As such, the successful candidates must be capable of demonstrating an appreciation for the pivotal nature oftheir roles and functions within the organisation. The nature of these demanding roles will be wide and varied. In that context, the following is a non-exhaustive overview of the types of work that the successful candidates are likely to be engaged in: . managing individual cases/a portfolio of cases; . developing strategies and plans for progressing individual cases; - the effective management of competing priorities; . investigating alleged breaches of company law, including: . gathering evidence (including by the exercise of statutory powers of production or on foot of search warrants); - liaising with third parties as necessary, including obtaining witness statements; a critically and forensically analysing financial, and other information/evidence; . drafting written reports, detailing, inter alia, analysis undertaken, conclusions, proposals and recommendations; - preparing case files and other appropriate materials in contemplation of civil and/or criminal legal proceedings (in conjunction with other ODCE staff as necessary); Professional Accountant Grade 1 3 Department of Jobs,Enterprise and Innovation (Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) testifying, as required, in Court proceedings initiated by the ODCE or by the Director of Public Prosecutions; examining, and making determinations in respect of liquidators' reports under section 56 of the Act; contributing tolleading on projects associated with the supervision of insolvency practitioners; contributing to/Ieading on the ongoing development and improvement of policies and procedures; contributing to/Ieading on the ongoing development and improvement of risk assessment and analysis methodologies; providing advice and other professional input on matters relating to accounting, audit and related disciplines; co-operating with other regulatory and enforcement Agencies on matters of mutual interest; contributing to/Ieading on the ongoing development of advocacy materials; relationship management and development; contributing to the ongoing compliance with its obligations as a public sector organisation; contributing to/Ieading on projects associated with any other aspect of the mandate and functions as required. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Essential Qualifications Requirements In order to be eligible for appointment, candidates must be members of a Recognised Professional Accountancy Body1. Desirable I but not essentia_l1 Whilst not essential, additional qualifications of relevance (for example, in the area of forensics) are likely to be an advantage. There are six Recognised Accountancy Bodies There are the' Association of Chartered Certi?ed Accountants (ACCA) Institute of Certi?ed Public Accountants (ICPA) Institute of Chartered Accountants in England 8: Wales (ICAEW) Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI) Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) Institute of Incorporated Public Accountants Professional Accountant Grade 1 4 Department of Jobs,Enterprise and Innovation (Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) Essential Skills/Attributes The successful candidates will: . have significant post qualification experience at a suitably senior level in audit, forensics, insolvency and/or in another area of relevance to the roles; . be flexible, results-focussed and have the ability to work under pressure in a complex, legal, technical and regulatory environment; - be capable of operating effectively on their own initiative; . be capable of demonstrating the capacity to analyse and assimilate large volumes of complex material and to identify quickly the key issues; . have an appreciation of the requirements for working effectively in a multi- disciplinary environment, including the flexibility and mobility to work effectively with all other relevant colleagues and stakeholders across sectoral, organisational and professional boundaries - possess strong project management skills; . be capable of demonstrating a strong track record in the exercise of sound professional judgement; - possess the capacity to operate effectively and credibly at senior levels, both within the organisation and externally; possess excellent communications and interpersonal skills; . be technically proficient to a high level in one or more areas of relevance to the roles; - be capable of demonstrating an appreciation of the ODCE and its position and role within the wider functions of the Department and have a strong commitment to serving the public interest. Professional Accountant Grade 1 Department of Jobs,Enterprise and Innovation (Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) Principal Conditions of Service 1. General The appointment is to an established post in the Civil Service and is subject to the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005, the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 and any other Act for the time being in force relating to the Civil Service. 2. Pay The salary scale for this position is as follows: PPC [Personal Pension Contributionl Scale: 6 6 6 This rate will apply where the appointee is an existing civil or public servant appointed on or after 6'h April 1995 or is newly recruited to the Civil Service and is required to make a personal pension contribution. Payscale: 6 This rate will apply where the appointee is a civil or public servant recruited before 6"1 April 1995 and who is NOT required to make a Personal Pension Contribution. Long service increments may be payable after three (LSl-l) and six years? satisfactory service at the maximum of the scale. Entry will be at the minimum of the scale and the rate of remuneration will not be subject to negotiation. The rate of pay may be adjusted from time to time in line with Government pay policy. Different terms and conditions may apply depending on whether a successful candidate is a currently serving civil or public servant. Statutory deductions from salary will be made as appropriate by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. You will agree that any overpayment of salary or of travel and subsistence may be deducted from future salary payments due to you in accordance with the Payment of Wages Act 1991. In the event of such an occurrence, the Department will advise you in writing of the amount and details of any such overpayment and give you at least one week?s notice of the deduction to take place and will deduct the overpayment at an amount that is fair and reasonable having regard to all the circumstances. 3. Tenure The appointment is to an established position in the Civil Service. The appointee will be required to serve a 12 month probationary period. 4. Probationary Review During the period of your probation, performance will be subject to review by the appointee?s Manager(s) to determine whether the appointee has: Professional Accountant Grade 1 6 Department of Jobs,Enterprise and innovation (Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) performed in a satisfactory manner, (ii) been satisfactory in general conduct, and is suitable from the point of view of health with particular regard to sick leave. Prior to completion of the probationary contract, a decision will be made as to whether or not you will be retained pursuant to Section of the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956-2005. This decision will be based on your performance assessed against the criteria set out in to above. The details of the probationary process will be explained to you by your employing Department and you will be given a copy of guidelines on probation issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. in the event that you are not considered as suitable to the position of Professional Accountant Grade 1 having been assessed against stated criteria, you will be noti?ed in writing of the action to be taken prior to the expiry of this contract and any extensions thereof. 5. Unfair Dismissals Acts The Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977-2007 will not apply to the termination of your employment by reason only of the expiry of this probationary contract without it being renewed. 6. Suspension of Probation The Department may suspend the probationary period and, as a result, extend the term of the probationary contract in the following circumstances: 0 the probationary period will be suspended if the of?cer is on Maternity or Adoptive leave, 0 the probationary period may, at the discretion of the Department, be suspended where the employee is absent on any other form of statutory or non- statutory leave. Where the Department?s ability to assess the of?cer and/or the of?cer?s ability to demonstrate their suitability for permanent appointment is compromised by the of?cer?s absence on leave, the contract period will be extended by the period of leave taken. 7. Duties You will be required to perform any duties appropriate to your grade which may be assigned to you during the probationary period. You may not engage in private practice or be connected with any outside business which would interfere with the performance of of?cial duties. 8. Headquarters On appointment to the Department your headquarters will the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE), or be such as may be designated from time to time by the Head of the Department. When absent from home and headquarters on of?cial duty you will be paid apprOpriate travelling expenses and subsistence allowances, in accordance with Civil Service regulations. 9. The Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 The terms of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 will apply to your employment and the hours of attendance and leave entitlements that will apply is at Section 10 below. 10. Hours of Attendance Hours of attendance will be as ?xed from time to time but will amount to on average not less than 43 hours and 15 minutes gross per week. The successful candidate will be required to work with such additional hours from time to time as may be reasonable and necessary for the performance Professional Accountant Grade 1 7 Department of Jobs,Enterprise and Innovation (Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) for the proper performance of his/her duties subject to the limits set down in the working time regulations. The rate of remuneration payable covers any extra attendance liability that may arse from time to time. 1 1. Annual Leave The annual leave allowance will be 30 working days a year. This allowance which is subject to the usual conditions regarding the granting of annual leave is on the basis of a ?ve day week and is exclusive of the usual public holidays. 12. Sick Leave Pay during properly-certi?ed sick absence, provided there is no evidence of permanent disability for service, will apply on a pro rata basis in accordance with the provisions of the sick leave Circulars. Of?cers who are paying Class A rate of PRSI will be required to sign a mandate authorising the Department of Social Protection to pay any bene?ts due to you under the Social Welfare Acts direct to the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Payment of salary during illness will be subject to you making the necessary claims for social insurance bene?t to the Department of Social Protection within the required time limits. 13. Superannuation and Retirement The successful candidate will be subject to the terms of the appropriate pension scheme as determined by previous employment history: ON PENSIONS TO BE Pension-Related Deduction This appointed is subject to the pension-related deduction in accordance with the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act, 2009 14. Health and Safety Attention is drawn to the health and safety policy. It is a condition of employment that all aspects of the policy, of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act and relevant regulations must be complied with at all times. 15. Secrecy, Con?dentiality and Standards of Behaviour Official Secrecy and Integritv You will during the term of your probationary contract be subject to the provisions of the Of?cial Secrets Act 1993 as amended by the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003. You will agree not to disclose to third parties any con?dential information either during or subsequent to the period of employment. Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour You will be subject to the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour. Ethics in Public Of?ce Act 1995 The Ethics in Public Of?ce Act 1995 will apply, where appropriate, to your employment. Publication of any Material You will agree not to publish material related to your of?cial duties without prior approval by the Minister. Professional Accountant Grade 1 8 Department of Jobs,Enterprise and Innovation (Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) Political Activity During the term of your employment you will be subject to the rules governing Civil Servants and politics. 16. Personnel Code All Circulars are available on the website or from the Personnel Section. Professional Accountant Grade 1 9 Department of Jobs,Enterprise and Innovation (Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) . Ew; Recruitment?of?Accountants I Eamonn Balmer to: Ian Drennan 03/06/201511:24 John Hughes, Mary Cullen, Breda Power Ian As referred to in my e-mail of Friday last. attached is an updated draft of the information booklet for the Accountants posts. This version includes some additional standard information, principally in relation to pensions, security, etc. Eamonn Balmer Personnel Unit Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Kildare Street Dublin 2 Tel +353 1 631 2288 WI I Professional Accountants Grade 1 (Investigators) - Information Booklet HR DRAFT 030615.docx Forwarded by Eamonn Balmerlentemp on 03/06l2015 11:20 From: Eamonn Balmerlentemp To: Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 29/05/2015 16:50 Subject: Recruitment of Accountants Ian Apologies for the delay in reverting to you on this. The early part of this year has been particularly challenging for HR Unit for various reasons. I?m attaching an amended version of the information booklet you sent relating to the Accountants posts. (There is still a small amount of standard information, related to pensions and security clearance, to be inserted.) The contract and advertisement documents will follow the finalisation of this document. The principal difference. as you will observe. is the description of appointees as employees of the Department rather than the ODCE specifically. This is in accordance with the status of all other professional staff in the ODCE. I'd be grateful if you would review the revised document and revert with any observations you may have. Eamonn Balmer Personnel Unit Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Kildare Street Dublin 2 Tel +3531 631 2288 [attachment "Professional Accountants Grade 1 (Investigators) - Information Booklet HR deleted by Eamonn Balmer/entemp] u. . .Jul .. . mEmr?o?d Emm?anmm pan. ?an; mwommoao n? 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Emup: lse ana ir-nrwz i?ldara Street Dublin 2 +353 1 531 2283 {attachment "meessional Accouwianls Gr ?Ge 1 (Inge-511g 5:0 0:5) - lnformalian Ecol-(lei HR DRAFT pd!? deleted by Earmnn Balmerlentemp] Page 2 of 3 ATTACHMEETS: lProfcssionni Accouninnts Grade} (investigators) - Inlermni?mn Booklet HR 030615 (ODCE Page 3 of3 1' mud? um- mm ?oaft. a at: as Public Appointments Service INFORMATION BOOKLET The Public Appointments Service a competition for the purpose of recommending a number of persons for appointment as: Professional Accountant Grade 1 Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) The Public Appointments Service is committed to a policy of equal opportunity. The Public Appointments Service will run this campaign in compliance with the codes of practice prepared by the new Commissioners for Public Service Appointments (CPSA). Codes of practice are published by the CPSA and are available on onlineie CHAPTER HOUSE 26 30 ABBEY STREET UPPER DUBLIN ?1 Telephone Number: 353 1 858 7400 Professional Accountant Grade 1 Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) Title of Position: Professional Accountant Grade 1 Employing Authority: Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Location: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, 16 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 The mission of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (the Department) is to encourage the creation of high quality and sustainable full employment by championing enterprise across government. supporting a competitive enterprise base, promoting a low tax environment to incentivise work and enterprise and promoting fair and competitive markets. The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) is an Office of the Department. its specific mission is to improve the compliance environment for corporate activity in the Irish environment. The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Mandate and high level goals The ODCE was established under the Company Law Enforcement Act 2001 (the Act). Under the Act, the principal functions of the Director of Corporate Enforcement include the: . encouragement of compliance with the Companies Acts; . investigation of instances of suspected offences under the Companies Acts; . enforcement of the Companies Acts, including the prosecution of offences by way of summary proceedings; . referral of cases, at his discretion, to the Director of Public Prosecutions for consideration as to whether they should be prosecuted on indictment; . exercise, insofar as considered necessary or appropriate, gLa supervisory role over the activity of liquidators and receivers in the discharge of their functions under the Companies Acts. Those statutory functions have been further distilled into the ODCE's high level goals, which are to: . promote a greater understanding of affected parties' rights and duties under company law; . confront unlawful and irresponsible behaviour insofar as it relates to company law; and Professional Accountant Grade 1 2 Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) . provide a quality customer service to internal and external stakeholders. Structure and current resources Currently, the ODCE has a staff complement of approximately 40 comprising solicitors, accountants, members of An Garda Siochana, civilian case officers and administrative staff. its budget for 2015 is ?5m. Having regard to its principal statutory functions, and the associated the ODCE is organised into a number of Units, each of which comes under the responsibility of a Head of Function. Further information regarding the ODCE's principal activities can be accessed at The roles Arising from a review of the extent to which the current skills mix is commensurate with its statutory mandate, it has been decided that theadditional in- house accountancy expertise would further support the ODCE in delivering on its important mandate. Specifically, the ODCE seeks to the appointment of Professional Accountants. _?te?be nvesfigaters- These roles will be at a senior level within the Office with the post holders reporting to a Head of Function or as may be required from time to time directly to the Director. As such the successful candidates must be capable of demonstrating an appreciation for the pivotal nature of their roles and functions within the organisation. The nature of these demanding roles will be wide and varied. In that context, the following is a non-exhaustive overview of the types of work that the successful candidates are likely to be engaged in: . managing individual cases/a portfolio of cases; . developing strategies and plans for progressing individual cases; . the effective management of competing priorities; . investigating alleged breaches of company law. including: a_o_ gathering evidence (including by the exercise of statutory powers of??Forma?ed: Indent: Left: 1.6 cm. production or on foot of search warrants); B?'fi?g?f' 3" 0'o_o_ IaIsmg thIrd parties as necessary Formatted: Indent: Left: 1.,6cm statements, Bulleted Level: 1 Aligned at: 0.63 \cm Indent at: 1. 27 cm o_o_ critically and forensically analysing financial, and othre Formatted: Indent: Left: 32cm information/evidence; Formatted. Indent: Left: 1.6cm, Bulleted Level. 1 Aligned at: 0 63 cm indent at: 1 27 cm Professional Accountant Grade 1 Department of Jobs. Enterprise and Innovation (Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) . drafting written reports, detailing; inter alia; analysis undertaken, conclusions, proposals and recommendations; . preparing case ?les and other appropriate materials in contemplation of civil and/or criminal legal proceedings (in conjunction with other ODCE staff as necessary); . testifying, as required, in Court proceedings initiated by the ODCE or by the Director of Public Prosecutions; - examining, and making determinations in respect of liquidators' reports under section 56 of the Act; . contributing tolleading on projects associated with the ODCE's supervision of insolvency practitioners; . contributing tolleading on the ongoing development and improvement of policies and procedures; . contributing tolleading on the ongoing development and improvement of risk assessment and analysis methodologies; . providing advice and other professional input on matters relating to accounting, audit and related disciplines; . co?operating with other regulatory and enforcement Agencies on matters of mutual interest; ;_contributing tolleading on the ongoing development of advocacy materials; sw?f? Formatted: No bullets or numbering . relationship management and development; . contributing to the ODCE's ongoing compliance with its obligations as a public sector organisation; . contributing tolleading on projects associated with any other aspect of the ODCE's mandate and functions as required. Professional Accountant Grade 1 4 Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Essential Qualifications Requirements In order to be eligible for appointment, candidates must be members of a Recognised Professional Accountancy Body?. Desirable but not essential Whilst not essential, additional qualifications of relevance (for example, in the area of forensics) are likely to be an advantage. Essential SkillsIAttributes The successful candidates will: . have significant post qualification experience at a suitably senior level in audit, forensics, insolvency and/or in another area of relevance to the roles; be flexible, results-focussed and have the ability to work under pressure in a complex, legal, technical and regulatory environment; be capable of operating effectively on their own initiative; be capable of demonstrating the capacity to analyse and assimilate large volumes of complex material and to identify quickly the key issues; - have an appreciation of the requirements for working effectively in a multi? disciplinary environment, including the flexibility and mobility to work effectively with all other relevant colleagues and stakeholders across sectoral, organisational and professional boundaries possess strong project management skills; be capable of demonstrating a strong track record in the exercise of sound professional judgement; possess the capacity to operate effectively and credibly at senior levels, both within the organisation and externally; There are six Recognised Accountancy Bodies. There are the: . Association of Chartered Certi?ed Accountants (ACCA) - Institute of Certi?ed Public Accountants (ICPA) . Institute of Chartered Accountants In England 8. Wales (ICAEW) - Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI) . Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) - Institute of Incorporated Public Accountants (IIPA) Professional Accountant Grade 1 5 Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) . possess excellent communications and interpersonal skills; - be technically proficient to a high level in one or more areas of relevance to the roles; . be capable of demonstrating an appreciation of the ODCE and its position and role within the wider functions of the Department and have a strong commitment to serving the public interest. Other Eliqibilitv Criteria Citizenship Requirement: Candidates should note that eligibility to compete is open to citizens of the European Economic Area (EEA). The EEA consists of the Member States of the European Union along with Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. lncentivised Scheme for Early Retirement it is a condition of the lncentivised Scheme for Early Retirement as set out in Department of Finance Circular 12109 that retirees, under that Scheme, are debarred from applying for another position in the same employment or the same sector. Therefore, such retirees may not apply for this position. Department of Health and Children Circular (mom The Department of Health Circular 7/2010 dated 1 November 2010 introduced a Targeted Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) Scheme and Voluntary Redundancy Schemes (VRS). it is a condition of the VER scheme that persons availing of the scheme will not be eligible for re-employment in the public health sector or in the wider public service or in a body wholly or mainly funded from public moneys. The same prohibition on re?employment applies under the VRS, except that the prohibition is for a period of 7 years, after which time any re-employment will require the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. People who availed of either of these schemes are not eligible to compete in this competition. Collective Agreement: Redundancy Payments to Public Servants: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform letter dated 28th June 2012 to Personnel Officers introduced, with effect from 1st June 2012, a Collective Agreement which had been reached between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Public Services Committee of the ICTU in relation to ex-gratia Redundancy Payments to Public Servants. It is a condition of the Collective Agreement that persons availing of the agreement will not be eligible for re- employment in the public service by any public service body (as defined by the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts 2009 2011) for a period of 2 years from termination of the employment. Thereafter the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform will be required prior to re-employment. People who availed of this scheme and who may be successful in this competition will have to prove their eligibility (expiry of period of non-eligibility) and the Minister's consent will have to be secured prior to employment by any public service body. Professional Accountant Grade 1 6 Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) Declaration: Applicants will be required to declare whether they have previously availed of a Public Service scheme of incentivised early retirement and/or the collective agreement outlined above. Applicants will also be required to declare any entitlements to a Public Service pension benefit (in payment or preserved) from any other Public Service employment and/or where they have received a payment-in-lieu in respect of service in any Public Service employment. General Information Shortlisting of Applications Normally the number of applications received exceeds the numbers required to fill existing and future vacancies. While you may meet the eligibility requirements of the competition, if the numbers applying for the positions are such that it would not be practical to interview everyone, the Public Appointments Service may decide that a number only will be called to interview. In this respect, the Public Appointments Service provide for the employment of a short listing process to select a group for interview who, based on an examination of the application forms, appear to be the most suitable for the position. This is not to suggest that other candidates are necessarily unsuitable, or incapable of undertaking the job, rather that there are some candidates who are, prima facie. better qualified and/or have more relevant expenence. During any short listing exercise that may be employed, the Public Appointments Service are guided by an assessment board(s) who examine the application forms and assess them against pre?determined criteria based on the requirements of the position. It is therefore in your own interests to provide a detailed and accurate account of your qualifications/experience on the application form. Security Clearance You will be required to complete and return a Garda Vetting form should you come under consideration for appointment. This form will be forwarded to An Garda Siochana for security checks on all Irish and Northern Irish addresses at which you resided. However should your application for the competition be unsuccessful this form will be destroyed by PAS. If you subsequently come under consideration for another position, you may therefore be required to complete a further Garda Vetting Form. Enquiries Prior to recommending any candidate for appointment to positions the Public Appointments Service or employing organisation will make all such enquiries that are deemed necessary e.g. employer references, to determine the suitability of that candidate. Until all stages of the recruitment process have been fully completed a final determination cannot be made nor can it be deemed or inferred that such a determination has been made. Professional Accountant Grade 1 7 Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) Specific candidate criteria in addition to fulfilling the eligibility criteria set out, candidates must: Have the knowledge and ability to discharge the duties of the post concerned; Be suitable on the grounds of health character; Be suitable in all other relevant respects for appointment to the post concerned; If successful, they will not be appointed to the post unless they: - Agree to undertake the duties attached to the post and accept the conditions under which the duties are, or may be required to be performed; and - Are fully competent and available to undertake, and fully capable of undertaking, the duties attached to the position. Non-Refund of Expenses Any expenses incurred by candidates whilst undertaking or attending any elements of the selection process will not be refunded. Appointments from panels It is envisaged that a panel(s) of qualified individuals will be established from which vacancies may be filled. Qualification and placement on a panel is not a guarantee of appointment to a position. Please note that once an offer of appointment has been accepted a candidate will no longer remain on the panel. Declining an offer of appointment Should the person recommended for appointment decline, or having accepted it, relinquish it, the Department may at its discretion, select and recommend another person for appointment on the results of this selection process. Candidates' Rights Review Procedures in relation to the Selection Process General information The PAS will consider requests for review in accordance with the provisions of the codes of practice published by the CPSA. A candidate can seek a review by a person in the recruiting body (initial reviewer). Where a candidate remains dissatisfied following this initial review, helshe may seek to have the conduct of the initial review examined by a ?decision arbitrator". As an alternative to the above, it is open to a candidate to seek to have the matter resolved on an informal basis, as set out below. if a candidate remains dissatisfied following any such discussion it is open to him/her to seek a formal review. The Codes of Practice are available on the website of the Commission for Public Service Appointments, Professional Accountant Grade 1 Department of Jobs, Enterprise and innovation (Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) Principal Conditions of Service 1. General The appointment is to an established post in the Civil Service and is subject to the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005, the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 and any other Act for the time being in force relating to the Civil Service. 2. Pay The salary scale for this position is as follows: PPC [Personal Pension Contribution] Scale: ?61,698 - ?65000 - ?65,000 - ?66,742 ?68,707 ?70,668 - ?72,626 - ?74,956 ?77,5562 - ?80,1403 This rate will apply where the appointee is an existing civil or public servant appointed on or after 6th April 1995 or is newly recruited to the Civil Service and is required to make a personal pension contribution. or Payscale: ?58,722 ?62,275 - ?65,000 - ?65,000 - ?65,389 ?67,255 ?691 13 - ?71,325 - ?73,848? - ?76,3495 This rate will apply where the appointee is a civil or public servant recruited before 6"1 April 1995 and who is NOT required to make a Personal Pension Contribution. Long service increments may be payable after three and six years' satisfactory service at the maximum of the scale. Entry will be at the minimum of the scale and the rate of remuneration will not be subject to negotiation. The rate of pay may be adjusted from time to time in line with Government pay policy. Different terms and conditions may apply depending on whether a successful candidate is a currently serving civil or public servant. Statutory deductions from salary will be made as appropriate by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and innovation. You will agree that any overpayment of salary or of travel and subsistence may be deducted from future salary payments due to you in accordance with the Payment of Wages Act 1991. In the event of such an occurrence, the Department will advise you in writing of the amount and details of any such overpayment and give you at least one week's notice of the deduction to take place and will deduct the overpayment at an amount that is fair and reasonable having regard to all the circumstances. 2 After 3 years satisfactory service at the maximum 3 . . After 6 years satisfactory servrce at the maxrmum After 3 years satisfactory service at the maximum 5 After 6 years satisfactory service at the maximum Professional Accountant Grade 1 9 Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) 3. Tenure The appointment is to an established position in the Civil Service. The appointee will be required to serve a 12 month probationary period. 4. Probationary Review During the period of your probation, performance will be subject to review by the appointee's Manager(s) to determine whether the appointee has: performed in a satisfactory manner, (ii) been satisfactory in general conduct, and is suitable from the point of view of health with particular regard to sick leave. Prior to completion of the probationary contract, a decision will be made as to whether or not you will be retained pursuant to Section of the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956-2005. This decision will be based on your performance assessed against the criteria set out in to above. The details of the probationary process will be explained to you by your employing Department and you will be given a copy of guidelines on probation issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. In the event that you are not considered as suitable to the position of Professional Accountant Grade 1 having been assessed against stated criteria, you will be notified in writing of the action to be taken prior to the expiry of this contract and any extensions thereof. 5. Unfair Dismissals Acts The Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977-2007 will not apply to the termination of your employment by reason only of the expiry of this probationary contract without it being renewed. 6. Suspension of Probation The Department may suspend the probationary period and, as a result, extend the term of the probationary contract in the following circumstances: . the probationary period will be suspended if the officer is on Maternity or Adoptive leave, . the probationary period may, at the discretion of the Department, be suspended where the employee is absent on any other form of statutory or non- statutory leave. Where the Department's ability to assess the of?cer and/or the officer's ability to demonstrate their suitability for permanent appointment is compromised by the of?cer?s absence on leave, the contract period will be extended by the period of leave taken. Professional Accountant Grade 1 10 Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) 7. Duties You will be required to perform any duties appropriate to your grade which may be assigned to you during the probationary period. You may not engage in private practice or be connected with any outside business which would interfere with the performance of official duties. 8. Headquarters On appointment to the Department your headquarters will the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE), or be such as may be designated from time to time by the Head of the Department. When absent from home and headquarters on official duty you will be paid appropriate travelling expenses and subsistence allowances. in accordance with Civil Service regulations. 9. The Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 The terms of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 will apply to your employment and the hours of attendance and leave entitlements that will apply is at Section 10 below. 10. Hours of Attendance Hours of attendance will be as fixed from time to time but will amount to on average not less than 43 hours and 15 minutes gross per week. The successful candidate will be required to work with such additional hours from time to time as may be reasonable and necessary for the performance for the proper performance of his/her duties subject to the limits set down in the working time regulations. The rate of remuneration payable covers any extra attendance liability that may arse from time to time. 11. Annual Leave The annual leave allowance will be 30 working days a year. This allowance which is subject to the usual conditions regarding the granting of annual leave is on the basis of a five day week and is exclusive of the usual public holidays. 12. Sick Leave Pay during properly-certified sick absence, provided there is no evidence of permanent disability for service, will apply on a pro rata basis in accordance with the provisions of the sick leave Circulars. Officers who are paying Class A rate of will be required to sign a mandate authorising the Department of Social Protection to pay any benefits due to you under the Social Welfare Acts direct to the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Payment of salary during illness will be subject to you making the necessary claims for social insurance benefit to the Department of Social Protection within the required time limits. 13. Superannuation and Retirement The successful candidate will be offered the appropriate superannuation terms and conditions as prevailing in the Civil Service. at the time of being offered an appointment. in general, and except for candidates who have worked in a pensionable (non-single scheme terms) public service job in the 26 weeks prior to Professional Accountant Grade 1 11 Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) appointment (see paragraph below), this means being offered appointment based on membership of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme (?Single Scheme"). Key provisions attaching to membership of the Single Scheme are as follows: a. Pensionable Age The minimum age at which pension is payable is 66 (rising to 67 and 68) in line with State Pension age changes. b. Retirement Age: Scheme members must retire at the age of 70. c. Pension Abatement . If the appointee was previously employed in the Civil Service and is in receipt of a pension from the Civil Service normal abatement rules will apply. However, if the appointee was previously employed in the Civil Service and awarded a pension under voluntary early retirement arrangements (other than the lncentivised Scheme of Early Retirement or the Department of Health Circular 7/2010 VERIVRS which, as indicated above, renders a person ineligible for the competition) the entitlement to that pension will cease with effect from the date of reappointment. Special arrangements will however, be made for the reckoning of previous service given by the appointee for the purpose of any future superannuation award for which the appointee may be eligible. . If the appointee was previously employed in the Civil Service or in the Public Service please note that the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 includes a provision which extends abatement of pension for all Civil and Public Servants who are re-employed where a Public Service pension is in payment. This provision to apply abatement across the wider public service came into effect on 1 November 2012. This may have pension implications for any person appointed to this position who is currently in receipt of a Civil or Public Service pension or has a preserved Civil or Public Service pension which will come into payment during hislher employment in this position. . Department of Education and Skills Early Retirement Scheme for Teachers Circular 10212007 The Department of Education and Skills introduced an Early Retirement Scheme for Teachers. it is a condition of the Early Retirement Scheme that with the exception of the situations set out in paragraphs 10.2 and 10.3 of the relevant circular documentation, and with those exceptions only, if a teacher accepts early retirement under Strands 1, 2 or 3 of this scheme and is subsequently employed in any capacity in any area of the public sector, payment of pension to that person under the scheme will immediately cease. Pension payments will, however, be resumed on the ceasing of such employment or on the person's 60th birthday, whichever is the later, but on resumption, the pension will be based on the person's actual reckonable service as a teacher the added years previously granted will not be taken into account in the calculation of the pension payment). Professional Accountant Grade 1 12 Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) . Please note that where an individual has retired from a Civil/Public Service body on the grounds of ill-health his/her pension from that employment may be subject to review in accordance with the rules of ill-health retirement within the pension scheme of that employment. d. Prior Public Servants While the default pension terms, as set out in the preceding paragraphs, consist of Single Scheme membership, this may not apply to certain appointees. Full details of the conditions governing whether or not a public servant is a Single Scheme member are given in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and other Provisions) Act 2012. However the key exception case (in the context of this competition and generally) is that a successful candidate who has worked in a pensionable (non? single scheme terms) capacity in the public service within 26 weeks of taking up appointment, would in general not become a member of the Single Scheme. In this case such a candidate would instead be offered membership of the pension scheme for non-established civil servants (?Non-Established State Employee Scheme"). This would mean that the abatement provisions at above would apply, and in addition there are implications in respect of pension accrual as outlined below: e. Pension Accrual A 40?year limit on total service that can be counted towards pension where a person has been a member of more than one existing public service pension scheme would apply. This 40-year limit, which is provided for in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and other Provisions) Act 2012 came into effect on 28 July 2012. This may have implications for any appointee who has acquired pension rights in a previous public service employment. f. Pension-Related Deduction This appointment is subject to the pension-related deduction in accordance with the Financial Emergency Measure in the Public Interest Act 2009. For further information in relation to the Single Public Service Pension Scheme for Public Servants please see the following website: IMPORTANT NOTICE The above represents the principal conditions of service and is not intended to be the comprehensive list of all terms and conditions of employment which will be set out in the employment contract to be agreed with the successful candidate(s). 14. Health and Safety Attention is drawn to the health and safety policy. It is a condition of employment that all aspects of the policy, of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act and relevant regulations must be complied with at all times. 15. Secrecy, Confidentiality and Standards of Behaviour Of?cial Secrecy and Integrity You will during the term of your probationary contract be subject to the provisions of the Of?cial Secrets Act 1993 as amended by the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 Professional Accountant Grade 1 13 Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) and 2003. You will agree not to disclose to third parties any confidential information either during or subsequent to the period of employment. Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour You will be subject to the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour. Ethics in Public Of?ce Act 1995 The Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 will apply. where appropriate, to your employment. Publication of any Material You will agree not to publish material related to your official duties without prior approval by the Minister. Political Activity During the term of your employment you will be subject to the rules governing Civil Servants and politics. 16. Personnel Code All Circulars are available on the website or from the Personnel Section. Professional Accountant Grade 1 14 Department of Jobs. Enterprise and Innovation (Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement) 423 - i Eamonn Balmer Breda Power 09/06/201513234 Mary Cullen, John Hughes Breda As discussed. The information booklet issued in respect of the PAS Competition is attached. The dates for which the lnterviweer would be required are outlined in Mary Cullen's email below. Regards Eamonn Eamonn Balmer Personnel Unit Department of Jobs, Enterprise and lnnovation Kildare Street Dublin 2 Tel +353 1 631 2288 Forwarded by Eamonn Balmer/entemp on 09/06/2015 13:32 From: Mary Cullen/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP, Date: 09/06/2015 12:32 Subject Fw: Accountant in the Public Sector John I Eamonn As discussed, the PAS competition currently in play is as detailed in the attached information booklet. has advised that should have an Accountant at PO grade available to sit on the Interview Boards for the above, this might be a way of with the filling of current ODCE accountant grades in The Interview Board sits next week: (Monday) 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th June and (Wednesday) 1st and 2nd July. Regards. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section Personnel Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 email: Tel: Ol-6312466 FonNarded bv Marv Cullen/entemo on 09/06/2015 12-28 From: "Manning, Siobhan" To: Date: 09/06/2015 12:26 Subject: Accountant in the Public Sector Information booklet for above campaign attached as requested. Regards, Siobhan. Siobhan Manning Professional Technical Unit Public Appointments Service Chapter House, 26/30 Abbey Street Upper. Dublin 1 Tek 018587407 publicjobsie Delivering l?eupll- fit/int; Certi?ed by NSAI for Excellence Through People in 2013 Top 10 Graduate Recruiter - Grad Ireland 2008 8. 2009 Accountant in the Public Sector 1529103 Info Booklet Final.pdf This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?t?lsaid an duine aonair no an aonain amh?in ar cuireadh chucu a tit se. Munar tu an duine a ba choir an riomhphost seo, no aon chuid de, a fhail, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a choipeail no a dhaileadh. D?an teagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis do/di go bhfuair tu tri thimpiste. Ba choir d?e?inne a tit ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tu ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan slain a ta ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fonota seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. Cun- Baud??d HEO papelb I I Eamonn Balmer to: Mary Cullen, John Hughes 19/06/201511246 John This completes ODCE's input. We now need to secure PAS agreement to administer the competition on our behalf. Mary You might incorporate the amendments as appropriate. Eamonn Forwarded by Eamonn Balmerlentemp on 19/06/2015 11:44 From: Ian Drennan/entemp To: Eamonn Balmerlentemp@ENTEMP, Co: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP, Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp Date: 18/06/2015 16:48 Subject: Re: Fw: Revised HEO ICT papers Eamonn, Thanks for this. Please find attached a small number of suggested amendments to the document. Regards, Ian ICT professional - Information Booklet 170615 (ODCE suggested amendments 180615).docx Eamonn Balmer tan Previous correspondence refers. 17/06/2015 12:43:43 From: Eamonn Balmerlentemp To: Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP, John Hughes!entemp@ENTEMP Date: 1710612015 12:43 Subject: Fw: Revised HEO ICT papers lan Previous correspondence refers. Attached is a revised information booklet in respect of the HEO (ICT) post in ODCE. It's been revised for consistency with the Professional Accountants booklet. If you have any observations or suggested amendments, please let me know. Our intention is have PAS administer both competitions simultaneously. Eamonn Balmer Personnel Unit Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Kildare Street Dublin 2 Tel +3531 631 2288 FonNarded by Eamonn Balmer/entemp on 17/06/2015 12:32 From: Mary Cullen/entemp To: Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP, Date: 17/06/2015 10:29 Subject: Revised HEO paper-s Eamonn Revisions as discussed: [attachment Draft information booklet 17 June 2015.docx" deleted by lan Drennanlentemp] Regards. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section Personnel Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 email: mary.cullen@djei.ie Tel: 01?6312466 if I Fw: RecruitmenLoLAccountants Breda Power to: John Hughes 29/06/201513z10 Sent by: breda power John Can you con?rm that PAS have factored this competition into their work programme. Do you have a timeline for the competition? What is the position on the HEO IT specialist? Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8 Innovation. Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 29/06/2015 13:08 From: Kevin Prendergast/entemp To: lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP, Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP. John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 04/06/2015 17:25 Subject: Re: Fw: Recruitment of Accountants [an et al. One or two further amendments, mostly in the way of typo's. Kevin [attachment "Professional Accountants Grade 1 (Investigators) information Booklet HR DRAFT 030615 (ODCE KP comments).docx" deleted by breda power/entemp] Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 Ian Drennan From: Ian Drennan/entemp To: Eamonn 04/06/2015 13:32:14 From: Ian Drennan/entemp To: Eamonn Balmerlentemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP, Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp Date: 04/06/2015 13:32 Subject: Re: Fw: Recruitment of Accountants Eamonn, Thanks for this. Please find attached, in marked up format, my suggested amendments to the document. Regards, Ian [attachment "Professional Accountants Grade 1 (Investigators) - Information Booklet HR DRAFT 030615 (ODCE comments).docx" deleted by Kevin Prendergast/entemp] Eamonn Balmer Ian As referred to in my e-mail of Friday last, 03/06/2015 11:24:55 Mary Culien to: John Hughes 30/05/201515102 Eamonn Balmer John Breda Power just phoned to ask what the up to date position is re the above, and also whether the booklets have been cleared by DPER. In Eamonn's absence. are you aware of whether DPER need to be consulted (as we have delegated sanction, etc) or have been consulted re the booklets? I will make the final amendments as per Eamonn's email once i have cleared a few priority items on my desk at the moment. Regard. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section Personnel Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs. Enterprise, and lnnovation Kildare Street. Dublin 2 email: Tel: 01?6312466 Fon/varded by Mary Cullen/entemp on 30/06/2015 14:57 From: Eamonn Balmerlentemp To: Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP, John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Date: 19/06/2015 11:46 Subject: Fw: Revised HEO ICT papers John This completes ODCE's input. We now need to secure PAS agreement to administer the competition on our behalf. Mary You might incorporate the amendments as appropriate. Eamonn Forwarded by Eamonn Balmerlentemp on 19/06/2015 11:44 From: tan Drennan/entemp To: Eamonn Balmerlentemp@ENTEMP, Cc: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Mary Culten/entemp@ENTEMP, Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp Date: 18/06/2015 16:48 Subject: Re: Fw: Revised HEO ICT papers Eamonn, Thanks for this. Please find attached a small number of suggested amendments to the document. Regards, [an ICT professional - Information Booklet 170615 (ODCE suggested amendments 180615).docx Eamonn Balmer Ian Previous correspondence refers. 17/06/2015 12:43:43 From: Eamonn Balmer/entemp To: Ian Drennanlenternp@ENTEMP. Cc: Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP, John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 1710612015 12:43 Subject: Fw: Revised HEO ICT papers Ian Previous correspondence refers. Attached is a revised information booklet in respect of the HEO (ICT) post in ODCE. It's been revised for consistency with the Professional Accountants booklet. If you have any observations or suggested amendments, please let me know. Our intention is have PAS administer both competitions simultaneously. Eamonn Balmer Personnel Unit Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Kildare Street Dublin 2 Tel +353 1 631 2288 Forwarded by Eamonn Baimer/entemp on 17/06/2015 12:32 From: Mary Cullen/entemp To: Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP. Date: 17/06/2015 10:29 Subject: Revised HEO papers Eamonn Revisions as discussed: [attachment ICT Draft information booklet 17 June 2015.docx" deleted by Ian Drennan/entemp] Regards. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section Personnel Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 email: Tel: 01-6312466 ODCE/Department Liaison Meeting Draft Agenda Friday 3rd July 2015 Parnell Square - 10am Corporate Governance Minutes and Matters Arising Risk Management Business Plan Annual Report Budgetary Resources and Staf?ng Policy Developments 0 Court Cases 0 Company Law Developments Review of Outputs 0 Key Performance Indicators Support and Intervention Requirements A.O.B. 1? Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE)/Department Liaison Meeting - 3 July 2015 Draft Minutes Present: ODCE Ian Drennan (Director), Conor O?Mahony, Kevin O?Connell and Kevin Prendergast Department Breda Power, Helen Curley and Claire Gordon 1. Corporate Governance Minutes and Matters Arising The Internal Audit Unit of the Department produced a report in relation to general liaison issues. Breda Power approved the issue of the Report to the Internal Audit Committee. Risk Management The greatest risk continues to be its need for appropriately skilled staff to facilitate its strategic shift towards indictable cases. Business Plan The Of?ce has reviewed its business plan and is on track with its delivery. 2. Budgetary Resources and Staf?ng The Of?ce noted that the advertising booklet for six accountant vacancies, which were sanctioned for recruitment by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in October 2014, has not yet been sent to the Public Appointments Service despite that it responded to a request for comments on it from the Department?s HR Unit several weeks ago. The ODCE would ideally wish to advertise the positions before August. 3. Policy Developments Court Cases Developments in relation to applications by the Director for the disquali?cation of directors who allow an insolvent company to be struck off the register rather than initiate a formal liquidation process were discussed. Company Law Developments The Companies Act 2014, commenced on 1 June 2015, was discussed. The ODCE is in ongoing communication with the Department in relation to issues it has raised. 4. Review of Outputs Key Performance Indicators The Of?ce keeps its Key Performance Indicators under continuous review. 5. Support and Intervention Requirements There was discussion of the increased importance that technology plays in the work of the ODCE, particularly in relation to the electronic storage of documents and other information by companies. The bene?ts of sharing technology that is available in other areas of the Department was discussed as well as the vacancy in the ODCE for a HEO with ICT skills. 6. A.O.B. No other business was raised 18 '3 I Fw: Recruitment of Accountants I Breda Power a. John Hughes 03/07/201518:48 Sent by: breda power Cc: Eamonn Balmer, Mary Cuilen, Heien Curley. Claire Gordon John At a meeting with ODCE today I undertook to follow up with you on the recruitment of the Accountants for that Office. When we spoke last Tuesday, you mentioned that the Bookiet does not need to be approved by DPER and that you were waiting to talk to Mary Fiynn in PAS before sending the Booklet to them to commence the recruitment campaign. It is important that the advertisement for the posts issue as soon as possible i.e. next week otherwise we are into the holiday period. Can you confirm the current position please? Thanks Breda Breda Power Department ofJobs, Enterprise 8. Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie FonNarded by breda powerlentemp on 03/07/2015 18:35 From: Kevin Prendergast/entemp To: lan Drennanlentemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Eamonn Balmerlentemp@ENTEMP. Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 04/06 2015 17:25 Subject: Re' Fw: Recruitment of Accountants Ian et at. One or two further amendments, mostly in the way of typo's. Kevin IEJ Professional Accountants Grade 1 (Investigators) - Information Booklet HR DRAFT 030615 (ODCE KP comments) Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 Ian Drennan From: Ian Drennanlentemp To: Eamonn 04/06/2015 13:32:14 From: Ian Drennanlentemp To: Eamonn Balmerlentemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP, Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp 14 .3. is?; . is" Re: Fw: RecrUItment of Accountants ?Mfg; John Hughes Breda Power 06/07/201517:33 ?44 3. CL Claire Gordon, Eamonn Baimer. Helen Curley, Mary Cullen Breda, I have transmitted all the documents on the Forensic Accountants (Professional Accountants Grade 1) posts to PAS and asked that they fast-track the advertising etc. PAS had indicated that they were also looking to hold a competition for An Garda Siochana for the same grades so merging the two competitions seemed a good prospect for them. PAS will review our documents and let me know about next steps as soon as possible. John, 6/7. John Hughes, Principal, Personnel, Learning 8. Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Phone - 01?6312246 Breda Power John At a meeting with ODCE today undertook 03/07/201518:48:49 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP, Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP, Helen Curley/entemp@ENTEMP, Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 03/07/2015 18:48 Subject: Fw: Recruitment of Accountants Sent by: breda power John At a meeting with ODCE today I undertook to follow up with you on the recruitment of the Accountants for that Office. When we spoke iast Tuesday, you mentioned that the Booklet does not need to be approved by DPER and that you were waiting to talk to Mary in PAS before sending the Bookiet to them to commence the recruitment campaign. lt is important that the advertisement for the posts issue as soon as possible i.e. next week othenNise we are into the holiday period. Can you confirm the current position piease? Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8 Innovation, Earisfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda powerlentemp on 03/07/2015 18:35 From: Kevin Prendergast/entemp To: lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP, Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 04/06/2015 17:25 Subject: Re: Fw: Recruitment ofAccountants ian et al. One or two further amendments, mostly in the way of typo's. Kevin ED Professional Accountants Grade 1 (investigators) Information Booklet HR DRAFT 030615 (ODCE KP comments) Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 Ian Drennan From: Ian Drennan/entemp To: Eamonn 04/06/201513232z14 Eamonn Balmer Ian As referred to in my e-mail of Friday last, 03/06/2015 11:24:55 5,5? 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You asked why action had not been taken until December 2013 on the Workforce plan received from ODCE in April 2013. The submission from the ODCE was as part of the process in which all areas of the Department were required to submit an update of plans previously submitted in 2012 and there was no speci?c request from ODCE for sanction to be sought at that time. In July 2013. the ODCE did request that sanction be sought for a replacement for an accountant that was to retire in November 2013. The Liaison Unit submitted this request to Personnel Unit. This request was later merged in with the request for the 5 accountants and one IT specialist (from the Workforce Plan) to become a request for accountants and one IT specialist see second document attached. 3. have fomrarded your two other queries to Personnel Unit for its response. These were: an explanation for the period of time taken to finalise the advertising booklet for the new staff and (ii) whether Personnel Unit has anything else to add to the information already given in the original documents. Claire El_j ODCE additional staf?ng resources 2007. 2008, 2009. 2010, 2011. 2012. 2013, 2014.docx LEE Chronology of Staffing requests amended 210815.docx Forwarded by Claire Gordon/entemp on 25/08/2015 10:55 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: Conor Quinn/entemp@ENTEMP, Date: 19/08/2015 16:31 Subiect' Re: Could you please give me a shout as early as possible? Conor I spoke to ODCE and have the following information: 1. The DPP will be seeking a restriction on reporting. 2. The six accountants and one HEO which ODCE sought were being recruited for general ODCE work. 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Ang101r1s?E-a: ?r Lurpo.a.1311L.imite-- c11-1e 0111.: were inthe Of?ce an approved sraffcomplement of49.1 and the actual alaff cemplemem was '311 9 A1 year end, {he Of?ce's ECUJZ1 staff comp1emen1 stood at 40. .1gmnif'1can1 resources were being deployed 1055151 the with the progre 511011 ofthe Anglo ease 20 Juiy 2012 April 2013 5 July 2013 25 Iuw 201* 27 2 -v 1 June 2015a 7 Oct 20 I.- II submission .m Io Personnel by Ina LI alson Unit requ Chronology of Ste?mg Requests We Ik?I?or reP Plan 2012 2015 submitted by the ODCE IndicaLing addziional staff requir ea do? 2 ectountenis, 1 solicitor, 1 AP and I-i case of?cers at HE OIEO level Revised Workforce Plan submitted indicating the. the ODCE's additional staf?ng need over the foreseeable future would comprises acc ms and 1 HE wuh IT expertise Heques: from UDCE for an accountan not: creolace fI?Icia? No vember 2013 and alsoa ddi?. ions! SIeiI'e si?o?iceLe pr"I 'Il'ne revised asung sencI on from DPEFI Io of an accounts It i . CDC 6 13 replace me 3: mar in I?s'ouernoer. for the recruitmen: -ouniam that would Ema Lo Pers- mel Uml from 531 a men u. the: replacemen excomaru should Liane fore n5 ca Intency a .j the case vacancy sas isliedL . Ii: v.35 in! eniedzha reoslan ncing oi 0:525 srns?f'se examined 'sIJiIh a, I. es-I' Lus Elli- SencIio. from the proposed: ?ges Lii' :r IEE EC ODCE '13 In? .-. saga-mg ?ng a 3nd raguestIng my me reolec?mem be I-?rngI-I ones- com: 2! hon ar?d have me epeiopria.L eIgerzic-e ?-qe Lee-3L also made ninLeIim snangemeol I.-.--.Ierai3; the eceoum enL, due to re. ELei we .II-ould remain for an 21.41053! 5.5 wee? I- Ion-Iisszon sent PeIsor by I. Li a: soc UriI - recruizmen: 3? an i Iresoe: Io? -.. eno .lsc- me 2-: :?iIi-srelstsii reo- .IiIe-j resce: of res szah' rebala .JLlir-eci ii?: the Plan. -e Pia rI- hac? anxious! beer 555.?: to Fe: sno nIIel 5mi5sio .lo LIP 2013? .nnua! Report publishe highi' :hfmg ins; fficieric accountancy ?IJ-Imsrer BrIs-?on wrc-Ie Ic- {JI.nIsI.er Howlin retuesiing me. in:- for sanction to fil'. 's In DUCE and ILASA he LS accountams and 1 I E0 ICT specialisi for the Saran-cm. receiver P: 5::an DPEFI ior 'Ihe of 6 Accountants and L1 noting-L inhm?nw, .7 a I 131311 2015 161371 2015 15 Jan 2015 1913:: 20.15 1-5 May 2815 a fume 2015 July 2015 e-rwPersonne! Of?cer meets Director of OC-CE and ozhsr ccl?rsagues re HR mane-?5 add notes the need for Dre-?1 Adverti?ments t0 aimw far progressing of :ecruizmena sanction Persmne' rec-ewes 31h?: i=3- Ura? Adverisemana fr-Jm Direct-Jr true Dem arr-en. melt Subseuuami-mmamate - . ?37: CDC-E awn-J :3 mo? 2" area's?? use!" . awe- as =0 ha?. Departmentv??l Personnei Linn dd?a?iSE?j Company Lav. Uni: ih?! work an ravlsed mam has be out w; a huge aar-e'I-g of issue; :1 Peisannai Uni: (Peep pist'nora 3? other Coznsetltigm an; fussm-?unwanas, urge-w HP. mailers - Personae: Um. urdz?f mu-mainC-u Suede-1 bf - no.0 Jr?idui: 0051:. I- OJLE May 2005 Sept 2005 May 2006 August 2006 2007 2008 May2 9 Chronology of Staffing Requests 2005 - 2015 ODCE submitted a re for an additional 20 staff, including 6 Gardai, to increase Minister Martin met the Director in May 2006.The Minister indicated that he was generally disposed to the request fo ffditional staff but it would be difficult given the current situation in relatio the Public Service staffing reduction programme and competing priorities mgr; areas of the department and its agencies. A letter issued Minister Brian Cowen, T.D. Minister for Finance on the 31St May 2006 from M'nister Michael Martin, T.D indicating the case being made by ODCE and his gener positive disposition towards the request for additional staff for ODCE. 24TH August the Director updated and submitted the May 2015 staffing submission to the Department stating that the 0 staff requested were essential and that the Office could not do the job Hideded to be done within the resources at its disposal at that time. He further stated that ODCE could accommodate a two-stage approach i.e. phasing of 10 staff in 2007 and 10 staff in 2008. Personnel Unit indicated after the 2007 Estimates discussions with D/Finance in late 2006 that they would look to provide some additional staff to ODCE on a phased basis over 2007-2008. ODCE were asked to identify 3-4 priority posts for the first phase. At end 2006, the approved 5 to 46. The actual staffin additional adminis complement was 37, by end 2007 this had increased vel improved from 34.8 to 39.6. During 2007 eight ive posts were sanctioned and the staffing level was enhanced by filling of four of these eight posts during 2007. One extra Detective Garda post as also sanctioned. During 2008, the apprormomplement was 46. The actual staffing level increased to? 4.8 during 2008. This increase of four administrative staff representedtl? second and final phase of a commitment made by the Department of Er?erp?r/ise Trade and Employment in 2007 to provide an extra eight staff to the Office. DCE wrote to the Secretary General requesting 6 additional staff.3 and 1EO. The DCE informed the Department of a meeting with the Garda Commissioner seeking an additional 5 Gardai on a temporary basis. 2010 2011 20 July 2012 April 2013 5 July 2013 20 Sept. 2013 21 Oct 2013 09/12/2013 During 2009, the approved staff complement increased by 5 to 51. The actual staffing complement rose from 44.8 to 49.7. The five additional general service staff were deployed to support the '3ng investigation which, for much of 2009 had 16 full-time equivalent staff ing on it. In mid-2009, the Garda Commissioner also assigned a further five etective Gardai to the related Anglo investigations of the ODCE and the Garda/Bureau of Fraud Investigation (GBFI), and these were supporting investigations at year-end. During 2010, the approved staff complement increased from 51 to 52.1. In the latter part of the year two?iditional Gardai were temporarily assigned to assist the ODCE work on the lo case. Some 16 Garda, administrative, legal, accounting and IT staff in the continued to work on progressing the Anglo investigations througMActual staffing at 31 December 2010 was 50.8 (full-time job equiva ents). During 2011 the approved staff mplement of 52.1 decreased by one as a result of a staff member?s retiremen he Office?s actual staff complement at the end of 2011 was 49.8, including/ten seconded Gardai. Throughout the year the Anglo investigation was absorbing about one-third of ODCE staff, as 16 Garda, legal and administrative staff within the Office continued to work full-time on this investigation. A significant number of additional Garda officers also remained deployed within the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation (GBFI). Workforce Plan 2012 2015 submitted by the ODCE indicating additional staff required of 2 accountants, 1 solicitor, 1 AP and 4 case officers at level Revised Workforce submitted indicating that the additional staffing need over th reseeable future would comprise 5 accountants and 1 HEO with IT experti Request for an a o?LIntant to replace official retiring in November 2013 and also additionzym??findicated in the revised Workforce Plan Letter submitted highlighting and requesting that the urgency in securing the replacement accountant acement be recruited through open competition and have the appropriat expertise. A submission sent to rsonnel by the Liaison Unit requesting sanction for the recruitment of a accountant in respect of the vacancy arising on 20th December Personnel Unit for onward transmission to DPER. 27 May 2014 6 June 2014 7 Oct 2014 13Jan 2015 16 Jan 2015 16 Jan 2015 19 Jan 2015 15 May 2015 29 June 2015 3 June 2015 4 June 2015 July 2015 ODCE 13 Annual Report published highlighting insufficiency of in-house Personnel Officer meets Director of ODCE and other colleagues re HR matters and ?3:?42 need for Draft Advertisements to allow for progressing of recruitment sa tion Personnel engaged with PAS regarding capacity to conduct competition, advertising requirements etc. Personnel receives input to Draft Advertisement from Director of ODCE Personnel Unit undertakes preliminary assessment of draft material and notes need to carefully adjust certain aspects regarding the status of the staff to be recruited who should be assigned to the Department itself, for subsequent/immediate assignment to ODCE and not directly to the ODCE who is not an employer itself. Consideration also needed to be given as to how the Department will be represented on PAS Board noted. Personnel Unit advised Company Law Unit that work on revised Drafts has been crowded out by a huge variety of issues in Personnel Unit (PeoplePoint, plethora of other Competitions and Assignments, urgent HR matters. Personnel Unit sent draft Information Booklet for the ACCOUI iiants? posts to ODCE Revised Booklet sent to ODCE by Personnel Unit ODCE responded Booklet sent to PAS and currently awaiting the recruitment process 2 13: Fw: Recruitment 154% Ereda Power to: Cla?ra Gordon, Helen Curley 09356 Sen? by breda power History This message has been Ion-.arded. Breda Pouer Department 0? Jabs, a innovalian, Earlsion Centre. Lower Hal-2h Street Dublin 2 Tei10'16312509 Fax' b16312552 emarl b' rrorr lan D-?Enn?n?enten?; To Jahn Cv: B-?eda Pr @EhTEh-?ip Dar; 09:96} :3 09-25 Sum-3:1: Recru?lmem 30.31:, any updale on the for our approved 1-25.3an ?rmer manl'ns a rhul of Hi; arms-us to Dre-$355131? :r ., rev. He PAS Booklels before me surnrr'er. - -0IJY pd? 5?15?! From Po-n'crlo'lengemp To: CN=Clqire GordOnfO=enlemQ?Qeniemp CC: Daze: I Subject: Fwd: EAASA - News Alert 4:333 Eon Drennam?eneenlp Jinn F: F3 grid-'3 Pow: Dsic; Fw: LAASA ?N's Ale- In John, lsee from an email alen (below) ihzu they are enrrenll'; advertising for s. new Secreiary. i am aware that the ore-(ions Secretary only recently vacated his posz Given my xsociation with IRASA, I am pleased for {item mat they are in a position to advenise for a replacement. so quickly. However. our own situation is in star?s. Despite having secured sanction many months ago to recruit a number ofaccounmnis plus an in?house IT resource, we are still, seemingly. no further Lows in aria-ems: these posts. This is deSpite our having provided being in a position all necessary malarial as requesLed, including dehilcd written material For inclusion in the associated PAS Booklets. As lag been outlined previously, these pa: are critical to {he effeniv: discharge of the CDC E?s mandaie one, witho-J: Page 1 oil a min minim I the 5505' concerned, we In 55?. .35 we 5.2515st: 5 wou5d be 0535:5155, then-fore. for an indication 555 to when PAS 5- I555 be advenising 551:5: criticai posts. Ear. Fonvardcd by 5555'. 0n 92?3? From: '55. Date: 11 September 2015 l7'35?01 chronology ofet'ents in relation to ODCE staf?ng requests, in August this year and in the run up to the Sean Fitzpatrick hearing for an adjournment, Conor Quinn contacted me with a series of questions in relation to the action taken by this Department to secure staff fer the ODCE. in particular he asked what was the cause ofthe delay since January Ni 5 to date in getting the posts advertised. i forwarded this request to Personnel Unit as this matter was being dealt with by them. ou ma}r recall also that at the start deal directly with the PAS on this in would handle it. at tit -rs pr race as that the ODCE offered to aertt that Personnel Unit said that it There care currently no accountants a' all in the CECE. Consequently the Ott'rce would have had to engagr ex' at e1: pertise with the attendant cost. in light of other deve elopnients rnr: :la tiort tot he ftii?ll'J cases. in particular, it is likely that focus wiuil ?a ii on remote eta in l3. 3 delay at this let 0. relie. October advertising olthf as it would he dif?cult to iris-Elly 08!: ptemhcr 9.0! 3, in tne 'l'hci nest rice oflA A8. 5? gel ego latit'i-s at cited my 11ml. trne nan tr :nlo .. is relevant here. Ur 3 Scpternhe' i ton-rmded advertising mate cr l?lt or this post in to. 13e rs mic! Unit {or to For approval DPER approved the material it. let; 5 did all hours l? there is: it; ltirt her assist-.rricel can gitr in ogre rig this matter please let me know as .vouldl 3e very hang; to do so. {Liar re Breda Power?"l tlzl1 3l- and for titt- please. Breda Fronr? Bred 1 Clan": Gill (Jill: Lv?ti'. EN lCi?: ii" ll'ilrt To ivlF?. Dali le: tilt: Ul Sui Ci' lS-?l' u" Si'tli?i'l 'rlbj; . coin. F?t'l and for ?le please Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8; innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lo Ner Hatch Street, Dublin 2 a ODCE Staf?ng Breda Power to. John Hughes Sent bu: brede power Cc Ctaire Gordon. Eamonn Bairner 2809/2015 12'18 John i understand that PAS have not yet advertised for the accountants in the ODCE. At tast week's Managemem Board meeting Martin Shanagher [who chaired the meeting} mentioned that he had been talking to you about the posts and the you rould be iotic. =ing up with PAS. Do you have arm indication from PAS as 1 when the? wilt be advertising l?ne competi: ion fort the accountan- 5? Also what is the position regarding the H50 iT position? Breda Bre oa Power Department 0w 'obs ,Eme erprise Ea Innovation Earts ion Centre, Lower Hatch Street. Oubtin '2 - .. i a. smug - up. .e nL?-iizl?ii?? amt-.wzumaawvmwomwu iam- new mane-sew". :t?i??Wk-HW . ind-div}! brawa?? 3?51.? :wicu .. 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Enterprise Ez Innovation, Earlsiort Centre Lowe: Hatch 5118 sis, Dublin 2 Te1101 6312509 Fay; 015312552 email breda.pov.er@diei.ie .1011an as Brenda, em disappointed that PAS cooio' nc-Lr'o'id From Jo Hugh-35' entemp To Bred?'1 Powerlente..1p@Et- Cc. :laire Gordon?sniem1@ENTEin Ear-.onr Dale: H13191'201517zi? Subject. Re: Fw: ODCE Stating 011101213151753222 1st PAS co (1 no? dd 110' give or 1:31. 11311: 'hoihra I oilov. up and keep you ..ohn. 1/10 John Hughes, Principe}, i-lR Leaming?? Dalelopn?: ant 11115" Business Services 11s, Deperimeni oi and innovation, rtitdere Qireet, D'Jbliil 2. DUE T030 Phone - 01 {31155.6 Breoe 12-, upds;.. From. rede Poiv-erientemp To: Eemonn Bat me rientenipig?El?iTEh?P, C-aire Goroonieniern p@Et~1 TE. 1? Date: 011101201: 12:53 Subieci' Fw: DDC ESlainng Sent by breda 1: wer no er r111 emailed John I phoned PAS yes! er HGCGUHKEHS +15 They will need: conditions of service. You might con?rm that HR Unit ?111] follow up on this - ryda seeking an update on the time frame for edvertismg the comps-mien for the DDCE was informers thei PAS intends to advertise on the 18111 November. copv of the sanction the' ;oi3 speci?cation. the person speci?cation and the appmved Brien Murphy and Marisa Lower Hatch Street? Dubiin 2 Tei'. 01 5312609 Fax1016312552 email bradapcwar?pdge5.. '30 Effie; I Egg" .. . . -. John Hughes to Philip Kelly, John Murphy' 06/10/2015 19:04 Philip I Secretary General, the following is a brief update on staffing issues involving engagement with PAS: 6 Accountants for ODCE we now understand that PAS will place the advertisement for the campaign on 18 November (tan Brennan and Breda Power are aware). We still await PAS to confirm that they can administer the process to recruit a for ODCE. Overall, we have a good working relationship with PAS and are satisfied that they are doing their best to faciliate us to the greatest extent possible. John, 6/10. John Hughes. Principal, HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units. Department of Jobs. Enterprise. and innovation, Kiidare Street. Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 Page 1 of 1 ODCE - Workforce Plan 2015?17 3 j/ Conor O'Mahony to: Joan Howley 19/10/201518214 Cc: Ian Drennan, Claire Gordon, Helen Curiey, Kevin Prendergast, Kevin O'Connell Hide Details From: Conor O?Mahony/entemp Sort To: Joan Howley/entemp@entemp, Cc: Ian Drennan/enternp@ENTEMP, Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Helen Curley/entemp@ENTEMP, Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp, Kevin History: This message has been replied to. 1 Attachment (LEE - Joan Apologies for the late submission of our plan I now attach the completed template. The only sheet updated is Projected Structure - Table 2.1. The amendments re?ect the sanction already obtained for the employment of 5 additional accountants and a HEO I have also re?ected the ?lling of the 2 accountants vacancies that we currently have. As you will be aware. the accountant posts are due to be advertised next month. We do not have any information on possible retirements over the period and have not forecast any. Similarly, while we understand that some transfer applications have been made. we are operating on the basis that any transfers will be on a head for head basis so will not effect the net number of employees. This plan is produced on the basis that we will be able to manage our workload with this complement of staff (including the additional posts already sanctioned). Of course, if any major investigations were to arise during the period of the plan. this could result in a requirement for additional resources. We do not currently anticipate any such requirements. Conversely, we do not envisage that there are any circumstances in which we could reduce our staf?ng complement and continue to discharge our statutory remit in a meaningful manner. Regards Conor Conor O'Mahony Principal Of?cer Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 16 Parnell Square Dublin 1 ph. +353 - 1 - 858 5827 (See attached ?le: WFP2015-101 7 - ODCE.xlsx) 02/02/2017 Projected Structure (Table 2.1) Grade_ Stream Current' - End 2017 32.5 39.5 Description This temptate assesses the impact of retirements and staff movement on the current staff pro?le Notes Please use end Dec 2014 ?gures for current staff. . . V3 ?Fte:?PQ?vaeaneiesi" rig John Hughes Mary 13111120151024 - . . Cc: Eamonn Balmer Many thanks, Mary. Just back from a few day's absence. Any update on the ODCE Accountants competition? Regards, John, 13H1. John Hughes. Principal, HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone 01-6312246 Mary" Hi John Just a note to let you know that the 12/11/2015 11:49:27 From: Mary" To: "john.hughes@djei.ie" Date: 12l11/201511:49 Subject: vacancies Hi John Just a note to let you know that the candidate assignment papers for the first of your P0 vacancies were sent to you yesterday. We're awaiting some documents from the second candidate and will forward you on the details once clearance is finalised. Regards lwary This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. 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I - r: n3 Irwiaafan Li i'IdgiIIc, b, rm i- e'zIs'.? umpe: SUCH: 33:51:93: i: o?e rI di?h UK .I :Ird 1.3., . i=3: aft: n3: rI-I'nha 2ft: rag 3mg? II 3:1: grimy; II. 3:3.3 3-33." '3 12:. h? v.32 9: . anion: IIrri' :asfab?nsi: the I. 33:: 3.33:4333221543 .- ,3 . . 12"] iIIz? EIIJ has: Emil-2:? r1: My 115 ix: 1} 1.1, -J.i i?Eii'I SHE-I :l . e-I-Ierfe'ntzr? . NI .g-g ?l?H?l may? wn u.uwua~w2wm? -is ?nishing up here today As per my email below, i would be grateful if you could advlse as to amass by which the resultant vacancy will be filled Speci?cally, do you require that we complete a dra? Boolzlei for the Also, funhef to previous correspondence, antlers advertised on the ?l?EEh of this month den'i know whether I should be caneemed or not (as haven?: dealt with them previously) bu?. as have had no corneal from are PAS would have thought l?nai, al this stage, they would have wanted in engage on ISSUES such as the summation in" the panel interview Beard etc: land that our Accountant and FE posts are to be i215?; - :2 a ixennanwentem-a ?as? I - 4* . 1m Drennam?eaicrn, 11hr: Hug? a - - 211 mam 36.32 3. Re Jena 53*. '5?I'h2:511 tam 32:! my pledge Thanks. . I311 . - 1- [Irena in :n?emn'i ?4722.? a I- - - -. m2?. -- - -.-, c. - - - Yr?: :?rnf 5.) :1 Ud?nit?. ha: HIE: ll 3 Ul: L?ulmmlent-propr 5an a 31:" d1; lneae a. 23m Nwember an we was. t-J th-Jl date an? . revenue! mldalalanu ?nal .13 02 the fate pr?- at sea John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8. Development and Business Sara-ices Units, Departmental Jobs, Enterprlee. and lnnavatlon, Street, Dublin 2 Fw: ODCE Staf?ng 3. i Breda Power to: John Hughes 17/11/201515157 Sent by: breda power Cc: Eamonn Balmer, Claire Gordon History: This message has been forwarded. John Further to correspondence below and also the recent correspondence between you and tan Drennanl would appreciate an update on the recruitment of the Accountants for the ODCE. You might also let me know the position regarding the HEO IT specialist. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department ofJobs, Enterprise 8. innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 17/11/2015 15:28 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Baimer/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 01/10/2015 17:58 Subject: Re: Fw: ODCE Staf?ng Breda, i am disappointed that PAS could not/did not give me that information when 1 both rang and emailed earlier this week. i will follow up and keep you apprised. John, 1/10. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8. Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. DOZ T030 Phone - 01-6312246 Breda Power John 1 phoned PAS yesterday seeking an 01/10/201512z53212 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Eamonn Balmerlentemp@ENTEMP, Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 01/10/201512:53 Subject: Fw: ODCE Staf?ng Sent by: breda power John Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8. Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax1016312552 emaii breda.power@djei.ie Re: Fw: ODCE Staffing From John Hughes To Breda Power Co Claire Gordon. Eamonn Balmer Date 18/11/2015 19:39 Breda. have emaiied PAS requesting the latest information and will update you as soon as I have a reply. John. 18/11. John Hughes. Principal. HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units. Department of Jobs. Enterprise. and Innovation. Kildare Street. Dublin 2. 002 T030 Phone - 01-6312246 From. Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP. Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP Dale: 17/11/201515257 Subject: Fw: ODCE Staf?ng Sent by. breda power John Further to correspondence below and also the recent correspondence between you and Ian Drennan I would appreciate an update on the recruitment of the Accountants for the ODCE. You might also let me know the position regarding the HEO lT specialist. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs. Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre. Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 17/11/2015 15:28 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/enlemp@ENTEMP. Eamonn Balmerlentemp@ENTEMP Page 1 of3 Date. 01/10/2015 17:58 Subject Re: Fw; ODCE Staf?ng Breda. I am disappointed that PAS could not/did not give me that information when i both rang and emailed earlier this week. i will follow up and keep you apprised. John. 1/10. John Hughes. Principal. HR. Learning 8: Development and Business Services Units. Department of Jobs. Enterprise, and Innovation. Kildare Street. Dublin 2. 002 T030 Phone - 0143312246 From: Breda Powerlenterrip To: John Hugheslentemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Eamonn Baimerlentemp@ENTEMP. Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 01110120151253 Subject: Fw: ODCE Staf?ng Sent by: breda power John phoned PAS yesterday seeking an update on the time frame for advertising the competition for the Accountants for the ODCE. was informed that PAS intends to advertise on the 18th November. They will need a copy of the sanction. the job specification. the person speci?cation and the approved conditions of service. You might con?rm that HR Unit will follow up on this. Brian Murphy and Marise Phelan are in charge of the competition. I would be grateful if you would keep us informed of progress with the competition and also for an update on the IT specialist that ODCE also received sanction for. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs. Enterprise innovation, Earisfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda powerlentemp on 01/1012015 12:17 From: Breda Powerlentemp Page 2 of 3 To John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc Eamonn Balmerlentemp@ENTEMP. Claire Gordonleniemp@ENTEMP Date' 30/09/2015 14:49 Subject: Fw: ODCE Staf?ng Sent by: breda power John The Minister raised the staffing issue at this morning's Management Board meeting. I would be grateful for an update. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs. Enterprise innovation. Earlsfort Centre. Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax:016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda powerlentemp on 3010912015 14 47 From: Breda Powerlentamp To. John Hugheslentemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP. Eamonn Balmerlenternp@ENTEMP Date: 26109/2015 12:18 Subject: ODCE Staf?ng Sent by: breda power John I understand that PAS have not yet advertised for the accountants in the ODCE. At last week's Management Board meeting Martin Shanagher (who chaired the meeting) mentioned that he had been talking to you about the posts and that you would be following up with PAS. Do you have any indication from PAS as to when they will be advertising the competition for the accountants? Also what is the position regarding the HEO lT position? Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs. Enterprise 8. innovation. Earlsfort Centre. Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie ATTACHMENTS: Page 3 of3 26?30 Abbey St Upper Dublin 1 Ph: 00353 1 8587437 risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this office. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, rL'mda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?L?isaid an duine aonair no an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu a ta Munar an duine a ba choir an riomhphost seo, no aon chuid de, a fhail, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a choipeail no a dhaileadh. Dean teagmhail leis an t? a choir chugat agus inis do/di go bhfuair tu tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a ta ag de'anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tu ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan slan a tit ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fonota seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. From: CN=Breda Power/O=entemp To: CN=C1aire CC: Date: 20/11/2015 16:49:15 ?3 6 Subject: Fwd: Re: Claire As discussed earlier today. Breda Begin forwarded message: From: "John Hughes" Date: 19 November 2015 18:37:57 GMT To: "Ian Drennan" Cc: "Breda Power" Subject: Re: Ian, I had understood the same. I emailed PAS last night looking for updates on a number of matters and will follow up by phone tomorrow. I'll let you know the outcome as soon as I have a response from PAS. John, 19/11. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 Ian 1/2015 1 had understood that the ODCE posts were to be advertised this week. However, I'm given to un From: Ian Drennan/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEM P, Cc: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 19/11/201515213 Subject: John, I had understood that the ODCE posts were to be advertised this week. However, I'm given to understand that there's nothing in today's Independent and so, presumably, there'll be nothing in tomorrow's Times. As indicated recently, I have received no contact from PAS. Could you advise please as to when these posts are to be advertised. Page 1 of 2 Many thanks, HM ENTS: Page 2 of 2 Claire Gordon to: John Hughes, Eamonn Balmer 23/11/201510:01 Cc: Breda Power Bcc: Joan Howley ?ips Phonecall with PAS re ODCE vacancies John On Friday afternoon I spoke to Marise Phelan in PAS about the advertisements for the ODCE posts. Her immediate response was that PAS had got nothing from our Department. She explained that PAS had intended to advertise the posts on 13 November but were awaiting information from this Department on the DPER approved conditions of service so could not proceed. She had not received that information as of Friday afternoon. Her phone number is 8587437. Perhaps someone might give her a call to resolve the apparent confusion and hopefully get the posts advertised this week. Claire Breda Power From: Breda Power/entemp To: Claire 20/11/201516:49:16 From: Breda Powerlentemp To: Claire Gordon/entemp@entemp. Date: 20/11/2015 16:49 Subject: Fwd: Re: Claire As discussed earlier today. Breda Begin forwarded message: From: "John Hughes" Date: 19 November 2015 18:37:57 GMT To: "tan Drennan" Cc: ?Breda Power" Subject: Re: Ian, I had understood the same. I emailed PAS last night looking for updates on a number of matters and will follow up by phone tomorrow. 1?11 let you know the outcome as soon as have a response from PAS. John, 19/11. John Hughes, ?58? ?57-5 -. {111% Re: Phonecall with PAS re ODCE vacancies [3 John Hughes to: Claire Gordon 23111120151032 Cc. Eamonn Balmer. Breda Power. Mary Cullen History. This message has been replied to and fomarded. Claire. have spoken with PAS (including Marise) this morning and expressed surprise that they were awaiting information form us as I had understood the material sent last July was suf?cient. They are to check into the matter and revert. i will keep the pressure on as the information referred to below is immediately available, the recruits are to be graded as Professional Accountants Grade I which is salaried at AP level. John, 23/11. John Hughes. Principal. HR. Learning 8. Devel0prnent and BUSiness Services Units. Department of Jobs. Enterprise, and Innovation. Kildare Street. Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 Claire Gordon John On Friday afternoon spoke to Marise 23/1 1/2015 10:01 :18 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 23/11/2015 10:01 Subject: Phonecall with PAS re ODCE vacancies John On Friday afternoon spoke to Marise Phelan in PAS about the advertisements for the ODCE posts. I-Ier immediate reSpOnse was that PAS had got nothing from our Department. She explained that PAS had intended to advertise the posts on 13 November but were awaiting information from this Department on the DPER approved conditions ofservice so could not proceed. She had not received that information as of Friday afternoon. Her phone number is 8587437. Perhaps someone might give her a call to resolve the apparent confusion and hepefully get the posts advertised this week. Claire Breda Power From: Breda Powerlentemp To: Claire 20/11/201516z49216 From: Breda Powerlentemp To: Claire Gordon/entemp@entemp. Date: 20/11/2015 16:49 Subject: Fwd: Re: Claire 3Q Re: Recruitment of Accountants From Ian Drennan To John Hughes Cc Breda Power. Eamonn Balmer. Mary Cullen Date 23/11/2015 10:49 John. By way of post script. the salary shouldn't impede advertisement in any event. The salary doesn't appear in the ad and it's not uncommon for Information Booklets not to be immediately available on the PAS website. I can see no reason as to whey these posts can't be advertised this week. Ian From John Hughes/entemp To: lan Drennanlentemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP. Eamonn Balmerlentemp@ENTEMP. Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 23/11/201510241 Subject Re: Recruitment of Accountants Ian. I have spoken directly this morning to a contact in PAS who will check into the matter and revert. It has been suggested to me from the Liaison Unit that PAS were awaiting some additional information from the Department before going to press but i do not understand that as was unaware that any information was outstanding. In any event. ratherthan hold a post-mortem on that issue right now. I have asked PAS to confirm that they have everything they need from our communication of last July and if not to let me know immediately what is outstanding so we can supply same. think the "missing information" relates to salary which we know is Professional Accountant Grade I or AP level. I'll keep you posted. Once we get the advertisement agreed we can then look to establish what caused the communications breakdown. John. 23/11. John Hughes. Principal. HR. Learning Development and Business Services Units. Department of Jobs. Enterprise. and innovation. Kildare Street. Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01 -631 2246 From Ian Drennanlentemp Page 1 of 3 To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEM P. Cc: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP Date? 23i111201510217 Subject Re: John. Any update on this? It's imperative that we proceed with this without further delay. Thanks, lan From John Hughes/entemp To: lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP Date. 19/1112015 18:37 Subject Re' Ian. I had understood the same. I emailed PAS last night looking for updates on a number of matters and will follow up by phone tomorrow. I'll let you know the outcome as soon as haVe a response from PAS. John, 19/11. John Hughes. Principal. HR. Learning 8: Development and Business Services Units. Department of Jobs. Enterprise. and Innovation. Kildare Street. Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312248 From Ian Drennanlentemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 191'111201515:13 Subject: Page 2 of3 John, had understood that the ODCE posts were to be advertised this week. However, I'm given to understand that there's nothing in today's Independent and so. presumably, there'll be nothing in tomorrow's Times. As indicated recently, I have received no contact from PAS. Could you advise please as to when these posts are to be advertised. Many thanks, lan ATTACHMENTS: Page 3 of 3 r5, Zr? 0 "U'l Ti :1 1; Re: Fw: Forensic Accountants John Hughes to: Claire Gordon 26/11/201515:07 31933 CC: Breda_Power. lan Drennan. Kevin Prendergast History: This message has been replied to. Colleagues, the booklet for the 6 Accountants posts in the ODCE that was agreed and transmitted to PAS before last summer titled the posts as ?Professional Accountant Grade 1 Department of Jobs. Enterprise and Innovation (Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement)" and in subsequent correspondence or discussions between PAS and I know i have used the shorthand ?Forensic Accountants". therefore. PAS advise me that they cannot now use the title ?Investigators" as to do so would require withdrawing the competition on their IT system and restarting it under the new name. More crucially. an additional problem is that the advertisement. which PAS always craft themselves. has gone to print so it cannot be withdrawn have been told. What we are now left with is the advertisement appearing as is. the title staying as is on the publicjobs website. albeit I believe the revised narrative text proposed for the website by Kevin can be adjusted to the text proposed at lunchtime. Finally. have been asked to clarify for the Information Booklet bullet point number 11 on page 5 (?be technically proficientto a high level in one or more areas of relevance to the role"). i.e. what exactly is the requirement behind the text? PAS advise that the booklet needs to be available on their Website this evening to dovetail with the publication of the ad. John, 26/11. John Hughes. Principal. HR. Learning Development and Business Services Units. Department of Jobs. Enterprise. and Innovation. Kildare Street. Dublin 2. 002 T030 Phone - (ii-6312246 Claire Gordon John The ad attached needs to be rewritten 26/11/2015 14:09:34 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: John Hughes/enlemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 26/11/201514:09 Subject: Re: Fw: Forensic Accountants John The ad attached needs to be rewritten before publication. is grossly misnamed. "possess" is spelled wrong and the ?rst sentence is such a poor description of the work of the Of?ce as to be bordering on incorrect. lt would be an embarrassment to this Department if it were to be published as drafted Claire John Hughes lan, please see material from PAS. Can you 25/11/2015 18:56:11 %7 Re: Forensic Accountants [5 )6 Claire Gordon to: John Hughes Cc Breda_Power. Kevin Prendergast. tan Drennan Bcc: Joan Howley 25/11/2015 15:40 John Can the ad be withdrawn from publication in the newspaper at this stage? Even if this would cost money I think that it would be better than to have it published as is. 1 would appreciate it very much if you could try to stop that at least. Claire lan Drennan From: lan Drennan/entemp To: John 26/11/2015 15:22:29 From: Ian Drennan/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@entemp. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@entemp, Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp Date: 26/11/2015 15:22 Subject: Re: Forensic Accountants Personally, I have nothing further to say on this subject. The manner in which this has been dealt with is nothing short ofa disgrace. I am mortified at the prospect of an ODCE-related advertisement appearing in the national press which contains both spelling and grammatical errors, not to mention misnaming my former employer. Hard to attract professional candidates with high standards when we look like rank amateurs ourselves. On 26 Nov 2015, at 15:07, John Hughes wrote: Colleagues, the booklet for the 6 Accountants posts in the ODCE that was agreed and transmitted to PAS before last summer titled the posts as ?Professional Accountant Grade 1 Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement)? and in subsequent correSpondence or discussions between PAS and DJ I know I have used the shorthand ?Forensic Accountants?, therefore, PAS advise me that they cannot now use the title ?Investigators? as to do so would require withdrawing the competition on their IT system and restarting it under the new name. More crucially, an additional problem is that the advertisement, which PAS always craft themselves, has gone to print so it cannot be withdrawn 1 have been told. What we are now left with is the advertisement appearing as is, the title staying as is on the publicjobs website, albeit I believe the revised narrative text proposed for the website by Kevin can be adjusted to the text proposed at lunchtime. Finally, I have been asked to clarify for the Information Booklet bullet point number 11 on page 5 (?be technically pro?cient to a high level in one or more areas of relevance to the role?), i.e. what exactly is the requirement behind the text? PAS advise that the booklet needs to be available on their website this evening to dovetail with the publication of the ad. John, 26/11. Principal, I-IR, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD3O Phone 01-6312246 (See attached file: Draft ad. pdf)(See attached ?le: Draf! Info Bookletdoc) Re: Fw: Forensic Accountants [3 Kevin Prendergast to: John Hughes Cc Claire Gordon, Breda_Power. lan Drennan 26/11/201515118 John The information about the ad is disappointing to say the least. The fact that it omits any description of the role is immensely frustrating, but the spelling and grammatical errors are frankly an embarrassment to this Of?ce, and by extension the Department. Bearing in mind the protracted time and effort of many parties (in ODCE and DJEI) in getting sanction for this recruitment process, what will issue tomorrow is something of a slap in the face for us all. Point 11 refers to the earlier list of areas of relevance to the role in point 2, and confirms that not only post-quaii?catlon experience but also a high degree of technical pro?ciency is essential. Kevin Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 John Hughes Colleagues, the booklet for the 6 Accountants 26/11/201515107139 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Kevin PrendergasUentemp?entemp Date: 26/11/2015 15:07 Subject: Re: Fw: Forensic Accountants Colleagues. the booklet for the 6 Accountants posts in the ODCE that was agreed and transmitted to PAS before last summer titled the posts as "Professional Accountant Grade 1 Department of Jobs, Enterprise and innovation (Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement)" and in subsequent correspondence or discussions between PAS and i know i have used the shorthand ?Forensic Accountants", therefore, PAS advise me that they cannot now use the title ?Investigators" as to do so would require withdrawing the competition on their IT system and restarting it under the new name. More crucially, an additional problem is that the advertisement, which PAS always craft themselves, has gone to print so it cannot be withdrawn have been told. What we are now left with is the advertisement appearing as is, the title staying as is on the publicjobs website. albeit I believe the revised narrative text proposed for the website by Kevin can be adjusted to the text proposed at lunchtime. Finally, 1 have been asked to clarify for the Information Booklet bullet point number 11 on page 5 (?be technically pro?cient to a high level in one or more areas of relevance to the role"), i.e. what exactly is the requirement behind the text? PAS advise that the booklet needs to be available on their website this evening to dovetail with the publication of the ad. John, 26/11. John Hughes. Principal, HR. Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department ofJobs. Enterprise, and innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. a] Re: Forensic Accountants [3 Egg? JOhn HUQhes to: lan Drennan Cc Breda_Power, Claire Gordon. Kevin Prendergast Colleagues, I understand completely but this was/is completely outside of my control. I have already left messages at the most senior levels in PAS for someone to contact methe country at present. If it comes to it can i presume withdrawing the advertisement to aim for next week would be the preferable option if available? John, 26l11. John Hughes. Principal, HR, Learning 8: Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. 002 TD30 Phone - 01-6312245 lan Drennan From: lan Drennan/entemp To: John 26/11/201515:22:29 From: lan Drennanlenternp To: John Hughes/entemp@entemp. Cc: Claire Gordonlentemp@entemp, Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp Date: 26111001515222 Subject: Re: Forensic Accountants Personally, I have nothing further to say on this subject. The manner in which this has been dealt with is nothing short of a disgrace. i am morti?ed at the prospect of an ODCE-related advertisement appearing in the national press which contains both Spelling and grammatical errors, not to mention misnaming my former employer. Hard to attract professional candidates with high standards when we look like rank amateurs ourselves. On 26 Nov 2015, at 15:07, John Hughes wrote: Colleagues, the booklet for the 6 Accountants posts in the ODCE that was agreed and transmitted to PAS before last summer titled the posts as ?Professional Accountant Grade 1 Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement)? and in subsequent correspondence or discussions between PAS and DJ E1 I know I have used the shorthand ?Forensic Accountants?, therefore, PAS advise me that they cannot now use the title ?Investigators? as to do so would require withdrawing the competition on their IT system and restarting it under the new name. More crucially, an additional problem is that the advertisement, which PAS always craft themselves, has gone to print so it cannot be withdrawn 1 have been told. What we are now left with is the advertisement appearing as is, the title staying as is on the publicjobs website, albeit I believe the revised narrative text proposed for the website please see material from PAS. Can you let me know if you are happy with both pl? 1 have yet to read myself. John, 25/11. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD3O Phone - 01-6312246 (See attached ?le: Draft attached ?le: Draft Info Bookletdoc) Re: Forensic Accountants Kevin Prendergast to: John Hughes Cc lan Drennan, Breda_Power. Claire Gordon, Conor O'Mahony 26/11/2015 15:44 Yes. Absolutely. My experience of running ads from some years ago directly usually allowed you to make last minute changes due to the digital nature of printing. Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 John Hughes Colleagues, I understand completely but this 26/11/2015 15:41 :55 From: John Hughes/entemp To: lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Kevin PrendergasUentemp@ENTEMP Date: 26/11/201515241 Subject: Re: Forensic Accountants Colleagues, I understand completely but this was/is completely outside of my control. I have already left messages at the most senior levels in PAS for someone to contact methe country at present. If it comes to it can I presume withdrawing the advertisement to aim for next week would be the preferable option if available? John, 26/11. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8. Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. DOZ TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 lan Drennan From: lan Drennan/entemp To: John 26/11/2015 15:22:29 Re: Forensic Accountants Breda Power to: John Hughes 26/11/2015 15:52 Sent by: breda power Cc lan Drennan, Breda_Power. Claire Gordon. Kevin Prendergast History: This message has been forwarded. John I agree completely with the comments made by Claire, tan and Kevin. I refrained from responding earlier as i think my language would not have been so polite. it is imperative that the advertisement be amended or else withdrawn. Under no circumstances should it issue as currently drafted. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs. Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie John Hughes Colleagues. I understand completely but this 26/11/201515141:55 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Ian Brennan/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP. Kevin PrendergasUentemp?ENTEMP Date: 26/11/201515:41 Subject: Re: Forensic Accoumants Colleagues. i understand completely but this was/is completely outside of my control. have already left messages at the most senior ievels in PAS for someone to contact methe country at present. If it comes to it can I presume withdrawing the advertisement to aim for next week would be the preferable option if available? John. 26/11. John Hughes. Principal. HR. Learning 8. Development and Business Services Units. Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation. Kildare Street. Dublin 2. 002 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 From: Ian Drennan/entemp From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Breda Power@deti.ie, Ian Brennan/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 26/1 1/2015 14:09 Subject: Re: Fw: Forensic Accountants John The ad attached needs to be rewritten before publication. is grossly misnamed, "possess? is spelled wrong and the ?rst sentence is such a poor description of the work of the Of?ce as to be bordering on incorrect. It would be an embarrassment to this Department if it were to be published as drafted Claire John Hughes-?2511 1/2015 1815621 please see material from PAS. Can you let me know if you are happy with both pl? 1 have yet From: John Hughes/entemp To: [an Drennanlentemp@ENTEM P, Cc: Brcda Power@deti.ie, Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 25/1 1/2015 18:56 Subject: Fw: Forensic Accountants lan, please see material from PAS. Can you let me know if you are happy with both pl? 1 have yet to read myself. John, 25/11. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, KildaIe Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01 -6312246 (See attached ?le: Draft attached ?le: Draft Info Booklet. doc) Fw: Forensic accountants Kevin Prendergast to: bredapower, Claire Gordon 26/11/201515154 Breda As discussed kevin Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 um Forwarded by Kevin Prendergast/entemp on 25/11/2015 15:53 From: Kevin Prendergast/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Date: 26/11/201513209 Subject: Forensic accountants HiJohn Ian is away from the office today and tomorrow but he has asked me to have a look at the ad from PAS. As I see it, the main problem with the ad is it says nothing at all about the role. moving straight from what the ODCE does to what is required of the successful applicant. A second but related problem is that as the ad has been sized to fit in with three others. and is the smallest of the three. This severely constrains the ability ofthe ad to convey any message about the role. Half of the ad space is taken up with the logo and ad title. You will be aware of the importance the Director attaches to these roles as regards the future strategic direction of the Office. and indeed its current resource de?cits, and the relegation of the ad to the third of a strip of four. and the smallest of any of them. is deeply disappointing. My final point is that we believe the title Investigators more properly indicates the roles these people are intended to play in the organisation. They are not being recruited as accountants, although they will need those skills. A key element of this recruitment is to hire people who are not attached to the grade, but are interested in the work. I would suggest the attached. which is a briefer version of what was fonNarded as a suggested ad several months ago. could possibly be included as an alternative. [?13 Investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26.docx Kevin Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATORS (ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONALS) The Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) wishes to recruit a number of suitably experienced accounting professionals. The successful candidates wili contribute to, and gain an exceptional insight into, all aspects of both civil and criminal enforcement Recruitmentof this nature is rare and, as such, this represents an exceptional Opportunity for the right candidates to contribute to the furtherance of the public interest and, in so doing, to gain unique experience. The successful candidates will be members Of a Recognised Accountancy Body and'fhe ideal candidates will have signi?cant post qualification experience at a suitably senior level in audit, forensics and/or insolvency. 25?; Re: Fw: Forensic Accountants El Claire Gordon to: John Hughes 26/11/201514109 Cc: Breda_Power. Ian Drennan John The ad attached needs to be rewritten before publication. is grossly misnamed, "possess" is spelled wrong and the first sentence is such a poor description of the work of the Of?ce as to be bordering on incorrect. It would be an embarrassment to this Department if it were to be published as drafted Claire John Hughes Ian, please see material from PAS. Can you 25/11/2015 18:56:11 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 25/11/2015 18:56 Subject: Fw: Forensic Accountants lan. please see material from PAS. Can you let me know if you are happy with both pl? have yet to read myself. John, 25H1. John Hughes. 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Following the enactment of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill 2012 which is currently before the Direachtas, the remit of the PRTB will be extended The Director will be responsible for the leadership, management and direction and will be accountable to the board for the overall performance of the organisation The ideal candidate will have: A successful track record as a leader and manager in either the public or private sector that demonstrates the necessary vision, leadership and management skills: Detailed knowledge. or the capacity to quickly develop detailed knowledge. of the Residential Tenancies Act. quasi-judicial dispute resolution processes. legal precedent etc.. A strong results focus and a track record of successful service deliveryin an operational environment; Experience In overseeing ?nancial matters such as budgeting. reporting and auditing: Excellent commun cation and interpersonaliskills with a proven track record of effective engagement in multiple stakeholder environments. The closing date for receipt of applications is Thursday 11th December 2015. For more information and how to apply. visit We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity and encourage applications under all nine grounds of the Employment Equality Act. Cuirfear failte roimh i nGaeilge (J 5 Mb I um Che Public Appointments Servic CANDIDATES INFORMATION BOOKLET PLEASE READ CAREFULLY Open competition for appointment to the position of Forensic Accountant (6 Posts) (Professional Accountant Grade 1) Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Closing Date: 17th December 2015 Cid215 The Public Appointments Service is committed to a policy of equal opportunity. The Public Appointments Service will run this campaign in compliance with the Code of Practice for Appointment to Positions in the Civil Service and Public Service prepared by the Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA). Codes of practice are published by the CPSA and are available on Contact: Linda Bridger, RECRUITMENT CHAPTER HOUSE 26 30 ABBEY STREET UPPER DUBLIN 1 Telephone Number: (353) 1 8587641 Main Number: (353) 1 858 7400 Forensic Accountant ODCE TABLE OF CONTENTS Page The Role 4 Essential Entry Requirements 5 Principal Conditions of Service 7 Competition Process 12 Closing Date 12 Selection Methods 12 Candidates Rights 13 Candidates Obligations 14 Data Protection Acts 1988 2003 i4 Forensic Accountant ODCE Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade 1) In the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs. Enterprise and Innovation Background: The mission of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (the Department) is to encourage the creation of high quality and sustainable full employment by championing enterprise across government, supporting a competitive enterprise base, promoting a low tax environment to incentivise work and enterprise and promoting fair and competitive markets. The Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) is an Office of the Department. speci?c mission is to improve the compliance for company law in the Irish environment. The ODCE was established under the Company Law Enforcement Act 2001 (the Act). Under the Act, the principal functions of the Director of Corporate Enforcement include the: . encouragement of compliance with the Companies Acts; . investigation of instances of suspected offences under the Companies Acts; . enforcement of the Companies Acts, including the prosecution of offences by way of summary proceedings; . referral of cases, at his discretion, to the Director of Public Prosecutions for consideration as to whether they should be prosecuted on indictment; . exercise, insofar as considered necessary or appropriate, of a supervisory role over the activity of liquidators and receivers in the discharge of their functions under the Companies Acts. Those statutory functions have been further distilled into the high level goals, which are to: . promote a greater understanding of affected parties? rights and duties under company law; a confront unlawful and irresponsible behaviour insofar as it relates to company law; and . provide a quality customer service to internal and external stakeholders. Structure and current resources Currently, the ODCE has a staff complement of approximately 40 comprising solicitors, accountants, members of An Garda Siochana, civilian case of?cers and administrative staff. Its budget for 2015 is ?5m. Having regard to its principal statutory functions, and the associated the ODCE is organised into a number of Units, each of which comes under the responsibility of a Head of Function. Further information regarding the ODCE's principal activities can be accessed at Forensic Accountant ODCE The Role The Forensic Accountant is a senior level post within the Of?ce, reporting to a Head of Function or, as may be required from time to time, directly to the Director. As such, the successful candidates must be capable of demonstrating an appreciation for the pivotal nature of their roles and functions within the organisation. The nature ofthese demanding roles will be wide and varied. In that context, the following is a non-exhaustive overview of the types of work that the successful candidates are likely to be engagedin: managing individual cases/a portfolio of cases; 0 developing strategies and plans for progressing individual cases; . the effective management of competing priorities; 0 investigating alleged breaches of company law, including: gathering evidence (including by the exercise of statutory powers of production or on foot of search warrants); liaising with third parties as necessary; critically and forensically analysing ?nancial, and other information/evidence; . drafting written reports, detailing, inter alia, analysis undertaken, conclusions, proposals and recommendations; - preparing case files and other appropriate materials in contemplation of civil and/or criminal legal proceedings (in conjunction with other ODCE staff as necessary); . testifying, as required, in Court proceedings initiated by the ODCE or by the Director of Public Prosecutions; examining, and making determinations in respect of liquidators? reports under section 682 of the Companies Act 2014; contributing to/leading on projects associated with the ODCE's supervision of insolvency practitioners; . contributing to/leading on the ongoing development and improvement of policies and procedures; - contributing to/Ieading on the ongoing development and improvement of risk assessment and analysis methodologies; . providing advice and other professional input on matters relating to accounting, audit and related disciplines; . co-operating with other regulatory and enforcement Agencies on matters of mutual interest; . contributing to/leading on the ongoing development of advocacy materials; . relationship management and development; . contributing to the ODCE's ongoing compliance with its obligations as a public sector organisation; . contributing to/Ieading on projects associated with any other aspect of the ODCE's mandate and functions as required. Location Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, 16 Parnell Square, Dublin 1. Forensic Accountant ODCE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Essen?ah Candidates must on or before 17th December 2015 1. 10. 11. 12. have full membership of a prescribed accountancy body supervised by the Irish Auditing and Supervising Auditing Authority (IAASA) and have signi?cant post quali?cation experience at a suitably senior level in audit, forensics. insolvency and/or in another area of relevance to the role; be flexible, results?focussed and have the ability to work under pressure in a complex, legal, technical and regulatory environment; be capable of operating effectively on their own initiative; be capable of demonstrating the capacity to analyse and assimilate large volumes of complex material and to identify quickly the key issues; have an appreciation of the requirements for working effectively in a multi?disciplinary environment, including the ?exibility and mobility to work effectively with all other relevant colleagues and stakeholders across sectoral, organisational and professional boundaries possess strong project management skills; have demonstrated a strong track record in the exercise of sound professional judgement; possess the capacity to operate effectively and credibly at senior levels, both within the organisation and externally; possess excellent communications and interpersonal skills; be technically pro?cient to a high level in one or more areas of relevance to the role; be capable of demonstrating an appreciation of the ODCE and its position and role within the wider functions of the Department and the environment in which it operates and have a strong commitment to serving the public interest. Desirable additional qualifications of relevance (for example, in the area of forensics) Forensic Accountant ODCE Eligibility and Certain Restrictions on Eligibility to Compete European Economic Area Nationals Candidates should note that eligibility to compete is open to citizens of the European Economic Area (EEA). The EEA consists of the Member States of the European Union along with Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Swiss citizens under EU agreements may also apply. lncentivised Scheme for Early Retirement (ISER) It is a condition of the lncentivised Scheme for Early Retirement (ISER) as set out in Department of Finance Circular 12/09 that retirees, under that Scheme, are debarred from applying for another position in the same employment or the same sector. Therefore, such retirees may not apply for this position. Department of Health and Children Circular (7I2010) The Department of Health Circular 7/2010 dated 1 November 2010 introduced 3 Targeted Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) Scheme and Voluntary Redundancy Scheme (VRS). It is a condition of the VER Scheme that persons availing of the scheme will not be eligible for re- employment in the public health sector or in the wider public service or in a body wholly or mainly funded from public moneys. The same prohibition on re?employment applies underthe VRS, except that the prohibition is for a period of 7 years, after which time any re-employment will require the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. People who availed of either of the schemes or other Public Sector Voluntary Redundancy Schemes are not eligible to compete in this competition. Collective Agreement: Redundancy Payments to Public Servants The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform letter dated 28m June 2012 to Personnel Officers introduced, with effect from 1?5t June 2012, a Collective Agreement which had been reached between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Public Services Committee of the ICTU in relation to ex-gratia Redundancy Payments to Public Servants. It is a condition of the Collective Agreement that persons availinq of the agreement will not be eligible for re-emplovment in the public service by any public service body (as de?ned by the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts 2009 2011) for a period of 2 years from termination of the employment. Thereafter the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform will be required prior to re-employment. People who availed of this scheme and who may be successful in this competition will have to prove their eligibility (expiry of period of non?eligibility) and the Minister?s consent will have to be secured prior to employment by any public service body. Declaration Applicants will be required to declare whether they have previously availed of a public service scheme of incentivised early retirement. Applicants will also be required to declare any entitlements to a Public Service pension benefit (in payment or preserved) from any other Public Service employment and/or where they have received a payment-in?lieu in respect of service in any Public Service employment. Forensic Accountant ODCE Principal Conditions of Service General The appointment is subject to the Civil Service Regulations Acts 1956 to 2005 and the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 and any other Act for the time being in force relating to the Civil Service. 13?3! Personal Pension Contribution Pav Rag The salary scale for the position (rates effective from 1 November, 2013) in the case of new entrants and established officers appointed on or after 6 April 1995 is: is as follows: ?61 ,698.00 ?65,000.00 ?65,000.00 ?66,742.00 ?68,707.00 ?70,668.00 ?72,626.00 1 is Long service Increment after 3 years on Max of scale. ?18! 2 is Long service increment after 6 years on Max of scale. Entry will be at the minimum of the scale and the rate of remuneration will not be subject to negotiation. The rate of pay may be adjusted from time to time in line with Government pay policy. Important Note: Different pay and conditions may apply if immediately prior to appointment the appointee is a serving Civil or Public Servant Statutory deductions from salary will be made as appropriate by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. You will agree that any overpayment of salary or of travel and subsistence may be deducted from future salary payments due to you in accordance with the Payment of Wages Act 1991. In the event of such an occurrence, the Department will advise you in writing of the amount and details of any such overpayment and give you at least one week?s notice of the deduction to take place and will deduct the overpayment at an amount that is fair and reasonable having regard to all the circumstances. Tenure and probation: The appointment is to an established position in the Civil Service. The appointee will be required to serve a 12 month probationary period. During the period of the probationary contract, an officer?s performance will be subject to review by the appropriate supervisor(s) to determine whether the officer: has performed in a satisfactory manner (ii) has been satisfactory in general conduct, and is suitable from the viewpoint of health with particular regard to sick leave. Prior to completion of the probationary contract, a decision will be made as to whether or not you will be retained pursuant to Section of the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956-2005. This decision will be based on your performance assessed against the criteria set out in to above. The details of the probationary process will be explained to you by your employing Department and you will be given a copy of guidelines on probation issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Forensic Accountant ODCE In the event that you are not considered as suitable to the position of Professional Accountant Grade 1 having been assessed against stated criteria, you will be noti?ed in writing of the action to be taken prior to the expiry of this contract and any extensions thereof. Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 - 2005: The Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977-2005 will not apply to the termination of this employment by reason only of the expiry of this probationary contract without it being renewed Suspension of Probation The Department may suspend the probationary period and, as a result, extend the term ofthe probationary contract in the following circumstances: . the probationary period will be suspended if the officer is on Maternity or Adoptive leave, - the probationary period may, at the discretion of the Department, be suspended where the employee is absent on any other form of statutory or non- statutory leave. Where the Department?s ability to assess the officer and/or the officer?s ability to demonstrate their suitability for permanent appointment is compromised by the officer's absence on leave, the contract period will be extended by the period of leave taken. Duties: You will be required to perform any duties appropriate to your grade which may be assigned to you during the probationary period. You may not engage in private practice or be connected with any outside business which would interfere with the performance of of?cial duties Headguarters: On appointment to the Department your headquarters will be at the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE), or be such as may be designated from time to time by the Head of the Department. When absent from home and headquarters on of?cial duty you will be paid appropriate travelling expenses and subsistence allowances, in accordance with Civil Service regulations. The Organisation of Workinq Time Act 1997 The terms of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 will apply to your employment and the hours of attendance and leave entitlements that will apply is at Section 10 below Hours of attendance: Hours of attendance will be as fixed from time to time but will amount to on average not less than 43 hours and 15 minutes gross per week. The successful candidate will be required to work with such additional hours from time to time as may be reasonable and necessary for the performance for the proper performance of his/her duties subject to the limits set down in the working time regulations. The rate of remuneration payable covers any extra attendance liability that may arise from time to time. Annual Leave: The annual leave allowance will be 30 working days a year. This allowance which is subject to the usual conditions regarding the granting of annual leave is on the basis of a five day week and is exclusive of the usual public holidays. Sick Leave: Pay during properly-certi?ed sick absence, provided there is no evidence of permanent disability for service, will apply on a pro rata basis in accordance with the provisions of the sick leave Circulars. Forensic Accountant ODCE Of?cers who are paying Class A rate of PRSI will be required to sign a mandate authorising the Department of Social Protection to pay any benefits due to you under the Social Welfare Acts direct to the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Payment of salary during illness will be subject to you making the necessary claims for social insurance bene?t to the Department of Social Protection within the required time limits. Secrecy, confidentiality and standards of behaviours: Official Secrecy and Integrity During the term of the probationary contract, an of?cer will be subject to the Provisions of the Official Secrets Act, 1963, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2014.. The of?cer will agree not to disclose to third parties any confidential information, especially information with commercial potential, either during or subsequent to the period of employment. Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour The of?cer will be subject to the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour. Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 The Ethics in Public Of?ce Acts 1995 will apply, where appropriate, to this employment. Prior approval of publications: An of?cer will agree not to publish material related to his or her of?cial duties without prior approval by the Minister. Political activity: During the term of employment the of?cer will be subject to the rules governing civil servants and politics Superannuation and Retirement The successful candidate will be offered the appropriate superannuation terms and conditions as prevailing in the Civil Service, at the time of being offered an appointment. In general, and except for candidates who have worked in a pensionable (non-single scheme terms) public service job in the 26 weeks prior to appointment (see paragraph below), this means being offered appointment based on membership of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme (?Single Scheme"). Key provisions attaching to membership of the Single Scheme are as follows: a)Pensionable Age The minimum age at which pension is payable is 66 (rising to 67 and 68) in line with State Pension age changes. b)Retirement Age: Scheme members must retire at the age of 70. c)Pension Abatement If the appointee was previously employed in the Civil Service and is in receipt of a pension from the Civil Service normal abatement rules will apply. However, if the appointee was previously employed in the Civil Service and awarded a pension under voluntary early retirement arrangements (other than the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement (ISER) or the Department of Health Circular 7/2010 VERNRS which, as indicated above, renders a person ineligible for the competition) the entitlement to that pension will cease with effect from the date of reappointment. Special arrangements will, however be made for the reckoning of previous service given by the appointee for the purpose of any future superannuation award for which the appointee may be eligible. If the appointee was previously employed in the Civil Service or in the Public Service please note that the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act Forensic Accountant ODCE 2012 includes a provision which extends abatement of pension for all Civil and Public Servants who are re-employed where a Public Service pension is in payment. This provision to apply abatement across the wider public service came into effect on 1 November 2012. This may have pension implications for any person appointed to this position who is currently in receipt of a Civil or Public Service pension or has a preserved Civil or Public Service pension which will come into payment during his/her employment in this position. Department of Education and Skills Early Retirement Scheme for Teachers Circular 102/2007 The Department of Education and Skills introduced an Early Retirement Scheme for Teachers. It is a condition of the Early Retirement Scheme that with the exception of the situations set out in paragraphs 10.2 and 10.3 of the relevant circular documentation, and with those exceptions only, if a teacher accepts early retirement under Strands 1, 2 or 3 of this scheme and is subsequently employed in any capacity in any area of the public sector, payment of pension to that person under the scheme will immediately cease. Pension payments will, however, be resumed on the ceasing of such employment or on the person?s 60th birthday, whichever is the later, but on resumption, the pension will be based on the person?s actual reckonable service as a teacher the added years previously granted will not be taken into account in the calculation of the pension payment). Ill-Health-Retirement Please note that where an individual has retired from a Civil/Public Service body on the grounds of ill-health his/her pension from that employment may be subject to review in accordance with the rules of ill~health retirement within the pension scheme of that employment. d) Prior Public Servants While the default pension terms, as set out in the preceding paragraphs, consist of Single Scheme membership, this may not apply to certain appointees. Full details of the conditions governing whether or not a public servant is a Single Scheme member are given in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and other Provisions) Act 2012. However the key exception case (in the context of this competition and generally) is that a successful candidate who has worked in a pensionable (non-single scheme terms) capacity in the public service within 26 weeks of taking up appointment, would in general not become a member of the Single Scheme. In this case such a candidate would instead be offered membership of the pension scheme for non-established civil servants (?Non-Established State Employee Scheme"). This would mean that the abatement provisions at above would apply, and in addition there are implications in respect of pension accrual as outlined below: e)Pension Accrual A 40-year limit on total service that can be counted towards pension where a person has been a member of more than one existing public service pension scheme would apply. This 40-year limit, which is provided for in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and other Provisions) Act 2012 came into effect on 28 July 2012. This may have implications for any appointee who has acquired pension rights in a previous public service employment. f) Pension-Related Deduction This appointment is subject to the pension-related deduction in accordance with the Financial Emergency Measure in the Public Interest Act 2009 (as amended). 1 Forensic Accountant ODCE For further information in relation to the Single Public Service Pension Scheme for Public Servants please see the following website: Personnel Code: Further details and circulars regarding these terms and conditions can be found in An Cod Pearsanra and are available on the following web site The above represents the principal conditions of service and is not intended to be the comprehensive list of all terms and conditions of employment which will be set out in the employment contract to be agreed with the successful candidate Forensic Accountant ODCE COMPETITION PROCESS How to Apply Applications should be made online through All sections of the form must be fully completed. Before applying candidates should log-on to and if you have not already done so you must register as a ?New User? to create your pro?le (register a new account). Please do not confuse registering (creating a pro?le) with submitting an application. Once you have created a pro?le you must then access the application form, complete and submit it. Once you have submitted your application form it is suggested that you return to your publicjobs account and ensure that it has been successfully submitted via ?My Applications'. At this point you should consider adding publicjobsie to your safe senders or contact list within your email account to avoid not receiving email because a publicjobs e-mail has been blocked. Only applications fully submitted online will be accepted into the campaign. Applications will not be accepted after the closing date. Closing date Your application must be submitted on the Public jobs website not later than midnight, Thursday, 17th December 2015 If you do not receive an acknowledgement of receipt of your application within 24 hours of applying, please contact: Linda Bridger at (01) 8587641 or email: linda.bridger@publicjobs.ie The interviews for these posts are likely to be held in January/February 2016. You are advised to check your messageboard on a regular basis as email notifications of updates/tests/lnterviews etc issued to your Messageboard may sometimes be filtered into your Junk/Spam email folders. You are also advised to check all these folders regularly. The onus is on each applicant to ensure that she/he is in receipt of all communication from the Public Appointments Service (PAS) The PAS accept no responsibility for communication not accessed or received by an applicant Candidates should make themselves available on the date(s) speci?ed by the PAS and should make sure that the contact details specified on the application form are correct. Selection Methods The selection may include: shortlisting of candidates on the basis of the information contained in their application a competitive preliminary interview completion of online questionnaire(s) presentation or other exercises a final competitive interview work sample/role play/ media exercise, and any other tests or exercises that may be deemed appropriate Shortlisting Normally the number of applications received for a position exceeds that required to ?ll existing and future vacancies to the position. While a candidate may meet the eligibility requirements of the competition, if the numbers applying for the position are such that it would not be practical to interview everyone, the Public Appointments Service may decide that a number only will be called to interview. In this reSpect, the Public Appointments Service provide for the employment of a short listing process to select a group for interview who, based on an examination of the application forms, appear to be the most suitable for the position. An expert board will examine the application forms against a pre?determined criteria based on the requirements of the position. This is not to suggest that other candidates are necessarily unsuitable or incapable of undertaking the job, rather that there are some candidates, who based on their application, appear to be better qualified and/or have more relevant experience. It is therefore in your own interest to provide a detailed and accurate account of your quali?cations/ experience on the application form. 12 Forensic Accountant ODCE Confidentiality Subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, 2014 applications will be treated in strict con?dence. Security Clearance Police vetting may be sought in respect of individuals who come under consideration for appointment. The applicant will be required to complete and return a Garda Vetting form should they come under consideration for appointment. This form will be fonrvarded to An Garda Siochana for security checks on all Irish and Northern Irish addresses at which they resided. Enquiries may also be made with the police force of any country in which the applicant under consideration for appointment resided. lf unsuccessful this information will be destroyed by the Public Appointments Service. If the applicant subsequently comes under consideration for another position, they will be required to supply this information again. Other important information The Public Appointments Service will not be responsible for refunding any expenses incurred by candidates. The admission of a person to a campaign, or invitation to attend an interview, is not to be taken as implying that the Public Appointments Service are satis?ed that such person ful?ls the requirements of the competition or is not disquali?ed by law from holding the position and does not carry a guarantee that your application will receive further consideration. It is important, therefore, for you to note that the onus is on you to ensure that you meet the eligibility requirements for the competition before attending for interview. If you do not meet these essential entry requirements but nevertheless attend for interview you will be putting yourself to unnecessary expense. Prior to recommending any candidate for appointment to this position the Public Appointments Service will make all such enquiries that are deemed necessary to determine the suitability of that candidate. Until all stages of the recruitment process have been fully completed a ?nal determination cannot be made nor can it be deemed or inferred that such a determination has been made. Should the person recommended for appointment decline, or having accepted it, relinquish it or if an additional vacancy arises the Board may, at its discretion, select and recommend another person for appointment on the results of this selection process Should similar type vacancies arise elsewhere in the Civil Service candidates may be drawn from this competition Candidates' Riqhts Review Procedures in relation to the Selection Process The Public Appointments Service will consider requests for review in accordance with the provisions of the codes of practice published by the CPSA. The Codes of Practice are available on the website of the Commission for Public Service Appointments Where a candidate is unhappy with an action or decision in relation to an application, s/he can seek a review under Section 7 of the code of practice2-The candidate must address his/her concerns in relation to the process in writing, setting out the basis for the complaint being made, to the Chief Executive, Public Appointment Service, in the first instance. A complaint or request for review must be made within 10 working days of the notification of the initial decision or within 5 working days of the outcome of the informal review stage, if availed of. However, where the decision being conveyed relates to an interim stage of a selection process, a request for review must be received within 4 working days of the date of receipt of the decision. Candidates electing to use the informal process at the interim stage must do so within 2 working days of communication of the decision to them In communicating the outcome to the candidate, which will be done by means of written report, the initial reviewer should indicate that he/she may seek further review by referring the matter to the Decision Arbitrator and that a request to do so must be made with 7 working days of receipt of the outcome of the initial review. Where a candidate believes that an aspect of the process breached the code of practice, s/he can have it investigated under Section 8 of the code by the CPSA. 13 Forensic Accountant ODCE Candidates' Obliqations Candidates should note that canvassing will disqualify and will result in their exclusion from the process. Candidates must not: knowingly or recklessly provide false information canvass any person with or without inducements interfere with or compromise the process in any way A third party must not personate a candidate at any stage of the process. Any person who contravenes the above provisions or who assists another person in contravening the above provisions is guilty of an offence. A person who is found guilty of an offence is liable to a fine/or imprisonment. In addition, where a person found guilty of an offence was or is a candidate at a recruitment process, then: where helshe has not been appointed to a post, helshe will be disqualified as a candidate; and where helshe has been appointed subsequently to the recruitment process in question, helshe shall forfeit that appointment. Specific candidate criteria Candidates must: Have the knowledge and ability to discharge the duties of the post concerned Be suitable on the grounds of character Be suitable in all other relevant respects for appointment to the post concerned; and if successful, they will not be appointed to the post unless they: Agree to undertake the duties attached to the post and accept the conditions under which the duties are, or may be required to be, performed Are fully competent and available to undertake, and fully capable of undertaking, the duties attached to the position. Deeminq of candidature to be withdrawn Candidates who do not attend for interview or other test when and where required by the Public Appointments Service, or who do not, when requested, furnish such evidence as the Public Appointments Service require in regard to any matter relevant to their candidature, will have no further claim to consideration. Quality Customer Service We aim to provide an excellent quality service to all our customers. If, for whatever reason, you are unhappy with any aspect of the service you receive from us, we urge you to bring this to the attention of the unit or staff member concerned. This is important as it ensures that we are aware of the problem and can take the appropriate steps to resolve it. Feedback will be provided on written request. Data Protection Acts, 1988 and 2003 When your application form is received, we create a record in your name, which contains much of the personal information you have supplied. This personal record is used solely in processing your candidature and should you be successful certain information you provide will be forwarded to the employing organisation. Such information held is subject to the rights and obligations set out in the Data Protection Acts, 1988 2003. To make a request under the Data Protection Acts 1988 2003, please submit your request in writing to: The Data Protection Co?Ordinator, Public Appointments Service, ?Chapter House?, 26-30 Abbey Street Upper, Dublin 1, ensuring that you describe the records you seek in the greatest possible detail to enable us to identify the relevant record. A fee of ?6.35 should accompany your request. Payment should be made by way of bank draft, money order, or personal cheque, made payable to the ?Public Appointments Service?. Certain items of information, not speci?c to any individual, are extracted from records for general statistical purposes. 14 Forensic Accountant ODCE Page 1 of 1 Re: Forensic Accountants Ian Drennan to: John Hughes 25/11/2015 20:23 Cc: Breda_Power, Claire Gordon, Kevin Prendergast, Kevin O'Connell, Conor O'Mahony Hide Details From: Ian Drennan/entemp Sort John Hughes/entemp@entemp, Cc: BredamPower@deti.ie, Claire Gordon/entemp@entemp, Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp, Kevin Conor History: This message has been forwarded. John, I'm trying to read this on my phone as I'm away from the of?ce until Monday. However, in short, no I'm not remotely happy. The draft advertisement makes no sense whatsoever, reads as though it was drafted by a child and I would be embarrassed to be associated with it as currently drafted. Frankly, I think that the less I say at this moment in time the better. Ian On 25 Nov 2015, at 18:56, John Hughes wrote: Ian, please see material from PAS. Can you let me know if you are happy with both pl? 1 have yet to read myself. John, 25/11. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 (See attached ?le: Dra? ad. pd?(See attached file: Draft Info Booklet. doc) mm 1 1 n'mm .. Fw: Investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Breda Power to. Claire Gordon 2611112015 16:01 Fen' by: breda power Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8 Innovation, Earlsfort Centre. Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax:016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 26I11l2015 16:00 From: Kevin Pren dergastlentemp To: breda.power@djei.ie. Dale: 26111l2015 15:55 Subject: Investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 THIS ONE Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Investigators (Accounting Professionals) newspaper advertisement Nov 26.docx Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 Re: Fw: Investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 John Hughes to: Breda Power Co. Claire Gordon. Ian Drennan. Kevin Prendergast This message has been fowvarded. 26/11/2015 17:01 History: Colleagues, have now spoken with everyone in the hierarchy in the relevant Section of PAS and the following is what they say can be done: 1. The ad cannot be pulled because of timelines, however, the typos relating to "possess" and the incorrect naming of IAASA were both picked up at proof stage. 2. The corresponding ad on the publicjobs.ie website Will be titled Forensic as the title must link back to the title in the newspaper ad. 3. The short narrative text that will appear on the public]obs.ie website is to be the Kevin Prendergast/Breda Power text of this afternoon and not the one in the newspaper ad. John. 26/11. John Hughes, Principal. HR, Learning 8. Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation, Kildare Street. Dublin 2. D02 T030 Phone 01-6312246 Breda Power John The text I sent you has one slight 26/11/2015 16:29:07 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Ciaire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Ian Drennan/enlemp@ENTEMP. Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp Date: 26/11/2015 16:29 Subject: Re: Fw: Investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Sent by: breda power John The text I sent you has one slight amendment from the earlier version so please use this one. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8: innovation, Earlsfort Centre. Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie John Hughes Breda. Kevin?s alternative lunchtime text is 26/11/201516126zo9 Re: ODCE Transfers] Recruitment 1 Conor O'Mahony . - John Hughes 09/12/201512213 Cc: Ian Drennan Thanks John. We look forward to hearing from you. Regards Conor Conor O'Mahony Principal Officer Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 16 Parnell Square Dublin 1 ph. +353 - 1 - 858 5827 John Hughes Conor, the first had been actioned by me already. 09/12/201512z12z15 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Conor Cc: Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 09/12/201512:12 Subject: Re: ODCE Transfers/ Recruitment Conor, the first had been actioned by me already. We are talking generally to PAS about ICT qualified staff at AP, HEO and E0 levels and the ODCE HEO post is part of those discussions. Will keep you posted on the latter as developments unfold. John, 9/12. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8 Development and Business Services Units, Department ofJobs, Enterprise, and innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone 01-6312246 Conor O'Mahony John 1. Principal Solicitor 09/12/2015 11:17:25 3 Re: Fw: Investigators (Accounting Professionals) newspaper advertisement Nov 26 E1 Breda Power to: John Hughes Sent by: breda power Cc lan Drennan, Claire Gordon. Kevin Prendergast. Eamonn Balmer. Mary Cullen. Philip Kelly. John Murphy iUl il 21112120151555 Thanks John Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8. innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email John Hughes Breda I tan, PAS informed me on Friday that 21/12/201515:20:39 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP. Ian Drennanlentemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Kevin Prendergast/enternp@ENTEMP. Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP. Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP. Philip Kelly/entemp@ENTEMP, John Murphy/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 21/12/2015 15:20 Subject: Re: Fw: Investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Breda Ian, - PAS informed me on Friday that they have 46 applications for the lnvestigatorslAccountants posts. We now need to confirm the DJEI members of the interview Board and have agreed with PAS thatwe will supply 2 Board Memberssecond person nominated by HR. PAS will then iiaise with the Board members to set the seiection process in motion. John, 21/12. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning DeveIOpment and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 Breda Power John Do you have any information on the 18/12/201519106207 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP. Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP. Kevin Prendergast/e ntemp@entemp Date: 18/12/201519:06 Subject: Re: Fw: investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Sent by: breda power John The text I sent you has one slight amendment from the earlier version so please use this one. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8: Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie John Hughes Breda, Kevin's alternative lunchtime text is with 26/11/2015 16:26:09 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP. Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Kevin PrendergasUentemp?ENTEMP Date: 26/11/2015 16:26 Subject: Re: Fw: investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Breda, Kevin's alternative lunchtime text is with them for use on the website etc. and i am still waiting to hear back on the status of the Irish Times advertisement. ls there any difference between Kevin's earlier text and what you just emailed now? I have told PAS we are embarrassed by the typos (including the misnaming of for example. I have had several phone conversations with different officials in PAS to try and rectify the matter but, as yet. to no avail, but am waiting for a further call back. As mentioned in an earlier email, i even tried to elevate the matter to the CEO but she is overseas. I will keep you posted. John, 26H1. John Hughes, Principal, HR. Learning 8: Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs. Enterprise, and Innovation. Kildare Street, Dublin 2. 002 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 Breda Power John Please ask PAS to use the attached 26/11/201516213221 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP. Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP. Kevin Prendergast/enternp@entemp Date: 26/11/201516:13 Subject: Fw: investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Sent by: breda power John Please ask PAS to use the attached advertisement for the Accounting posts in the ODCE. it more Re: Fw: investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Breda Power to: John Hughes 26/11/201516:29 ent by: breda power Claire Gordon, ian Drennan, Kevin Prendergast John The text i sent you has one slight amendment from the earlier version so please use this one. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie John Hughes Breda, Kevin?s alternative lunchtime text is with 26/11/201516126209 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEile, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Kevin PrendergasUentemp?ENTEMP Date: 26/11/201516226 Subject: Re: Fw: investigators (Accounting Professionals) newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Breda, Kevin's alternative lunchtime text is with them for use on the website etc. and I am still waiting to hear back on the status of the Irish Times advertisement. Is there any difference between Kevin's earlier text and what you just emailed now? i have told PAS we are embarrassed by the typos (including the mtsnaming of for example. i have had several phone conversations with different of?cials in PAS to try and rectify the matter but, as yet. to no avail, but am waiting fora further call back. As mentioned in an earlier email, i even tried to elevate the matter to the CEO but she is overseas. i will keep you posted. John, 26H1. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8. Development and Business Services Units, Department ofJobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. 002 T030 Phone - 01-6312246 Breda Power John Please ask PAS to use the attached 26/11/20151611321 Re: Fw: Investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 John Hughes to: Breda Power Cc: Claire Gordon. lan Drennan. Kevin Prendergast was. 53% 26/11/201516t26 Breda, Kevin's alternative lunchtime text is with them for use on the website etc. and i am still waiting to hear back on the status of the Irish Times advertisement. Is there any difference between Kevin's earlier text and what you just emailed now? i have told PAS we are embarrassed by the typos (including the misnaming of IAASA) for example. I have had several phone conversations with different of?cials in PAS to try and rectify the matter but, as yet, to no avail. but am waiting for a further call back. As mentioned in an earlier email, 1 even tried to elevate the matter to the CEO but she is overseas. i will keep you posted. John, 26/11. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8. Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 Breda Power John Please ask PAS to use the attached 26/11/201516:13:21 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hugheslentemp@ENTEMP. Cc: lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP. Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP. Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp Date: 26/11/201516213 Subject: Fw: Investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Sent by: breda power John Please ask PAS to use the attached advertisement for the Accounting posts in the ODCE. it more accurately reflects the type of professional candidates that Of?ce is seeking. These are critical posts and the successful candidates will have a signi?cant role to play in the enforcement of company law so it is essential that we can attract people with the right experience. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs. Enterprise 8. Innovation. Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.pOWer@djei.ie OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATORS (ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONALS) The Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) wishes to recruit a number of suitably eXperienced accounting professionals. The successful candidates will contribute to, and gain an exceptional insight into, all aspects of both civil and criminal enforcement Recruitment of this nature is rare and. as such, this represents an exceptional opportunity for the right candidates to contribute to the furtherance ofthe public interest and, in so doing, to gain unique experience. The successful candidates will be members of a Recognised Accountancy Body and will have signi?cant post qualification experience at a suitably senior level in audit, forensics and/or insolvency Fw: Investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement kc. I Nov 26 Breda Power to: John Hughes 26/11/201516113 Sent by: breda power Cc: Ian Drennan, Claire Gordon, Kevin Prendergast John Please ask PAS to use the attached advertisement for the Accounting posts in the ODCE. It more accurately reflects the type of professions! candidates that Of?ce is seeking. These are critical posts and the successful candidates will have a significant role to play in the enforcement of company law so it is essential that we can attract people with the right experience. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs. Enterprise 8. Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax2016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 26/11/2015 16:04 From: Kevin Prendergast/entemp To: breda.power@djei.ie. Date: 26/11/2015 15:55 Subject: Investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Investigators (Accounting Professionals) newspaper advertisement Nov 26.docx Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATORS (ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONALS) The Of?ce of the Director Of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) wishes to recruit a number of suitably experienced accounting professionals. The successful candidates will contribute to, and gain an exceptional insight into, all aspects of both Civil and criminal enforcement. Recruitment of this nature is rare and, as such, this represents an exceptional opportunity for the right candidates to contribute to the furtherance Of the public interest and, in so doing, to gain unique experience. The successful candidates will be members of a Recognised Accountancy Body and will have signi?cant post qualification experience at a suitably senior level in audit, forensics and/or insolvency. Re: Fw: investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 From Breda Power To John Hughes Cc lan Drennan. Claire Gordon. Kevin Prendergast. Eamonn Balmer, Mary Cullen. Philip Kelly, John Murphy Date 21/12/201515:55 Thanks John Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs. Enterprise innovation. Earisfort Centre. Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie From: John Hughes/entemp Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP. Kevin Prendergast/entemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Baimer/entemp@ENTEMP. Mary Cuiien/eniemp@ENTEMP. Philip Keily/entemp@ENTEMP. John Murphy/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 21/12/2015 15:20 Subject: Re: Fw: investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Breda I lan. PAS informed me on Friday that they have 46 applications for the investigators/Accountants posts. We now need to confirm the DJ El members of the interview Board and i have agreed with PAS that we will supply 2 Board Memberssecond person nominated by HR. PAS will then liaise with the Board members to set the selection process in motion. John, 21/12. Hughes. Principal. HR. Learning Development and Business Services Units. Department of Jobs. Enterprise. and Innovation. Kiidare Street. Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 From Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP. lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP. Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp Date 18/12/2015 19:06 Page 1 of 4 Subject Re: Fw: Investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Sent by breda power John Do you have any information on the number of people who applied for the Accountants posts in the Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise innovation. Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie From: John Hugheslentemp To. Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordonlentemp@ENTEMP. Ian Drennanlentemp@ENTEMP. Kevin PrendergasUentemp@ENTEMP Date: 26/11/2015 17:01 Subject: Re: Fw: investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Colleagues, I have now spoken with everyone in the hierarchy in the relevant Section of PAS and the following is what they say can be done: The ad cannot be pulled because of timelines. however. the typos relating to "possess" and the incorrect naming of were both picked up at proof stage. The corresponding ad on the publicjobs.ie website will be titled Forensic Accountents/Investigators.. as the title must link back to the title in the newspaper ad. The short narrative text that will appear on the publicjobs.ie website is to be the Kevin PrendergasUBreda Power text of this afternoon and not the one in the newspaper ad. John. 26/11. John Hughes, Principal. HR, Learning 8: Development and Business Services Units. Department of Jobs, Enterprise. and Innovation. Kildare StreetI Dublin 2. DO2 T030 Phone - 01-6312246 Page 2 of 4 From. Breda Power/ente mp To. John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP. lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP. Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp Date: 26/11/2015 16:29 Subject Re: Fw: Investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Sent by' breda power John The text i sent you has one slight amendment from the earlier version so please use this one. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs. Enterprise innovation. Earlsfort Centre. Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax2016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie From? John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP. Ian Drennanlentemp@ENTEMP. Kevin Prendergast/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 26/11/2015 16:26 Subject: Re: Fw: Investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Breda. Kevin's alternative lunchtime text is with them for use on the website etc. and I am still waiting to hear back on the status of the Irish Times advertisement. is there any difference between Kevin's earlier text and what you just emailed now? i have told PAS we are embarrassed by the typos (including the misnaming of IAASA) for example. I have had several phone conversations with different officials in PAS to try and rectify the matter but. as yet. to no avail, but am waiting for a further call back. As mentioned in an earlier email. i even tried to elevate the matter to the CEO but she is overseas. I will keep you posted. John, 26/11. John Hughes. Principal. HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units. Department of Jobs. Enterprise. and Innovation. Kildare Street. Page 3 of 4 Dublin 2. 002 T030 Phone - 01 6312246 From. To: Cc: Date: Subject Sent by: John Breda Power/entemp John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Ian Drennanlentemp@ENTEMP, Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP. Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp 26/11/201516:13 Fw: Investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 breda power Please ask PAS to use the attached advertisement for the Accounting posts in the ODCE. it more accurately reflects the type of professional candidates that Of?ce is seeking. These are critical posts and the successful candidates will have a significant role to play in the enforcement of company law so it is essential that we can attract people with the right experience. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8 Innovation. Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 26/11/2015 16:04 From: Date: Subject Kevin Prendergast/entemp breda.power@djei.ie. 26/11/2015 15:55 Investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 [attachment "investigators (Accounting Professionals) - new5paper advertisement Nov 26.docx" deleted by breda power/entemp] ATTACHMENTS: Page 4 of4 From: To: Cc: "Phelan. Marese" "iohn.hughes@djei.ie" "Keaveney, Mary" Date: Subject. Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade I) Hi John Just contacting you to let you know that there are 46 applicants for the above post. Could you please forward the names of your nominees because am keen to finalize the panel ofinterviewers. Thanking you Marese Marese Phelan Professional and Technica Public Appointments Serv Chapter House 26-30 Abbey St Upper Dublin 1 Ph: 00353 1 publicjobs.ie Delivering People Sol Platinum Award for Excellence Through People 2006 Top 10 Graduate Recruiter Grad lreland 2008 This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this office. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, rt'mda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?usaid an duine aonair no an aonain ainhain ar cuireadh chucu a tit Munar tu an duine a be choir an riomhphost see, no aon chuid de, a ?iail, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a choipeail no a dhaileadh. Dean teagmhail leis an t? a choir chugat if?? Re: Fw: investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper gr? advertisement Nov 26 [El Claire Gordon to: Breda Power 21/12/201512:49 Breda On 25 November I enquired with John as to whether the HEO with expertise post in ODCE was to be part of the advertising campaign for the accountant posts. John said that this was not the case and that that vacancy was being pursued separately. I would appreciate it very much if you could ask John if there is any news on the ?lling of that post as it is now over 14 months since it was sanctioned by DPER. Claire Breda Power John Do you have any information on the 18/12/2015 19:06:07 From: Breda Power/entemp . To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP. lan Drennanlentemp@ENTEMP, Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp Date: 18/12/2015 19:06 Subject: Re: Fw: investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Sent by: breda power John Do you have any information on the number of people who applied for the Accountants posts in the Breda Breda Power Department ofJobs, Enterprise 8. Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie John Hughes Colleagues, have now spoken with everyone in 26/11/201517:01:12 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP. Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP. Kevin Prendergast/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 26/11/201517:01 Subject: Re: Fw: investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Colleagues, have now spoken with everyone in the hierarchy in the relevant Section of PAS and the following is what they say can be done: 1. The ad cannot be pulled because of timelines. however, the typos relating to "possess" and the incorrect naming of were both picked up at proof stage. The corresponding ad on the publicjobs.ie website will be titled Forensic as the title must link back to the title in the newspaper ad. 2. will keep you posted. John, 26/11. John Hughes. Principal, HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units. Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. 002 T030 Phone - 01-6312246 Breda Power John Please ask PAS to use the attached 26/11/201516z13z21 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP. Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP. Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp Date: 26/11/201516213 Subject: Fw: Investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Sent by: breda power John Please ask PAS to use the attached advertisement for the Accounting posts in the ODCE. It more accurately reflects the type of professional candidates that Of?ce is seeking. These are critical posts and the successful candidates will have a signi?cant role to play in the enforcement of company law so it is essential that we can attract people with the right experience. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs. Enterprise 8. innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 26/1 112015 16:04 From: Kevin Prendergast/entemp To: breda.power@djei.ie. Date: 26/11/201515255 . Subject: investigators (Accounting Professionals) - newspaper advertisement Nov 26 Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 Department afJebs, Enterspriswnd Innovation Workforce Plan 2015?1 7 Contents Overview 2 Supply Analysis 0 Demand Analysis 0 GapAnalysis 5 HR ?Gap? Strategy 9 Evaluation Measures 11 Commerce, Consumer and Competition Division The Division has submitted a request for 8 additional posts including 1 legal advisor, 3 middle managers, 1 EO and 3 C05. The posts will enable the Division to manage and deliver on the legislative agenda that they are responsible for. in addition to the additional asks it is worth noting that the Division requires the filling of strategic vacancies in the area of specific accountancy expertise which will enable the ODCE in particular to deliver on its enforcement remit. ll 1/ 1 g" Re: Fw: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade 1) [3 John Hughes to: Breda Power 18/01/201615:32 Cc Claire Gordon, Ian Drennan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Eamonn Balmer, Mary Cullen History' This message has been forwarded. Breda, my last contact with PAS was about a week ago where I confirmed the qualifications of our nominees as PAS were looking to ensure that they had a spread of expertise on the Interview Board they were assembling. have assumed that they are now arranging with Ian and Maureen the interview dates etc. but 1 may be a little ahead of myself. John. 18/1. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8. Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 Breda Power John Is there any update from PAS on this 18/01/201613z57205 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Maureen lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 18/01/201613:57 Subject: Fw: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade I) Sent by: breda power John is there any update from PAS on this competition? Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8. Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djel.le Fowvarded by breda power/entemp on 18/01/2016 13:55 From: John Hughes/entemp To: "Phelan, Marese" Cc: "Keaveney, Mary" Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP, tan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Breda Power/enternp@ENTEMP Date: 21/12/201516:24 Subject: Re: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade I) Fw: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade I) Breda Power to John Hughes Sent by. breda power Cc? Claire Gordon, Maureen O'Sullivan, Ian Drennan 18/01/201613t57 John Is there any update from PAS on this competition? Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8. Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax1015312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 18/01/2016 13:55 From: John Hughes/entemp To: "Phelan, Marese" Cc: "Keaveney, Mary" Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP, lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 21/12/2015 16:24 Subject: Re: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade 1) Marese, the 2 DJEI Interview Board Members are to be: 0 Ian Drennan, Director, Officer of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. and 0 Maureen O?Sullivan, Registrar of Companies. Both are copied in in this email so you can contact them directly regarding arrangements. John, 21/12. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8. Development and Business Services Units. Department ofJobs, Enterprise, and innovation, Kildare Street. Dubiin 2. D02 T030 Phone - 01-6312246 "Pheian, Marese" Hi John Just contacting you to let you know that 18/12/201512118212 From: "Phelan. Marese" To: "john.hughes@djei.ie" Cc: "Keaveney, Mary" Date: 18/12/201512:18 Subject: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade I) Hi John Fw: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade I) From Breda Power To Claire Gordon Cc Date 18/01/201616:13 Claire - FYI Breda Power Department of Jobs. Enterprise 8 Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 18/01/2016 16:13 From: Ian Drennan/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP. John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Date: 18/01/2016 15:42 Subject: Fw: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade E) FYI Forwarded by Ian Drennan/entemp on 18/01/2016 15:42 From: "Phelan, Marese" To: Date: 13/01/2016 16:35 Subject: RE: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade l) Hi Ian We are experiencing difficulties contacting our extern but we are actively following up on this and will revert as soon as we have a response from him. Regards h?arese Marese Phelan Professional and Technicai Recruitment Public Appointments Service Chapter House 26-30 Abbey St Upper Dublin 1 Page 1 of 4 Platinum Award for Excellence Through People 2008 Top 10 Graduate Recruiter- Grad Ireland 2008 From: Sent: 13 January 2016 16:17 To: Phelan, Marese Subject: Fw: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade I) Hi Marese, Further to John's email below, are you in a position at this stage to advise as to likely timings etc? Many thanks, Ian Ian Drennan Director Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 16 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 D01 W5C2 Ireland Tel: +353 1 858 5800 - Lo Cali: 1890 315 015 - Fax: +353 1 858 5801 - Web: - T: @odce Forwarded by Ian Drennan/entemp on 13/01/2016 16:16 From: John Hughes/entemp To: "Phelan, Marese" Cc: ?Keaveney, Mary" Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP, Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 21/12/2015 16:24 Subject: Re: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade I) Marese, the 2 DJEI Interview Board Members are to be: Ian Drennan, Director, Officer of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, and Maureen O'Sullivan, Registrar of Companies. Both are copied in in this email so you can contact them directly regarding arrangements. John, 21/12. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Page 2 of 4 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. DOZ TD3O Phone - 016312246 From: "Phelan, Marese" To: "john.hughes@djei.ie" Cc: "Keaveney, Mary" Dae: 18H2Q0151218 Subject Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade I) Hi John Just contacting you to let you know that there are 46 applicants for the above post. Could you please forward the names of your nominees because I am keen to finalize the panel of interviewers. Thanking you Mares Pit This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive infonnation using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?t?lsaid an duine aonair no an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu a ta Munar tL'l an duine a ba choir an riomhphost seo, no aon chuid de, a fhail, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a choipeail no a dhaileadh. D?an teagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis do/di go bhfuair tL?l tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tu ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan slan a ta ann chun Page 3 of 4 sonrai? a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tn? riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fonota seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. Email Disclaimer: This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this office. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuiltear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?t'lsaid an duine aonair no an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu e, a ta se'. Munar tu an duine a ba choir an riomhphost seo, no aon chuid de, a fhail, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a choipeail no a dhaileadh. De'an teagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis do/di go bhfuair tu tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirglmiomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tt'l ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht sco (mar nach modh iomlan skin a ta ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar Sin, 1121 cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fon?ta seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. ATTACHMENTS: Page 4 of 4 2, Fw: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade I) 5.15:2 i Breda Power to: Claire Gordon Sent by. breda power Claire - Breda Power Department of Jobs. Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/enlemp on 18/01/2016 16:13 From: Ian Drennanlentemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Date: 18/01/201615242 Subject: Fw: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade I) Forwarded by lan Drennan/enlemp on 18/01/2016 15:42 From: "Phelan, Marese' To: Date: 13/01/2016 16:35 Subject: RE: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade l) Hi lan We are experiencing difficulties contacting our extern but we are actively following up on this and will revert as soon as we have a reSponse from him. Rega Marese Marese Phelan Professional and Technical Recruitment Public Appointments Service Chapter House 26-30 Abbey St Upper Dublin 1 Ph: 00353 1 8587437 publicjobs.ie Deliverin tions to the Public Service Platinum Award for Excellence Through People 2003 Top 10 Graduate Recruiter Grad lreland 2005 From: ?lm? Re: Fw: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade I) lg: John Hughes to: Breda Power 21101901512119 Cc: Claire Gordon, Eamonn Balmer. tan Drennan. Mary Cullen ,2 This message has been forwarded. Breda, PAS tell me that they are having dif?culty securing the services of an expert on fraud to complete the membership of the Interview Board. They are pursuing this matter and will revert as soon as they have resolved that challenge. PAS tell me they will be in contact with Ian (and, indeed, other Board members) directly as soon as they are ready to commence the interview process. I will look for a further update at my overview meeting with PAS next week. John, 21/1. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8: Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 T030 Phone - 01-6312246 Breda Power John As sanction for these positions was 21/01/2016 09:42:47 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire G0rdon/entemp@ENTEMP, Eamonn Balmer/enternp@ENTEMP, lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP. Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 21/01/2016 09:42 Subject: Re: Fw: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade I) Sent by: breda power John As sanction for these positions was obtained in October 2014 and given the imperative to have the posts ?lled so that ODCE can fulfil its statutory mandate i think that a phone call to PAS at this stage in advance of your meeting next week is warranted. If HR Unit is not in a position to do this please let me know. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8. innovation, Ea rlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie John Hughes Breda, i am meeting PAS next week to discuss 21/01/2016 09:18:16 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP. Eamonn Balmerlentemp?ENTEMP. lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP. Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP, Maureen Breda, my last contact with PAS was about a week ago where I confirmed the quali?cations of our nominees as PAS were looking to ensure that they had a spread of expertise on the interview Board they were assembling. I have assumed that they are now arranging with tan and Maureen the interview dates etc. butl may be a little ahead of myself. John, 18/1. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8. Development and Business Services Units. Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD3O Phone - 01-6312246 Breda Power John is there any update from PAS on this 18/01/2016 13:57:05 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Maureen Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 18/01/2016 13:57 Subject: Fw: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade l) Sent by: breda power John is there any update from PAS on this competition? Breda Breda Power Department ofJobs, Enterprise Innovation, Ea rlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 18/01/2016 13:55 From: John Hughes/entemp To: "Phelan, Marese" Cc: "Keaveney. Mary" Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP, Ian Drennanlentemp@ENTEMP, Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 21/12/201516:24 Subject: Re: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade I) Marese, the 2 DJEI interview Board Members are to be: 0 Ian Drennan. Director, Of?cer of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, and 0 Maureen O'Sullivan, Registrar of Companies. Both are copied in in this email so you can contact them directly regarding arrangements. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. an riomhphost seo agus aon ehomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, rL'inda, agus lt'i s? beartaithe gur d??s?id an duine aonair no an aon?in amh?in ar euireadh chucu a t? Munar to an duine a ba choir an riomhphosl see, no aon chuid de, a ?i?il, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a choipe?il no a dhziileadh. D?an teagmh?il leis an t? a chuir chugat e' agus inis do/di go bhfuair tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a t? ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost eaighde?nach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus ti: ag seachadadh faisne?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaioeht seo (mar nach modh ioml?n sl?m a tit ann chun sonrai 21 ohm ar aghaidh). Mar sin, n? euir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fonota seo chomh maith gul' scuabadh an riomhpliost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. Fw: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade l) Like-r" Breda Power to: Claire Gordon 21/01/201614;27 Sent by: breda power Claire - FYI Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda powerlentemp on 21/01/2016 14:27 From: Breda Powerlentemp To: [an Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Date: 21/01/201614211 Subject: Re: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade l) Sent by: breda power [an i expect that PAS will meet expenses. Give me a call when you are free to talk. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise St innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie lan Drennan From: lan Drennan/entemp To: Breda 21/01/201614:05:33 From: Ian Drennan/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@enlernp, Date: 21/01/201614:05 Subject: Re: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade I) I don't think a fraud expert is necessary. I have a couple ofthoughts. Will talk later. I assume PAS will meet expenses etc. On 21 Jan 2016, at 13:30, Breda Power wrote: Ian If you have a few suggestions please send them to me with contact details if you have them. Is a fraud expert necessary? PAS tell me that they are having dif?culty securing the services of an expert on fraud to complete the membership of the Interview Board. They are pursuing this matter and will revert as soon as they have resolved that challenge. PAS tell me they will be in contact with Ian (and, indeed, other Board members) directly as soon as they are ready to commence the interview process. I will look for a further update at my overview meeting with PAS next week. John, 21/1. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department ofJobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 Breda As sanction for these positions was obtained in October 2014 and given the imperative to have From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Cc: Claire Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEMP, lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 21/01/2016 09:42 Subject: Re: Fw: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade 1) Sent by: breda power John As sanction for these positions was obtained in October 2014 and given the imperative to have the posts ?lled so that ODCE can ful?l its statutory mandate I think that a phone call to PAS at this stage in advance of your meeting next week is warranted. If HR Unit is not in a position to do Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone 01-6312246 Breda Further to the correspondence below and Ian's subsequent email, 1 think that it would be helpfu From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, lan Drelman/entemp@ENTEMP, Maureen Eamonn Balmer/entemp@ENTEiViP, Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 21/01/2016 09:15 Subject: Re: Fw: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade 1) Sent by: breda power John Further to the correSpondence below and Ian's subsequent email, I think that it would be helpful if you followed up with PAS about dates for the interviews. The longer the gap is since the closing date for applications and the actual interviews the higher the chance that a number of candidates will have secured alternative positions. Thanks Breda reda Power Department ofJobs, Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.oower@dLei.ie John my last Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 18/01/201613257 Subject: Fw: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade 1) Sent by: breda power John is there any update from PAS on this competition? Breda Breda Power Department ofJobs, Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax2016312552 email breda.power@diei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 18/01/2016 13:55 From: John Hughes/entemp To: ?Phelan, Marese" Cc: "Keaveney, Mary? Eamonn lan Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP Dale121/12/2015 16:24 Subject: Re: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade 1) Marese, the 2 DJEI Interview Board Members are to be: 0 Ian Drennan, Director, Of?cer of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, and 0 Maureen O'Sullivan, Registrar of Companies. Both are copied in in this email so you can contact them directly regarding arrangements. an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chui?ear ar aghaidh leis, rL'mda, agus t? s? beartaithe gur d?L'ls?id an duine aonair 116 an aon?in amh?lin ar cuireadh chucu a [2'1 Munar tL?l an duine 21 ba ch?ir an riomhphost see, 116 aon chuid de, a ?l?il, nior ch?ir cluit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a ch?ipe?il n? a dh?ileadh. D?an teagmh?il leis an t? a chuir chugal agus inis d?/di g0 bhfuair tL'l tri thimpiste. Ba ch?ir d?e?inne a t? ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighde?nach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tL'l ag seachadadh faisn?isc peal?santa nc') iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh ioml?n slim a t? ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar Sin, 1151 cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fon?ta seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. JUEULULL Fwd: Issues on PAS Agenda Breda Power to: Claire Gordon 22/01/2016 20:44 Hide Details From: Breda Power/entemp To: Claire Gordon/entemp@entemp, Claire - FYI Breda Begin forwarded message: From: "John Hughes" Date: 22 January 2016 18:41:47 GMT To: "Breda Power" Cc: "Eamonn Balmer" Subject: Re: Issues on PAS Agenda Thanks, Breda. I had taken the liberty of articulating a similar view in conversation with PAS yesterday i.e. take a broader view ofthe fraud expertise they were looking for. John, 22/1 . John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning Deve10pnient and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 Breda Thanks for the update. From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Eamonn Date: 22/01/2016 18:37 Subject: Re: issues on PAS Agenda Sent by: breda power John Thanks for the update. On the ODCE Accountants, you will have seen my earlier email to PAS on the membership of the Board. I don't believe a fraud expert is necessary. ?le sers/gordonc/AppData/Local/T emp/notes6077F E/~web758 1 .htm 18/04/2016 Fw: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade I) "p?e I Breda Power to: maresephelan 22/01/2016 13:38 Sent by: breda power Co John Hughes, Ian Drennan, Eamonn Balmer. Claire Gordon Dear Marese I refer to John's email below and subsequent correspondence/discussions you have had with the Department/OBOE. I understand that there is some difficulty in securing the services of an expert on fraud for the interview process. Perhaps the Interview Board might bene?t more from the inclusion of somebody with practical experience of conducting heavy duty forensic accounting engagements which would complement the expertise of the other members of the Interview Board. I am happy to discuss possible names with you should you wish when you return to the office on Monday. Kind regards. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise a Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Designated Public Ofl'it'izil under the Regulation of Lobbying ?uninhluingjc. Tel: 01 6312609 Mobile: 087 2865270 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 22/01/2016 12:23 From: John Hughes/entemp To: "Phelan. Marese" Cc: "Keaveney, Mary" Eamonn Balmerlentemp@ENTEMP, Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 21/12/201516224 Subject: Re: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade I) Marese, the 2 DJEI Interview Board Members are to be: Ian Drennan, Director, Officer of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, and I Maureen O'Sullivan, Registrar ofCompanies. Both are copied in in this email so you can contact them directly regarding arrangements. John, 21/12. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8: Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 T030 Phone - 01-6312246 riomhphost chuig an oi?g sec. Deimlmionn an fon?ta seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. Fw: Re From Freda Power To Claire Gordon Cc Date 22/01/2016 17:38 FYI Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax:016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 22/01/2016 17:37 From Breda Power/entemp To: Ian Drennan/entemp@entemp, Cc: Kevin Date' 22/01/2016 11121 Subject Ian Thanks for your email. You will have seen my email to PAS a short while ago. lt might be useful to have a few other names to suggest to PAS. Also do you mind if I ask them to talk directly to you? Breda On 22 Jan 2016, at 08:38, lan Drennan wrote: Breda, Having had an opportunity to reflect further on the matter, I am of the view that the interview Board would benefit most from the inclusion of somebody with practical experience of conducting heavy duty forensic accounting engagements. I believe that this expertise, which would add to and complement my own, would be preferable to a lawyer or Gerda/former Garda. ln that context, we undertook a significant procurement exercise some time with a view to se an expert for the trial of Mr FitzPatrick. During the course of that process, we interviewed a &1 found .to be very impressive and .only narrowly lost out in the ?nal analy5is. In the context of the foregoing, I would propose that be approached with 3 view to establishing whether- would would be interested in, and available to, participate. viously there would be a cost implication butt assume that the PAS ordinarily meets Board members? expenses. For information, please see attached a copy of-CV. Page 1 of 2 Regards. lan Begin forwarded message: From: "Kevin O?Connell" Date: 22 January 2016 at 08:12:42 GMT To: "Ian Drennan"_ Subject: Re lan, Here are the extracts from the? Tender Document of 15 August 2014 with details of- academic and professional qualifications experience. KEVIN SOLICITOR HEAD OF SPECIAL PROJECTS OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE ENFORCEMENT '16 PARNELL SQUARE DUBLEN ?l Direct Dial: 01-8585838 (See attached file: Extracts re August 2014.pdf) Extracts re? August 2014.odf Subject: RE: Re Page 1 of4 Forwarded Kex in O'Connell entemp on 26 01 2016 2206 From: ?Plielan, Maresc? Date: 3 March 2016 13:03:52 GMT To: "John Hughes" Ce: "Breda Power" Subject: Recruitment - successful candidates John, I am pleased to advise that the interview process, which concluded this morning, has proved fruitful, with the Board having quali?ed a total of e1ght candidates as being suitable for appointment. As I understand it from the PAS representative, they have been advised by that there are six vacancies. However, as you know, when one takes account of the vacancies arising from - .. retirement and_mmtra1isfertogetlte1 with the ?ve additional posts in respect of which sanction was obtained, there are actually seven vacancies Therefore, in order that the PAS can proceed to advise candidates 1anked 1 to 7 that they are now under consideration for appointment and request the submission of evidence of qualifications etc, I have been advised that they need confirmation from to that effect. Accordingly, I would be grateful ifthe requisite con?rmation could be provided to PAS. The contact details that i have been provided with to that end are Marv.Cassidv@publiciobs.ie and Marese.Phela11@publiciobs.ie Ian Ian Drennan Director Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 16 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 001 WSCZ Ireland Tel: +353 1 858 5800 - L0 Call: 1890 315 015 - Fax: +353 1 858 5801 - Web: - T: @odce 18/04/2016 Page 01 fwd: Investigators/Forensic Accountants 4/ 0 Breda Power to: Claire Gordon 03/03/2016 19:20 Hide Details From: Breda Power/entemp To: Claire Gordon/entemp@entemp, Begin forwarded message: From: "John Hughes" Date: 3 March 2016 18:55:28 GMT To: Marv.Cassidv@publiciobs.ie, Marese.Phelan@publiciobs.ie Cc: ?Ian Drennan" <1an Breda Power??detiie, "Eamonn Balmer? "Mary Cullen" Subject: Fw: Investigators/Formsic Accountants Mary/Marese, I understand from Ian Drennan that the Interview Board quali?ed 8 applicants from this campaign. We had originally sought to recruit 6 candidates but that has since been clarified as 7 and I would appreciate if you would take that increase from 6 to 7 into account. Regards, John. 3/3. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8 Development and Business Sen/ices Units. Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TDSO Phone - 0145312246 ?le sers/ 1 .htm 18/04/2016 ii . Fw: ODCE lnvestigators/Accountants Breda Power to: Claire Gordon 2110312016 12:49 Sent by: breda power Claire - FYI Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8. Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Official under the Regulation of Lobb ying Act 2015. See Forwarded by breda powerlentemp on 2110312016 12:49 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Ian DrennanlenIEmp@ENTEMP. Cc: Conor O?Mahonylentemp@entemp. Kevin Prendergastlentemp@enternp. Kevin Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 2110312016 11:58 Subject: Fw: ODCE lnvestigatorslAccountants lan. to see emails below from PAS. We have first call on the recent panel and it will only be accessed, if at all, for other vacancies, once we have filled our 7 posts. John, 21/3. John Hughes, Principal, HR. Learning 8. Development and Business Services Units, Departmentof Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation. Kildare Street. Dublin 2. 002 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 Forwarded by John Hughes/entemp on 2110312016 11:56 From: John Hughes/entemp To: "Phelan. Marese" Cc: "Murphy. Brian" "McCabe, Margaret" "Mary.Cuiien@djei.ie" "Keaveney. Mary" To: Cc: "John.Hughes@djei.ie" Date: 07/04/2016 16:14 Subject: RE: ODCE lnvestigators/Accountants Thanks lan for this. will wait directions from John before taking any further actions. Regards h?arese Mares h_ ai Professional and Tr. clmi al Appointments Sesvire Chapter House 26 50 Abbey St nger Dublin 1 P'n: 00353 1 (558/437 publicjobs.ie pl 8 Platinum Award for Excellence Through People 2008 1 Top 10 Graduate Recruiter Grad Ireland 2003 From: Sent: 07 April 2016 15:56 Page 1 of 7 To: Phelan, Marese Cc: John.Hughes@djei.ie; Subject: Re: ODCE Investigators/Accountants Thanks Marese. That's a pity was an impressive candidate. Subject to any contrary views that John (copied) might have, I would see logic in proceeding with contract issues etc on the basis that matters can progress concurrent with the Garda clearance process. I would, however, be opposed to contracts being signed until the clearance has come through. [an On 7 Apr 2016, at 10:59. Phelan, Marese wrote: Hi lan is the person who withdrew. have a question for you . Two of the candidates are in CAB. We have got Garda Vetting back for one of the candidates. In the interests of expediency would you be willing to accept the second candidate with a Self Health and Character Declaration pending receipt of full Garda Clearance? Ma rese pubiiciobsje From: Ian Drennan@odce.ie [mailtozlan Drennan@odce.ie] Sent: 06 April 2016 15:13 To: Phelan, Marese Subject: Re: ODCE Investigators/Accountants Hi Marese, Can you tell me who has dropped out please? Many thanks, Ian On 6 Apr 2016, at 14:27, Phelan, Marese wrote: Page 2 of 7 Hi John Thank you for this. We will give lan?s details to the candidate so she can ask him the questions she needs answered. We will issue the assignment papers directly to your Department. Marese publiciobsje From: iohn.huqhes@diei.ie [mailtoziohn.huqhes@die Sent: 06 April 2016 13:17 To: Phelan, Marese Cc: Breda Power@deti.ie: Ian Drennan@odce.ie; conor omahonv@odce.ie; Harrv.Lester@diei.ie; Mag.Cullen@djei.ie Subject: RE: ODCE Investigators/Accountants Many thanks, Marese. In contacting the ODCE I would suggest Ian Drennan, the Director. His email is lan Drennan?odceie and the phone number for the Office is 01-8585800. As you know, contracts etc. will be arranged here in the DJEI HR Unit as we manage all DJEI staffing issues, including for the ODCE. Regards, John, 6/4. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01?6312246 From: "Phelan, Marese" To: "iohn.huqhes@diei.ie" Page 3 of 7 Page 4 of 7 Date. 06/04/2016 12:53 Subject RE: ODCE Investigators/Accountants Hi John There are 2 candidates in CAB with references outstanding and these are being followed up. One of the candidates has Garda Vetting from Thu rles but the second candidate does not have it. As the second candidate is also working in CAB, would the ODCE be willing to take this candidate with a Self Health and Character Declaration The next 4 candidates all have Garda Vetting outstanding and employer references. One candidate withdrew last week and .replacement has just gone into clearance. One candidate is looking for a contact to speak with in ODCE. Could you supply contact details that I can forward to the candidate? Thanking you Marese nap: . i. ?33} all. I'll?ll '3 I gubliciobsie Arr. Platinum Award 'Eccalienz? - P-- From: iohn.huqhes@diei.ie [mailtoziohn.huqhes@diei.ie] Sent: 06 April 2016 12:32 To: Phelan, Marese Cc: Breda.Murth@diei.ie: Ian Drennan?odce.ie; Harrv.Lester@diei.ie; Marv.Cuilen@diei.ie Subject: ODCE Investigators/Accountants Marese, you may be aware that the need for Forensic Accountants in the ODCE has gained some public currency again in recent days and, in that regard, I was looking for a update please on where we are with calling candidates who were placed on the Panel established by PAS after the recent campaign? Regards, John, 6/4. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Page 5 of 7 DOZTDSO Phone-CH-6312246 Email Disclaimer: mm This email and any ?les transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. 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Ba choir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tt'l ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan slan a ta ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir somai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhniorm an fonota seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. Page 6 of 7 Email Disclaimer: This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, c0py or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. 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Ba choir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tt'i ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan slain a tit ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fonota seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. Page 7 of 7 Re: Forensic Accountants - DRAFT Contract :1 Ian Drennan t-J John Hughes 21/04/2016 10:58 1 Harry Lester, Mary Cullen, Breda_Power, Claire Gordon, Conor O'Mahony, Kevin Prendergast, Kevin O'Connell Thanks John. Ian John Hughes Ian, as a follow-up, just to let you know thatwe 21/04/2016 10:21:08 From: John Hughes/entemp To: [an Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP, Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP, Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 21/04/2016 10:21 Emir?EL . Berforensic contract Ian, as a follow-up, just to let you know that we have received papers from PAS (including 3 this morning) in respect of 5 candidates. Hopefully, the remaining 2 will follow shortly. John, 21/4. John Hughes. Principal, HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department ofJobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 Mary Cullen Ian Attached for your information draft contract 21/04/2016 10:11:33 From: Mary Cullen/entemp To: Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Co: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 21/04/2016 10:11 Subject: Eorensic Accountants- DRAFT Contract Ian Attached for your information draft contract which we will be issuing to the new recruit Investigator/Forensic Accountants (Professional Accountant Grade 1) in line with the competition booklet and DPER contract template. You will note the introductory paragraph on page 1, and item 7 and item 8 on page 3, all of which reflect the future-proofing of staffing assignments to meet ongoing business needs. If you could revert with any comments as a priority we will then proceed to issue contracts as the names of individual recruits are supplied by PAS. [attachment ?Investigator-Forensic Accountant Grade 1 - DRAFT Contractdocx" deleted by Ian Drennan/entemp] Regards Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 D02 T030 email: mary.cullen@djei.ie Tel: 01?631 2466 Re: Fw: HEO ICT for ODCE 4? 4 Philip Kelly i? John Hughes 27/04/201510151 Cc PatMcCourt the idea that somebody with such exceptional/scarce ICT skills in the private sector would take a HEO post in the Civil Service is not realistic. I think Kevin will have to grow his own and hope the person stays, whoever he gets. However, the assignee from our panel or otherwise would have to commit to serious special training and likewise ODCE would have to commit to supporting same PLEASENOTE: Philip Kelly is a Designated Public Official under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. You may need to assess whether any particular communication with him requires to be registered in accordance with the Act. If you are unsure of the requirements, more information is available at John Hughes Pat, in anticipation of PAS holding a competition 27/04/2016 10:01:19 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Pat McCourt/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Philip Kelly/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 27/04/2016 10:01 ?it/101;. Pat, in anticipation of PAS holding a competition for us for the ODCE HEO-ICT post, the ODCE prepared the attached booklet setting out their requirements for the post. In confidence, can you advise on whether the recent internal competition identified a candidate or candidates that might fulfil the criteria set out? John, 27/4. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. 002 TD30 Phone 01-6312246 Forwarded by John Hughes/entemp on 27/04/2016 09:58 From: Kevin Prendergast/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Date: 27/04/2016 09:14 Subject: HEO ICT for ODCE Hi John lan asked me to contact you to clarify what we are looking for in respect of the skillset for the above position. I am attaching the draft information booklet created in anticipation of a competition for the role about a year ago. As you will note the key requirement is for experience in forensic investigation. In particular what I hoped for was to recruit someone with direct experience of working in accordance with best practice in ICT ediscovery as outlined in the attached document (weblink). As you can see it has been prepared jointly by some of the key players in the area and has a seal of approval from the Honourable Mr Justice Frank Clarke of the Supreme Court. The successful applicant would be working closely with our Garda colleagues in our computer forensics lab, which we have plans to upgrade as part of the new recruitment and integration project. The applicant would be expected to play a role in advising on optimum hardware and applications to be acquired as part of that upgrade process, and as such our hope is that they would bring that knowledge with them from their previous role or roles. I trust you find this useful. Kind regartds Kevin Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 [attachment professional - Information Booklet 170615 (ODCE suggested amendments 180615).docx" deleted by Philip Kelly/entemp] d.pdf 15? Re: Fw: HEO ICT for ODCE Philip Kelly PatMcCourt 27/04/201512z15 Cc. John Hughes Pat John, seen thanks PLEASENOTE: Philip Kelly is a Designated Public Official under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. You may need to assess whether any particular communication with him requires to be registered in accordance with the Act. lfyou are unsure ofthe requirements, more information is available at Pat McCourt John, i have looked at the materials attached to 27/04/2016 12:05:51 From: Pat McCourt/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Philip Kelly/entemp@ENTEMF? Date. 27/04/2016 12:05 Subje t. Re: Fw: HEO ICT for ODCE John, I hav 00 at the materials attached to your email. I also made some discreet, generalised enquiries with he has advised ODCE on their ICT and e-discovery requirements before, to better understand their needs. Much of the requirement is around the ability to work methodically and rigorously, and to build skills to use specific software tools which can be learned by anybody with a reasonable ICT aptitude. On the basis of my enquiries, I believe that the candidate we discussed would be able to perform in that role. He would need supports to help him develop the procedures, processes and tools required by ODCE, but those supports can be procured from a number of market providers, and should be done in such a way that there is a knowledge transfer to the incumbent. Even if one were to find a candidate with some prior experience in this area, in order to develop strong, robust processes which can withstand challenge in the Courts, I would recommend that that ODCE bring in outside expertise to help them develop their standards. A major role for the job holder then becomes one of working with the external providers to develop the standards, to embed them in the organisation, and to reduce reliance on external support providers over time. Another competence which may be very desirable in the job holder would be the ability to testify in Court and to respond calmly in the face of cross examination. This is not a competence which we explored in the interview process but his performance at interview was very calm and assured. Of the top three candidates at probably the one I would believe most capable of giving evidence in Court, given the calm and measu ed way he responded at interview. Pat Pat McCourt Principal ICT Unit Department ofJobs, Enterprise Innovation e-mail: pat.mccourt@djei.ie ph. 01 6312565 Web: John Hughes Pat, in anticipation of PAS holding a competition 27/04/2016 10:01:19 Page 1 of3 Re: [-1130 ICT for ODCE 6 Philip Kelly to: John Hughes 25/05/2016 18:03 Hide Details From: Philip Kelly/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@entemp, John. Great work. Thanks. Philip On 25 May 2016, at 17:42, John Hughes wrote: Philip: to see ODCE response below. I propose assigning on the HEO-ICT nanel. to this post and to this and will facilitate a conversation between and the after I brief in tandem we can offer an the panel the second Unit vacancy. and the ODCE came to the view after 12 months or so that the assignment was not working out we would deal with that then. John. 25/5. John Hughes. Principal. HR. Learning 8: Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs. Enterprise. and Innovation. Kildare Street. Dublin 2. D02 TD3O Phone - 01-6312246 Fonvarded by John Hugheslentemp on 25105I2016 17 37 From: Kevin Prendergasilentemp To: John Hugheslentemp@ENTEMP. Cc. Harry Lesterlenlemp@ENTEMP Date: 25105I2016 14:03 Subject: Re: HEO for ODCE Hi John While our preferred option would be to seek speci?c expertise from persons who already operate in this space, in the interests of moving to ?ll the role expeditiously and in the context of a panel being in place of appropriate candidates the Of?ce is prepared to work within those parameters. I think it only fair. however. that any prospective candidate be fully briefed of what the role will entail. While I have no doubt that the panel consists of staff with appropriate technical skills. or the capacity to develop them. they will also have to face the certainty that they will be asked to appear in the witness box in the context of our criminal and civil casework, and be potentially subject to rigorous cross-examination on how they carry out their work. Accordingly. I would ask that I be given the opportunity to speak to the appropriate panel member in advance so that they can make a fully informed decision as to whether they wish to take this particular role. or would rather opt for any of the less exposed roles that undoubtedly exist in other areas of the Department. It would be in neither of our interests for a candidate to seek a transfer out in relatively short order on facing the reality of the role on offer. If you are happy to go ahead on that basis then hopefully we can proceed with offering the position to the next person on the list and setting up a meeting. Kind regards ?le 24/ 02/201 7 Page 2 of 3 Kevin Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 John Kevin. I have discussed your requirements with Pat McCourt. our Head of ICT. in light of my From John Hugheslentemp To Kevin Prendergas?entemp?entemp. waterlenterrmELi?TEMP Date 29/042016 18:30 Subject Re' HEO for ODCE Thanks, Kevin. I have discussed your requirements with Pat McCourt. our Head of ICT. in light of my clear understanding of the labour market challenges the Civil Service is having attracting highly quali?ed ICT specialists across all grades at this time. My considered view is that a good outcome could be achieved if we fashioned a scenario where: A key competence would be the requirement to work methodically and rigorously and to develop skills to use speci?c software tools. the of?cer having a good background - ODCE supports the candidate develop the procedures. processes and tools required. with these supports procured by the ODCE from a number of market providers - and procured in such a way that there is a knowledge transfer to the incumbent Working with the external providers on developing standards. helshe would lead the embedding of them in the organisation. and thereby reduce reliance on external support providers over time 0 Another key competence would be his/her ability to testify in Court and to respond calmly in the face of cross examination. I feel we should proceed to appoint a candidate from the recent internal HEO ICT panel as all 4 are well quali?ed from the interview Board's perspective to work in and once the bespoke supports and training are put in place the ODCE should have a good resource on board the team. John. 29/4. John Hughes. Principal, HR. Learning 8: Development and Business Services Units. Department of Jobs. Enterprise. and Innovation. Kildare Street. Dublin 2. D02 TDSO Phone - 01-6312246 Kevin 09:14:10w?Hi John Ian asked me to contact you to clarify what we are looking for in respect of the skillset fo From Kevin Prendergastlentemp To: John Hugheslentemp@ENTEMP. Date 09'14 24/02/20 1 7 Page 3 of 3 Subject HEO ICT for ODCE .. V. Hi John Ian asked me to contact you to clarify what we are looking for in respect of the skillset for the above position. I am attaching the draft information booklet created in anticipation of a competition for the role about a year ago. As you will note the key requirement is for experience in forensic ICT investigation. In particular what I hoped for was to recruit someone with direct experience of working in accordance with best practice in ICT ediscovery as outlined in the attached document (weblink). As you can see it has been prepared jointly by some of the key players in the area and has a seal of approval from the Honourable Mr Justice Frank Clarke of the Supreme Court. The successful applicant would be working closely with our Garda colleagues in our computer forensics lab. which we have plans to upgrade as part of the new recruitment and integration project The ap licant would and??application?s ?to be acquired as part of that upgrade process. and as such our hope is that they would bring that knowledge with them from their previous role or roles. I trust you ?nd this useful. Kind regartds Kevin Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 [attachment professional - Information Booklet 170615 (ODCE suggested amendments 180615).docx" deleted by John Hughes/entemp] practice guide to eDiscovery in reia_nd.pdf 24/02/2017 VOTE 32 OBS, ENTERPRISE INNOVATION Brief for Minister?s presentation of the 2015 Estimate to the Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Subhead: C7 Of?ce of Director of Corporate Enforcement Budget Of?cer and Extension No: Conor O?Mahony Ext. 5827 Budget Officer Alternative and Extension No: Phil Flood Ext. 5816 2015 2015 2016 Increase Percentage Estimate Provisional Estimate Decrease (-) Increase Outturn on 2015 Decrease Provisional on 2015 Outturn Provisional Outturn 6,000 ?,000 ?,000 6,000 5,091 3,072 5,015 1,943 63% Purpose of Subhead The purpose of this Subhead is to provide for the administration costs. The ODCE currently employs 38.51 staff including a number of legal and accounting professionals, three of 5 new accounting posts having been ?lled at the end of May. In addition, there are 6 members of An Garda Siochana seconded to the Of?ce. he costs associated with the members of An Garda Siochana are met from Vote 20 Garda Siochana. All other staf?ng, legal, administration and information technology support services are funded through Subhead C7 of Vote 32. Explanation for Increase/Decrease on 2015 Provisional Outturn In 2015, savings on Pay resulting from vacancies that arose during the course of the year (principally retirements and transfers out) and the delay in receipt of approvals necessary to proceed with recruitment. On the non-Pay side, the vast bulk of the savings in 2015 related to anticipated legal costs that were less than might have been anticipated. Legal costs of this nature, as well as the timing such costs, are dif?cult to forecast as we have little or no control 1 Whole-time equivalent ?gure over the timing of when the cases will be determined; we cannot be sure of the outcome of the cases in terms of costs orders and we cannot anticipate the scale of costs that other parties may seek. Accordingly, the Of?ce continues to require a signi?cant provision for legal costs in 2016. Main Outputs delivered in 2015 ODCE was successful in an appeal to the Couit of Appeal of a High Court decision not to disqualify the directors of a company struck off the Register whilst insolvent. The last remaining NIB legacy issue was ?nalised, by way of the Supreme Court. With the consent of the parties, in lieu of the original High Court Order (which had imposed a disquali?cation for a period of nine years) an Order disqualifying the Respondent for a period of four years and six months together with an Order directing the Respondent to pay a contribution towards the costs The caseload and throughput of cases is set out in the tables below. Category On Received Dealt On Received Dealt On hands 2015 with hands to end- with to hands Jan 2015 2015 Jan 2016 May end-May end?May 2016 2016 2016 Insolvencies2 576 875 1005 446 269 297 418 Unliquidated insolvencies Enforcement3 76 515 522 67 216 179 104 Total No. of 655 1,390 1,527 516 485 478 522 Cases Legal 2015 6 2016 to 4 Proceedings end-May Concluded Legal 2015 6 2016 to 2 Proceedings end?May 2 Following the scrutinising of reports submitted to the Of?ce by liquidators of insolvent companies, 171 company directors were restricted and a further 14 disquali?ed by the High Court. With the commencement of the Companies Act 2014, Restriction Undertakings regime was implemented and Undertakings were obtained from directors of insolvent companies 3 Directors? loan infringements, in 89 cases and to an approximate aggregate value of ?2lm, recti?ed on foot of Of?ce actions As a preportionate and cost effective alternative to formal enforcement actions, cautions issued to a total of 73 companies 18 statutory demands for relevant information issued to persons suspected of acting as company directors whilst being undischarged bankrupts 132 directions issued to relevant parties requiring them to comply with their statutory obligations under company law 4 demands issued for the production of companies? accounting records and other relevant documents 7 referrals made to professional bodies Ongoing Advocacy 2015 201 2016 to 20 (Events end?May Publications) Main Output Targets 2016 The recruitment of the remaining accountants (2 new posts and 2 existing vacancies) is to be ?nalised before year-end. The Of?ce is moving its focus to the more serious end of the spectrum, however criminal enforcement activity in the Of?ce does not operate on a prosecution targets basis. Rather, each potentially prosecutable case is assessed on its merits and the appropriate interventions then determined. As the economy continues to improve, it is expected that the Of?ce will receive fewer initial liquidator reports in 2016 than in previous years, with approximately 680 new cases anticipated. The Of?ce will be aiming to make determination of at least that number of reports during the year. The Of?ce will continue to promote compliance with the Companies Act through presentations to relevant stakeholders, attendance at exhibitions and conferences, information publications and other advocacy activities. Context and Impact Indicators In common with the other areas of the Public Sector the ODCE, in striving to achieve more with less resources, will have to be selective in identifying and pursuing its priorities. It is a considerable challenge for the Of?ce to properly discharge its statutory functions with the limited resources available to it. In this context, it is worth noting that, while the investigative phase of the Anglo case is largely complete, there remains a signi?cant amount of work in supporting the DPP in preparation for forthcoming prosecutions, etc. In addition, the Of?ce has a number of substantial cases where extremely resource?intensive criminal investigations are underway or are being contemplated. Meanwhile, the very high number of insolvent liquidations, while down in the past year, still demands the application of a considerable amount of scarce resources. In this context, it should be noted that the caseload associated with insolvent liquidations is non-discretionary as the Company Law Enforcement Act of 2001 imposes a statutory framework in relation to this work. Issues which might arise at Select Committee A separate note is attached in relation to the Anglo Irish Bank investigation. If any questions arise relating to individual cases which the ODCE may be investigating, it is respectfully suggested that the Minister refer to the legally independent role of the Director in relation to company law compliance and enforcement matters. Fw: HEO ICT for ODCE Kevin Prendergast i - John Hughes 15/06/201611214 am, Harry Lester Hi John Any update on the HEO Kind regards Kevin Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 Fon/varded by Kevin Prendergast/entemp on 15/06/2016 11:12 From: Kevin Prendergast/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 25/05/2016 14:03 Subject: Re: HEO ICT for ODCE HiJohn While our preferred option would be to seek specific expertise from persons who already operate in this space, in the interests of moving to fill the role expeditiously and in the context of a panel being in place of appropriate candidates the Office is prepared to work within those parameters. I think it only fair, however, that any prospective candidate be fully briefed of what the role will entail. While I have no doubt that the panel consists of staff with appropriate technical skills, or the capacity to develop them, they will also have to face the certainty that they will be asked to appear in the witness box in the context of our criminal and civil casework, and be potentially subject to rigorous cross-examination on how they carry out their work. Accordingly, I would ask that I be given the opportunity to speak to the appropriate panel member in advance so that they can make a fully informed decision as to whether they wish to take this particular ICT role, or would rather opt for any of the less exposed roles that undoubtedly exist in other areas of the Department. It would be in neither of our interests for a candidate to seek a transfer out in relatively short order on facing the reality of the role on offer. If you are happy to go ahead on that basis then hopefully we can proceed with offering the position to the next person on the list and setting up a meeting. Kind regards Kevin Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 John Hughes Thanks, Kevin. I have discussed your 29/04/2016 18:30:29 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp. Cc: Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 29/04/2016 18:30 Subject: Re: HEO ICT for ODCE Thanks, Kevin. I have discussed your requirements with Pat McCourt, our Head of ICT, in light of my clear understanding of the labour market challenges the Civil Service is having attracting highly qualified ICT specialists across all grades at this time. My considered view is that a good outcome could be achieved if we fashioned a scenario where: A key competence would be the requirement to work methodically and rigorously and to develop skills to use specific software tools, the officer having a good ICT background 0 ODCE supports the candidate develop the procedures, processes and tools required, with these supports procured by the ODCE from a number of market providers and procured in such a way that there is a knowledge transfer to the incumbent 0 Working with the external providers on developing standards, he/she would lead the embedding of them in the organisation, and thereby reduce reliance on external support providers over time 0 Another key competence would be his/her ability to testify in Court and to respond calmly in the face of cross examination. I feel we should proceed to appoint a candidate from the recent internal HEO ICT panel as all 4 are well qualified from the Interview Board's perspective to work in ICT and once the bespoke supports and training are put in place the ODCE should have a good resource on board the team. John, 29/4. John Hughes, Principal. HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone 01-6312246 Kevin Prendergast Hi John lan asked me to contact you to clarify 27/04/2016 09:14:10 .2 From: Kevin Prendergast/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP. Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 27/06/201616211 Subject: HEO ICT for ODCE John I refer to my earlier emails on the above subject. I note that at the recent Select Committee hearing on Departmental Estimates, a Deputy raised the issue of sufficiency of resources, both accounting and "technical" for the ODCE. In answering reference was made to the recent (and ongoing) recruitment of forensic accountancy personnel, and the funding for other skills. Reference was made in particular to the difficulties in recruiting externally. I am attaching excerpts from that hearing. You will be aware from my email of May 25th that, in order to facilitate the most effective and efficient means of filling the above vacancy, this Office was willing to utilise the HEO ICT panel, as you had suggested. I had also suggested, bearing in mind the particular and unique challenges that the person filling this role would face working within ODCE as distinct from other more traditional ICT roles within the Department, that it would be beneficial that the relevant candidate meet so as to have the role outlined to them. Accordingly you might let me know when this can be facilitated, as the absence of such a resource places an ongoing strain on our capacity to investigate. Kind regards Kevin [attachment "2016 Select Committee deleted by breda power/entemp] Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 Fw: HEO ICT for ODCE From Breda Power 2 0 To John Hughes Cc Harry Lester, Colm Forde, Claire Gordon Date 07/07/2016 13:58 John What is the position on this post? Sanction to fill the post was received over two years ago. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Official under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 07/07/2016 13:55 From: Kevin Prendergast/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP, Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 27/06/2016 16:11 Subject: HEO ICT for ODCE John I refer to my earlier emails on the above subject. I note that at the recent Select Committee hearing on Departmental Estimates, 3 Deputy raised the issue of sufficiency of resources, both accounting and "technical" for the ODCE. In answering reference was made to the recent (and ongoing) recruitment of forensic accountancy personnel, and the funding for other skills. Reference was made in particular to the difficulties in recruiting externally. I am attaching excerpts from that hearing. You will be aware from my email of May 25th that, in order to facilitate the most effective and efficient means of filling the above vacancy, this Office was willing to utilise the HEO ICT panel, as you had suggested. I had also suggested, bearing in mind the particular and unique challenges that the person filling this role would face working within ODCE as distinct from other more traditional roles within the Department, that it would be beneficial that the relevant candidate meet so as to have the role outlined to them. Accordingly you might let me know when this can be facilitated, as the absence of such a resource places an ongoing strain on our capacity to investigate. Kind regards Kevin Page 1 of 2 Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 ATTACHMENTS: 12016 Select Committee excerpts.docx, Page 2 0f 2 Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Breen, and wish him the best of luck. My question refers to subhead C7, the Office of the Director of Corporate of Enforcement, ODCE. lam still reading into the brief in respect of this committee, but my understanding anecdotally is that in the past few years the office has not had the kind of Deputy Pat Breen: That is the Minister's area and Deputy Mitchell O'Connor can answer that afterwards. The Deputy can ask the question. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly: My understanding is that the office has been significantly under resourced, so for example, it did not have any forensic accountants. It plays a critical role and have always been very impressed by the professionalism of the office whenever I have dealt with it. We have a culture whereby white collar crime tends to go unnoticed and undetected. The ODCE is a critical part of the State infrastructure, yet funding for it is actually falling, albeit by a small amount. However, it must be asked if the amount of funding that is provided for under the subhead is sufficient for the ODCE to scale up to meet the funding requirements of the forensic accountants and all the other technical skill sets that I am told that it did not have two years ago. Perhaps it has them now. It must also be asked if the ODCE has sufficient funding to fully resource the office to do the job that needs to be done in the coming years. Chairman: The Minister might address the question on subhead C7. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked if anything was not working. The answer is no. I was asked about the funding for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE. funding has not seen a reduction. There was a return to 26 pay periods in 2016, compared to 27 in 2015. Therefore, there was no cut. There was a small reduction in the level of unused ODCE legal costs, which shows up in the figure mentioned by the Deputy. Therefore, the office is sufficiently funded. The ODCE employs 38.5 staff who include a number of legal and accounting professionals. Three of the five new accounting posts had been filled at the end of May and, in addition, six members of An Garda Sioch?na have been seconded to the office. The costs associated with the members of An Garda Siochana are met from Vote 20, the Vote for An Garda Siochana. All other staffing, legal administration and information technology support services are funded from Vote 32, subhead C7. We have sanctioned a major recruitment campaign for the IASSA and the ODCE. We are looking for forensic accountants, but the difficulty is that the pay they receive in the public service is much lower than what they would earn in the private sector. We have a difficulty in that regard. The Deputy asked me about CCPC funding. It shows sufficiency, but it also allows for the recruitment of more staff. There is significant investment in ICT to allow online transactions for company registrations and work permits to be processed. The Deputy also asked about the one stop shop and LEOs Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly: lam sorry to cut across the Minister, but she stated she was satisfied with the staffing proposals of the ODCE. Obviously, it takes time to hire staff, but when they have been hired, is the Minister satisfied that the staff complement will be enough to do the job? I ask the same question about the CCPC. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Yes, we are, but, as I said, we are looking to employ more staff. However, we have the difficulty I have outlined. 2?1 2 Fw: HEO ICT for ODCE 1501.21 Breda Power to: John Hughes 08/07/201615:43 Sent by: breda power Cc: Colm Forde, Claire Gordon, Harry Lester History: This message has been replied to and forwarded. John I am attaching the letter that Minister Bruton sent to Minister Howiin dated 6 June 2014 requesting that the sanction request for staff for the ODCE and IAASA be expedited. As you know the sanction was received in October 2014. You will see from the Ietterthat Minister Bruton stated very clearly that he considered "the filling of these posts/vacancies to be of priority it is very concerning to see that a post that the Minister considered a priority two years ago was not prioritised by the Department. Breda - Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Official under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See Fon/varded by breda power/entemp on 08/07/2016 15:42 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Colm Forde/entemp@ENTEMP. Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 08/07/2016 12:19 Subject: Re: Fw: HEO ICT for ODCE Sent by: breda power John Thanks for your response. As you know we have raised this post with you a number of times and it is dif?cult to see why the position has not been ?lled. Why was the position not taken into account when setting up the HEO panel? As I understand it a person that was placed on this panel was assigned to another area in the Department. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8. Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Official underthe Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See John Hughes Breda, I have a meeting with PAS next Monday 07/07/2016 14:14:58 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Colm Forde/entemp@ENTEMP, Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 07/07/2016 14:14 Subject: Re: Fw: HEO for ODCE Breda, have a meeting with PAS next Monday afternoon to discuss a number of issues and this post is one of the items 1 have flagged with them in advance. resources continue to be a particular challenge. John, 7/7. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8 Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone 01-6312246 Breda Power John What is the position on this post? 07/07/2016 13:58:08 Fw: HEO ICT for ODCE Claire Gordon to: Breda Power 08/07/201614:19 Breda Further to my email below i do not understand why the ODCE vacancy would not have been prioritised when HEOs with relevant expertise became available as the letter of 6 June 2014 from former Minister Bruton to then Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to posts including ODCE's HEO vacancy stated that "l considerthe filling of these posts/vacancies to be of priority importance" (p1 in the attached). Surely a post that was considered of priority importance by the Minister two years ago should have been at the front of the queue for any available and suitable staff. Claire Forwarded by Claire Gordon/entemp on 08/07/2016 14:19 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP. Date: 08/07/201613:08 Subject: Re: Fw: HEO ICT for ODCE Breda Sanction was received from DPER for this and the forensic accountants in October 2014. I am unclear what has occurred here. It appears from the correspondence below that ODCE had told HR Unit on 25 May that it would take a HEO from the Department Panel and ODCE wrote to HR Unit again on 27 June with the assumption that this was stiil the approach to be taken. in this contextl cannot understand why HR Unit would have assigned the person elsewhere or had already assigned the person elsewhere and did not inform ODCE. Claire Breda Power John Thanks for your response. As you know 08/07/2016 12:19:38 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP. Colm Forde/entemp@ENTEMP. Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 08/07/2016 12:19 Subject: Re: Fw: HEO ICT for ODCE Sent by: breda power John Thanks for your response. As you know we have raised this post with you a number of times and it is dif?cult to see why the position has not been ?lied. Why was the position not taken into account when setting up the HEO panel? As I understand it a person that was placed on this panel was assigned to another area in the Department. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8: Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Official under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See John Hughes Breda, I have a meeting with PAS next Monday 07/07/201614:14:58 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Colm Forde/entemp@ENTEMP, Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 07/07/2016 14:14 Subject. Re: Fw: HEO ICT for ODCE Breda, I have a meeting with PAS next Monday afternoon to discuss a number of issues and this post is one of the items I have flagged with them in advance. ICT resources continue to be a particular challenge. John, 7/7. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8. Development and Business Services Units, Department ofJobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01?6312246 Breda Power John What is the position on this post? 07/07/2016 13:58:08 From: Breda Powerlentemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP, CoIm Forde/entemp@ENTEMP, Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 07/07/2016 13:58 Subject: Fw: HEO ICT for ODCE Sent by: breda power John What is the position on this post? Sanction to ?ll the post was received over two years ago. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8: Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Of?cial under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 07/07/2016 13:55 22 g5? Re: Fw: HEO ICT for ODCE 15/" Claire Gordon to: Breda Power 13/07/2016 16:33 Go Colm Forde Breda I still don't understand why HR Unit felt that it has the authorit to decide that a vacancy arising in May 2016 is more important th an a position that was deemed a priority by the Minister two years ago. Claire John Hughes Breda, as noted in previous responses the 13/07/201616:07:28 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Colm Forde/entemp@ENTEMP, Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP, Philip Kelly/entemp@ENTEMP, John Date: 13/07/2016 16:07 Subject: Re: Fw: HEO for ODCE Breda, as noted in previous responses the Department has had - as many other Departments have - difficulties securing the expertise that it requires for some time. Indeed, as far as I am aware, of this difficulty. Such has been the challenge that our Department vacancies and we have been unable to fill the AP post. Eventually, we decided to run an in-house competition, earlier this year, and 4 candidate were placed on the panel. At that time it was our intention, in the continuing absence of a PAS assignee, to ?ll up to 4 posts - 2 in Unit, 1 in the ODCE and 1 in SPD or Unit dealing with the annual Employment Survey. at Unit continues to carry In that regard, I contacted the HEO-ICT panel in late April. 0 prepared forthe PAS competiti investigation as a skill set they DCE to discuss making an assignment to that Office from the internal 27th April Kevin Prendergast emailed me the booklet that had been on we had originally sought and highlighted experience in forensic ODCE on 29th April with a recommendation from Internal Panel. On 25th May, the ODCE reverted regarding my earlier proposal indicating that they felt we should proceed with it once they could meet the candidate and establish that the candidate proposed for the assignment would be comfortable with the job requirements and possible Court appearances etc. In the meantime, a critical vacancy had arisen in the Estimates Section of Finance Unit and in the absence, at that time, ofa considered response from the ODCE, and in the context of the various plans for Payroll, and, ultimately, Financial Management to move to Shared Services portfolio, given that, atthat stage, we had not . need to continue to pursue the filling of the post for the ODCE with PAS. In that regard, earlier last week, i once again raised the need for the Department to secure a HEO or A0 with skills with PAS (for assignment to the ODCE). Furthermore, I met PAS on Monday afternoon this week to discuss a range of requests this Department has with PAS for key staff and, of course, the ODCE HEO-ICT featured. Our PAS colleague has undertaken to revert ASAP on that as one of the priority posts at this time. During a period of the Moratorium, the Employment Control Framework and pay-budget limits the competing pressures for limited staffing resources has lead to a constant reassessment of priorities on an ongoing basis. Nonetheless, I have never lost sight of the need for the post in the ODCE but for the reasons set out above the Department has been unable to secure the expertise to date but we continue to pursue the matter diligently with the PAS consistent with the commitment in respect of, "a post that the Minister considered a priority two years ago". John, 13/7. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Klldare Street, Dublin 2. D02 T030 Phone - 01-6312246 Breda Power John ls there any update from your meeting 12/07/201618216254 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Colm Forde/entemp@ENTEMP, Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP. Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP Date 12/07/201618216 Subject Fw: HEO for ODCE Sent by: breda power John Is there any update from your meeting with PAS yesterday on the HEO post for the Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8 Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax1016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Official under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 12/07/2016 18:14 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Colm Forde/entemp@ENTEMP, Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 08/07/2016 15:43 Subject: Fw: HEO for ODCE Sent by: breda power John I am attaching the letterthat Minister Bruton sent to Minister Howlin dated 6 June 2014 requesting that the sanction request for staff for the ODCE and be expedited. As you know the sanction was received in October 2014. You will see from the letter that Minister Bruton stated very clearly that he considered "the ?lling of these posts/vacancies to be of priority It is very concerning to see that a post that the Minister considered a priority two years ago was not prioritised by the Department. Breda [attachment deleted by breda power/entemp] Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8 Innovation. Earlsfort C??ntre. Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Of?cial under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 08/07/2016 15:42 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Coirn Fords/entemp@ENTEMP. Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 08/07/2016 12:19 Subject: Re: Fw: HEO for ODCE Sent by: breda power John Thanks for your response. As you know we have raised this post with you a number of times and it is difficult to see why the position has not been filled. Why was the position not taken into account when setting up the HEO panel? As i understand it a person that was placed on this panel was assigned to another area in the Department. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs. Enterprise 8. innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Of?cial under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See John Hughes Breda, have a meeting with PAS next Monday 07/07/2016 14:14:58 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Colm Forde/entemp@ENTEMP. Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 07/07/2016 14:14 Subject: Re: Fw: HEO for ODCE Breda. have a meeting with PAS next Mon day afternoon to discuss a number of issues and this post is one of the items 1 have flagged with the in advance. resources continue to be a particular challenge. John. 717. John Hughes, Kevin [attachment "2016 Select Committee deleted by breda power/entemp] Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 Fw: HEO for ODCE Breda Power to: John Hughes Sent by. breda power Cc: Coim Forde. Claire Gordon. Harry Lester This message has been replied to and forwarded. 08/07/2016 15:43 History. John I am attaching the letter that Minister Bruton sent to Minister Howlin dated 6 June 2014 the sanction request for staff for the ODCE and IAAS received in October 2014. You will see from the letter that Minister Bruton stated very clearly that he considered "the filling ofthese posts/vacancies to be of priority it is very concerning to see that a post that the Minister considered a priority two years ago was not prioritised by the Department. requesting that A be expedited. As you know the sanction was Breda Breda Power Department ofJobs, Enterprise 8? Innovation, Earisfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Official under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See Fomarded by breda power/entemp on 08/07/2016 15:42 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Coim Forde/entemp@ENTEMP, Harry Leslerlentemp@ENTEMP Date: 08/07/2016 12:19 Subject: Re: Fw: HEO for ODCE Sent by: breda power John Thanks for your response. As you know we have raised this post with you a number of times and it is dif?cult to see why the position has not been filled. Why was the position not taken into account when setting up the HEO panel? As i understand it a person that was placed on this panel was assigned to another area in the Department. Breda Breda Power DepartmentofJobs. Enterprise 8. Innovation. Earisfort Centre. Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Official under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See Fw: HEO for once Claire Gordon to: Breda Power 08/07/2016 14:19 Breda Further to my email below i do not understa when HEOs with relevant expertise becam Minister Bruton to then Minister for Public ODCE's HEO vacancy stated that importance" (p1 in the attached). nd why the ODCE vacancy would not have been prioritised available as the letter of 6 June 2014 from former Expenditure and Reform in relation to posts including consider the filling of these posts/vacancies to be of priority Surely a post that was considered of priority importance by the Minister two years ago should have been at the front of the queue for any available and suitable staff. Claire Forwarded by Claire Gordon/entemp on 08/07/2016 14:19 From: Claire Gordon/entemp To: Breda Power/enlemp@ENTEMP. Date: 08/07/2016 13:08 Subject: Re: Fw: HEO for ODCE Breda Sanction was received from DPER for this and the forensic accountants in October 2014. i am unclear what has occurred here. It appears from the correspondence below that ODCE had told HR Unit on 25 May that it would take a HEO from the Department Panel and ODCE wrote to HR Unit again on 27 June with the assumption that this was still the approach to be taken. In this context I cannot understand why HR Unit would have assigned the person elsewhere or had already assigned the person elsewhere and did not inform ODCE. Claire Breda Power John Thanks for your response. As you know 08/07/201612z19138 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Colm Forde/enternp@ENTEMP, Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 08/07/2016 12:19 Subject: Re: Fw: HEO for ODCE Sent by: breda power John Thanks for your response. As you know we have raised this post with you a number of times and it is dif?cult to see why the position has not been ?lled. Why was the position not taken into account when setting up the HEO panel? As i understand it a person that was placed on this panel was assigned to another area in the Department. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 81 innovation, From: Kevin Prendergasb?entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP. Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 27/06/2018 16:11 Subject: HEO for ODCE John refer to my earlier emails on the above subject. I note that at the recent Select Committee hearing on Departmental Estimates, a Deputy raised the issue of suf?ciency of resources. both accounting and "technical" for the ODCE. in answering reference was made to the recent (and ongoing) recruitment of forensic accountancy personnel, and the funding for other skills. Reference was made in particular to the dif?culties in recruiting externally. i am attaching excerpts from that hearing. You will be aware from my email of May 25th that. in order to facilitate the most effective and efficient means of?lling the above vacancy, this Office was willing to utilise the HEO ICT panel. as you had suggested. 1 had also suggested. bearing in mind the particular and unique challenges that the person ?lling this role would face working within ODCE as distinct from other more traditional roles within the Department, that it would be beneficial that the relevant candidate meet so as to have the role outlined to them. Accordingly you might let me know when this can be facilitated, as the absence of such a resource places an ongoing strain on our capacity to investigate. Kind regards Kevin [attachment "2016 Select Committee deleted by breda power/entemp] Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 FW: HEO ICT for ODCE "0 =1 '1 -l Breda Power to: John Hughes 07/07/201613:58 Sent by: breda power Cc: Harry Lester. Colm Forde. Claire Gordon What is the position on this post? Sanction to fill the post was received over two years ago. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8: Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Official under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 07/07/2016 13:55 From: Kevin Prendergast/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP, Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 27/06/2016 16:11 Subject: HEO ICT for ODCE John refer to my earlier emails on the above subject. note that at the recent Select Committee hearing on Departmental Estimates, a Deputy raised the issue of suf?ciency of resources, both accounting and "technical" for the ODCE. in answering reference was made to the recent (and ongoing) recruitment of forensic accountancy personnel. and the funding for other skills. Reference was made in particular to the difficulties in recruiting externally. I am attaching excerpts from that hearing. You will be aware from my email of Ma means of?lling the above vacancy, suggested. 1 had also suggested, ?lling this role would face working the Department, that it would be outlined to them. 25th that. in order to facilitate the most effective and ef?cient this Office was willing to utilise the HEO panel. as you had earing in mind the particular and unique challenges that the person within ODCE as distinct from other more traditional roles within ene?cial that the relevant candidate meet so as to have the role Accordingly you might let me know when this can be facilitated, as the absence of such a resource places an ongoing strain on our capacity to investigate. Kind regards Kevin 2016 Select Committee Kevin Prendergast Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Breen, and wish him the best of luck. My question refers to subhead C7, the Office of the Director of Corporate of Enforcement, ODCE. i am still reading into the brief in respect of this committee, but my understanding anecdotally is that in the past few years the office has not had the kind of Deputy Pat Breen: That is the Minister?s area and Deputy Mitchell O'Connor can answer that afterwards. The Deputy can ask the question. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly: My understanding is that the office has been significantly under resourced, so for example, it did not have any forensic accountants. It plays a critical role and have always been very impressed by the professionalism of the office whenever I have dealt with it. We have a culture whereby white collar crime tends to go unnoticed and undetected. The ODCE is a critical part of the State infrastructure, yet funding for it is actually falling, albeit by a small amount. However, it must be asked if the amount of funding that is provided for under the subhead is sufficient for the ODCE to scale up to meet the funding requirements of the forensic accountants and all the other technical skill sets that i am told that it did not have two years ago. Perhaps it has them now. It must also be asked ifthe ODCE has sufficient funding to fully resource the office to do the job that needs to be done in the coming years. Chairman: The Minister might address the question on subhead C7. Deputy Mary Mitchell O?Connor: Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked if anything was not working. The answer is no. I was asked about the funding for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE. funding has not seen a reduction. There was a return to 26 pay periods in 2016, compared to 27in 2015. Therefore, there was no cut. There was a small reduction in the level of unused ODCE legal costs, which shows up in the figure mentioned by the Deputy. Therefore, the office is sufficiently funded. The ODCE employs 38.5 staff who include a number of legal and accounting professionals. Three of the five new accounting posts had been filled at the end of May and, in addition, six members of An Garda Siochana have been seconded to the office. The costs associated with the members of An Garda Siochana are met from Vote 20, the Vote for An Garda Siochana. All other staffing, legal administration and information technology support services are funded from Vote 32, subhead C7. We have sanctioned a major recruitment campaign for the IASSA and the ODCE. We are looking for forensic accountants, but the difficulty is that the pay they receive in the public Fw: HEO ICT for ODCE From Breda Power 2 ?3 To Colm Forde, Claire Gordon Cc Date 20/07/2016 17:16 FYI Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax:016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Official under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 20/07/2016 17:15 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp, Cc: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP. lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP. Mary Date: 20/07/2016 16:56 Subject: Re: HEO for ODCE All very carefully, noted, Kevin, and this is one of the priority vacancies i raised with PAS at a bilateral meeting over a week ago and i will continue to pursue it on that basis. John. 20/7. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 From: Kevin Prendergast/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 20/07/2016 16:50 Subject: HEO ICT for ODCE John I refer to the above issue, and am given to understand that there is no longer any availability from the HEO panel, Page 1 of 2 and accordingly we are reverting to the previous strategy of working with PAS to secure the appropriate appointment The Office is currently engaged in a number of criminal investigations, one of which, into certain alleged activities in is the subject of recent, ongoing and significant political, media and public interest. As you may be aware the Of?ce has through the High Court and under its own powers sought and obtained a significant amount of hard copy and electronic data in relation to this case. Our ability to progress this and other investigations is regrettably hampered by the lack of in-house expertise to analyse the electronic data seized. At the moment we are dealing with this matter through the retention of professional services externally, but due to the time pressures inherent in such cases, in particular where orders of the Court are involved and other external parties including liquidators have to be accommodated, our capacity to go through full procurement procedures is inevitably compromised. Effectively we are caught between the rock of our legislative remit in relation to the proper pursuit of criminal investigations and the hard place of proper compliance, as staff of the Department, with public procurement best practice. While the filling of the vacant position will not immediately solve all of these problems, it will allow the Office to progress a number of projects which will ultimately result in a far more effective and efficient electronic evidence seizure and analysis process. I am aware that you continue to liaise with PAS on this as a matter of urgency. I would ask that you continue to impress upon them the absolute priority of filling this vacancy so that the Office can properly and effectively fulfil its remit. Kind regards Kevin Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 ATTACHMENTS: Page 2 of 2 21/ ?fm?gg Re: Forensic Accountant in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 3?51? John Hughes to: Jean Kelly 25/07/2016 11:53 Thanks. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 81 Development and Business Services Units, Department ofJobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 Jean Kelly The 3 candidates withdrew their applications. Kind 25/07/2016 11:25:37 From: Jean Keity/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Date: 25/07/2016 11:25 Subject: Re: Forensic Accountant in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement The 3 candidates withdrew their applications. Kind regards Jean Jean Kelly 1 Recruitment, Assignments 81 Pay Section 1 HR Unit I Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Kildare Street 1 Dublin 2 Phone 01?631 2216/ E-mail jean.kelly@djei.ie John Hughes And how do we account for the other 3? John 25/07/2016 10:45:54 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Jean Keily/entemp@ENTEMP, Date: 25/07/2016 10:45 Subject: - Re: Forensic Accountant in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement And how do we account for the other 3? John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8. Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 Jean Kelly The panel is now exhausted. There are two 25/07/2016 09:38:01 From: Jean Kelty/entemp Regards Ma rese Marese Phelan Professional and Technical Unit 1 +3531 858 7437 Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapach?in Phoibli Chapter House, 26I30 Abbey Street Upper. Dublin 1, 001 CTWS publicioste gradpubliciobsle stateboards.ie Certified by NSAI for Excellence Through People 20 5 Winner Gredlreland Recruitment Awards - Best Graduate Recrurtment Website 2015 Fairness lmpartiality independence Value Customer Service Innovation Collaboration (See attached?le: attached?ie: altadred?le: imag6003. pug) This email and any ?les transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?L?isaid an duine aonair no an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu a ta Munar tt'l an duine 21 ba choir an riomhphost see, no aon chuid de, a than, nior ch?ir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a ch?ipeail no a dhaileadh. Dean teagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis dO/di go bhfuair to tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirglmiomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tt'i ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan slan a ta ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fon?ta seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. Page 1 of 2 Ian Drennan to: John Hughes 25/07/2016 12:48 Cc: Breda?Power, Harry Lester, Jean Kelly, John Murphy, Mary Cullen, Philip Kelly Hide Details From: Ian Drennan/entemp Sort To: John Hughes/entemp@entemp, Cc: Hariy Lester/ente1np@entemp, Jean Kelly/enteinp@entenip, John Murphy/entemp@entemp, Mary Cullen/entemp@entemp, Philip Kelly/entenip@enteinp Thanks John, appreciated. Re: Investigators/Forensic Accountants 2 5 Ian On 25 Jul 2016, at 12:33, John Hughes wrote: Thanks, lan, we were noti?ed that the last candidate had withdrawn just this morning. We will follow up with PAS as per your wishes below. John, 25/7. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8. Development and Business Services Units, DepartmentofJobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 lan Ian Drennan/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@entemp, From: lan Drennanlentemp To: John Hughes/entemp@entemp. Co: John Murphy/entemp@entemp, Breda Power@dett.ie. Philip Kelly/entemp@entemp. Mary Cullen/entemp@entemp. Jean Kelly/entemp@entemp, Harry Lester/entemp@enlernp Date: 25/07/2016 12:26 Subject: Re: Investigators/Forensic Accountants John, Thanks for your email. I wasn't aware until now that a third candidate had withdrawn. That now leaves me with two unfolded posts. Neither of the options below is attractive to me. Anyone not previously placed on the panel OBB5/~web43 70.11t111 24/02/20] 7 Page 2 of2 was not deemed by the Interview Board to have met the requisite standard. As discussed previously, I am not in favour of taking anyone from a generic panel. These are specialised roles. Under the circumstances, my preferred course of action is re-advertisement. Ian On 25 Jul 2016, at 12:05, John Hughes wrote: Ian, I understand that the Panel established speci?cally for the assignment of Forensic Accountants/ Investigators to the ODCE is now expired. As you will recall 8 candidates were empanelled with the following outcome: 0 Three started in the ODCE on the 30th May a Two candidates are due to start in the ODCE on 29th August a Three candidates have withdrawn/declined offers. Have you any thoughts on possible next steps? For example, should PAS be approached to established contact with other candidates who originally applied for the competition but were not among the 8 placed on the panel? Should we ask PAS if they have an active Professional Accountants Grade I panel that we might access? I do not know. in particular, if the ?rst option is feasible but wanted your views before approaching PAS. John, 25/7. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 70.htm 24/02/201 7 Subhead C7 ODCE ?26 2016 REV 2017 Baseline 2016 REV (for the purposes of this exercise) 2017 Requirement Difference Pay 2.80m 2.80m Finance Unit will work this out?though ODCE should flag if additional staffing resources (over the current complement) are being provided or sought for 2017 Non-Pay 2.207m 2.207m Pensions Capnal *Pay For the purposes of this exercise the consequences arising from the Lansdowne Road agreement impacting in 2017 should not be factored in at this stage. It is anticipated that will be managed separately with DPER as part of the 2017 REV process in October/November. Explanation for over 2016 provision ODCE expect that the Non-Pay provision of 2.207million will be sufficient for 2017. On the Pay side, there are a number of vacancies in the Office, and we expect these to be filled by the start of 2017. Atable of current staffing and vacancies is below (excluding members of whose salaries are paid from the Department ofJustice Vote. Two of the Accountant vacancies are to be filled on Monday next (29th August). GRADE SERVING Director 1 Compliance Officer (PO Equivalent) 1 Principal Officer 1 Legal Adviser (PO Equivalent) 2 Principal Solicitor (PO Equivalent) 1 Accountant (AP Equivalent) 3 Solicitor (AP Equivalent) 1 Assistant Principal 3 Higher Executive Officer 7 Executive Officer 5.8 Clerical Officer 5.7 TOTAL SERVING 31.5 GRADE VACANCIES Legal Adviser (PO Equivalent) 1 Accountant (AP Equivalent) 4 Solicitor (AP Equivalent) 1 Higher Executive Officer 2 Clerical Officer 1 TOTAL VACANCIES 9 2 Accountant posts sanctioned last year, staff to take up their posts next week 1 HEO/Systems Analyst post sanctioned last year, recruitment is awaited Apart from vacancies arising from the departure of staff, these figures include: Re: Fw: Divisional Key Priorities Update 2 From Claire Gordon To Coordination Cc Joan Howley, Colm Forde Date 05/09/2016 12:11 Bridget i suggest the following for addition to No. 25 in particular. urgent sanction has been sought for IAASA to recruit staff for an audit standards unit and the ODCE remains without a HEO with expertise despite that it informed the Department in July that its ability to progress investigations is hampered by the lack of in-house expertise to analyse electronic data seized as part of its investigations. Claire From: Coordination/entemp To: Anne BarretUentemp@Entemp, Ciaran McLoughlinlenlemp@ENTEMP. Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Colette Reilly/entemp@ENTEMP, Colm Forde/entemp@ENTEMP, Deirdre O'Higginslentemp@ENTEMP, Derval Monahanlentemp@ENTEMP. Helen Curleylentemp@ENTEMP, Helen McCarthy/entemp@ENTEMP. Joan Howleylentemp@entemp. John Moynihan/entemp@ENTEMP. Kieran Grace!entemp@ENTEMP, Kimberley Langtonfentemp?ENTEMP. Orla Sabha Greenelentemp@ENTEMP, Sean Smith/entemp@ENTEMP, Sinead Gilligan/entemp@ENTEMP, Siona Ryan/entemp@Entemp. Tara Cooganlentemp@Entemp, Cc: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP Date: 05l09l2016 10:38 Subject: Fw: Divisional Key Priorities Update Sent by: Bridget Cosgrave Colleagues. Can you refer to the request below for updates on the Divisional Key Priorities, please. I would appreciate ifyou could email your obs (incl nil obs) to the Coordination mailbox by lunchtime Thursday 8 September 2016. Many thanks Bridget Bridget Cosgrave Dept of Jobs, Enterprise innovation Competition Consumer Policy Section Tel: 6312611 Fax:6312552 Forwarded by Bridget Cosgravelentemp on 05/09/2016 10:34 From Planning/entemp To: John Murphy/entemp@ENTEMP, Philip Kelly/entemp@ENTEMP, Clare Dunne/entemp@ENTEMP. Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP. Declan Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Martin Shanagher/entemp@ENTEMP. Dermot Mulliganlentemp@ENTEMP, Coordinationlentemp@Entemp, Bridget Cosgravelentemp@Entemp, SPD Coordination/entemp@Entemp. Betty June Corbettlentemp@ENTEMP. innovation and lnvestmenUentemp@Entemp. Cc: Page 1 of2 Brona Deeganlentemp?ENTEMP, ETDCoordination/Entemp@Entemp. Patrick D?Arcylentemp@ENTEMP, Sean Healylentemp@ENTEMP. Lelia Abelentemp@ENTEMP. Labour Affairs/entemp@Entemp, Gabrielle Russell!entemp@ENTEMP. Niamh Rochfordlentemp@ENTEMP, Gerard Curranlentemp@ENTEMP, Dermot Kavanaghlentemp@entemp, Emer Munroelentemp@ENTEMP. Jonathan McCabe/entemp@ENTEMP. Colin Delaneylentemp@ENTEMP, Niamh Moloneylentemp@ENTEMP. Michael O'Learylentemp@ENTEMP. Planning/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 05/09/2016 10:14 Subject. Divisional Key Priorities Update Sent by: Marie Oman Colleagues in advance ofthe Ministerial Management Board on Wednesday 14 September 2016, Divisions are requested to review the attached Divisional Key Priorities document and update as appropriate. [attachment Deliverables 14.09.16 Draftdocx" deleted by Claire Gordon/entemp] Any updates should be clearly highlighted in Blue Font. it should also be noted. that where the status of a priority is changing. for example from amber to green. that a more detailed narrative will be required to explain the reason for the change. The deadline for receipt of Divisional updates is 15:00 on Friday 09 September 2016, via the Planning mailbox. Kind regards Marie Marie Oman Management Support Unit Dept. of Jobs, Enterprise innovation Kildare Street Dublin 2 Tel: 353 1 5312280 Email: planning@djei.le ATTACHMENTS: Page 2 of 2 - ,1 28? gym. Fw: HEO ICT for ODCE Breda Power to Colm Forde, Claire Gordon 13/09/201614140 Sent by bred a power Hts-ton, This message has b~een forwarded. Colm, Claire FYI Breda Breda Power Department ofJobs, Enterprise 6 Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Official under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See Forwarded by breda power/entemp on 13/09/2016 14:39 From: Breda Power/entemp To John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc. Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp, lan Drennanlentemp@ENTEMP, Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP, John Murphy/entemp@ENTEMP, Philip Kelly/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 13/09/2016 14:29 Subject Re: HEO ICT for ODCE Sent by: breda power . John At the Management Board meeting this morning at which the ODCE made a presentation, the Secretary General acknowledged that it would be difficult to recruit a person with the right mix of skills at HEO level for the ODCE. There was broad support from other Management Board members for recruiting at a more senior level. As you know the ICT post in the ODCE requires significant forensic skills and experience. In order to secure someone with the appropriate skills, and having discussed the matter with lan, consider that it would be best to have the post at PO level. i would appreciate it if you would let lan, Kevin and i know how we might best advance this matter. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department ofJobs, Enterprise innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax:016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Official under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See John Hughes All very carefully, noted, Kevin, and this is one 20/07/201616:56:36 From. John Hughes/entemp To: Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp, Cc: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP, Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 20/07/2016 16:56 Subject: Re: HEO ICT for ODCE All very carefully, noted, Kevin, and this is one of the priority vacancies raised with PAS at a bilateral meeting over a week ago and I will continue to pursue it on that basis. John, 20/7. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8- Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Ki!" tier-t; Creel: Dublin 2. TDBD Phone - 01-6312246 Kevin Prendergast John refer to the above issue, ancl am 9' ran to . 20?07/2016 16:50:17 From Kevin Prendergast/entemp To John Hugheslentemp@ENTEf/1P, Cc. Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP, l'in Date: 2007/2018 16:50 Subject: HEO ICT John refer to the above issue, and am given to understand that there is no longer any availabil'ty from tne HEO panel, and accordingly we are reverting to the previous strategy of working with PAS to secure the appropriate appointment. The Office is currentlv endaned in a number of criminal in Jestigations, one of which, into certain alleged activities in? is the subject of recent, ongoing and significant political, media and public interest. As you may be aware the Office has through?the u?n'd'erjts own powers sought and obtained a significant amount of hard copy andel??'c'tr'oriitc d?e?Lt?a'in i?lati'on to this case. Our ability to progress this and other invest gat'ons is regrettably?h?an?ip?ered by-t'ne' laclt cf Ln-house expert se to analyse the electronic data seized. At the moment we afel?deg?linrg?tvith thisfmatter through the retention of professional servrces externa ly, but due to 't?llif? tirji?gpressgr??s'inhertent in such cases, in particular where orders of the Court are involved and other external parties have to be accommodated, our capacity to go through full procur?'rrierit proc?diifes i's?i'nevitably compromised. Effectively we are caught between the rock of our legislative remit in relation to the proper pursuit of criminal investigations and the hard place of proper compliance, as staff of the Department, with public procurement best practice. While the filling of the vacant position will not immediately solve all of these problems, it will allow the Office to progress a number of projects which will ultimately result in a far more effective and efficient electronic evidence seizure and analysis process. I am aware that you continue to liaise with PAS on this as a matter of urgency. I would ask that you continue to impress upon them the absolute priority of filling this vacancy so that the Office can properly and effectively fulfil its remit. Kind regards Kevin Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Office ofthe Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 r' llt? lL'l Nttultr.? m} to 1-1? Han) I estcruthct rc I7?t19 Ill (- I I 08 Co "John Itughcs the: rc? Ihde Details I rom' Nuunc To lorry Lester re" Iarry.l.estcr {ydjeilcz "iohn hughes ("idler Ie' ?John.hughes?c?djcij? I'Iarry. Many thanks I'm all the updates Kind regards. Michelle On to Sep 2I)l6_ at I7zsI I. Item; I {stem . Emeline-?eets? ?Ew?h??'dr?ls? .nzu tangents Joined EU I HEO Harry, We are looking at the E0 panel to see it' there is anyone suitable that [Cl rote. Can you with what stream your E0 tit request is for? There is a development stream and operations stream and also the location?. thanks, Michelle Michelle Noene tie-ml at Search Manning rt. Cmmnurntatiuns .3531553 rue ht .35] 87 529120! Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um titlieapach?in Phoibti Chapter ?arse. zone Abbey Street Upper. I?Jutllm I. CHVS I .htm ssion re whether to recruit front open or inter advertising 24/02/20] 7 ?50 Fw: URGENT: Additional briefing note for the Minister for Jt Ctte appearance From Breda Power To Fergal Cullen, Cathal O'Gorman Cc Claire Gordon, Colm Forde Date 21/09/2016 13:20 Fergal Material on ODCE staffing as requested. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax1016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Official under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See Forwarded by breda powerlentemp on 21i09I2016 13:19 From: Conor O'Mahonylentemp To: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Claire Gordon/entemp@ENTEMP, Colm Fordelentemp@ENTEMP, Phil FIood/entemp@entemp, Ian Drennanlentemp@ENTEMP Date: 21I09l2016 12:46 Subject: Re: Fw: URGENT: Additional brie?ng note for the Minister for Jt Ctte appearance Breda Material on staffing as requested. Let me know if you want anything further. ODCE Staffing The ODCE is staffed by a multi-disciplinary team included. lawyers, accountants, civil servants and members of An Gerda Sioch?na. in total, the Of?ce currently has 39.5 staff (full time equivalents). This includes 6 members ofAn Gerda Siochana. Following submissions from the ODCE, sanction was secured in late 2014 forthe recruitment of an additional 5 accountants and an iTlForensics expert to assist with the work of the Of?ce. Unfortunately, there was a delay in recruiting the additional resources. However, following a competition commenced late in 2015, the Of?ce has recently recruited 5 forensic accountants. The Of?ce still has vacancies for 2 forensic accountants and it is intended to hold a further competition to ?ll these posts in the near future. While the staf?ng resources of the Of?ce have been boosted by the recruitment of the additional accountants, the Of?ce has also suffered from a number of retirements, resignations and reassignments in the past year. The Of?ce is currently working with the Department on plans to ?ll the resultant vacancies. Page 1 of 3 Regards Conor Conor O'Mahony Principal Of?cer Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 16 Parnell Square Dublin 1 ph. +353 - 1 - 858 5827 From Breda Powerlentemp To: Conor Phil Flood/entemp@entemp. Cc: Colm Fords/entemp@ENTEMP. Claire Gordonlentemp@ENTEMP Date 10:03 Subject Fw: URGENT: Additional brie?ng note for the Minister for Jt Ctte appearance Sent by breda power Conor. Phil Can you prepare a paragraph or so on the staffing position in the ODCE as per Fergal's email below. As you know this request is urgent as the Minister is due to appear before the Committee tomorrow and there is a further briefing with the Minister this afternoon. it would be good to have the note before the brie?ng session. Many thanks Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise innovation. Earlsfort Centre. Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Of?cial under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See Forwarded by breda powerlentemp on 21/09/2016 09:58 From: Fergal Cullen/entemp To: Kieran Gracelentemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Anne Barrett/entemp@entemp, Breda Powerlentemp@entemp. Cathal O'Gormanlentemp@entemp. Paul Brennanlentemp@entemp, Colette Reilly/entemp@ENTEMP. Maureen O'Sullivanlentemp@entemp Date: 21/09/2016 09:53 Subject: Re: URGENT: Additional brie?ng note for the Minister for Jt Ctte appearance Thanks Kieran - noted. Separately Minister did ask for a short update on the staf?ng situation in the CCPC and ODCE Breda). i met Colette earlier and she's on the case on the CCPC paragraphs. Page 2 of 3 Breda grateful if you could arrange for someone to provide a couple of paragraphs by way of ODCE staf?ng update - 0/ have the Accountants arrived since June Zist I any other staf?ng developments etc. will also send Maureen an email 2 questions re CRO Metrics (Filing Savings etc) that the Committee Secretariat has ?agged. All the best Fergal Fergal Cullen Finance Unit Estimates 1 Payroll 1 Travel Units] Department of Jobs. Enterprise innovation Davitt House 65A Adelaide Road Dublin 2 Republic of Ireland. ph: 353 1 6313057 email: fergal.cullen@djei.ie iwebsite From. Kieran Grace/entemp To: Cathal O'Gormanlentemp@ENTEMP, Fergal Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc Paul Brennanlentemp@Entemp, Anne BarretUentemp@Entemp. Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP Date: 2110912016 09:43 Subject URGENT: Additional brie?ng note for the Minister for Ctte appearance Cathal/Fergal, Additional note attached in case this issue arises. If you need anything more, please do not hesitate to contact me. [attachment "Note for the Minister 21 Sept 2016.docx? deleted by Fergal Cullen/entemp] [attachment "Draft Bill and press release 20 Sept 2016.pdf" deleted by Fergal Cullen/entemp] Kind regards. Kieran Kieran Grace Principal Competition at Consumer Policy Section Department of Jobs, Enterprise 8. Innovation Telephone: LoCall number. 1890220222 e-mail: kieran.grace@djei.ie ATTACHM ENTS: Page 3 of 3 ?sp-WN-?a Public Appointments Service INFORMATION BOOKLET The Public Appointments Service intends to hold a competition for the purpose of recommending a person for appointment as: Head of Digital Forensics in the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement The Public Appointments Service is committed to a policy of equal opportunity. The Public Appointments Service will run this campaign in compliance with the codes of practice prepared by the new Commissioners for Public Service Appointments (CPSA). Codes of practice are published by the CPSA and are available on CI HOUSE 26 30 ABBEY STREET UPPER DUBLIN 1 Telephone Number: 353 1 858 7400 Title of Position: Head of Digital Forensics in the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Employing Authority: Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Location: Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, 16 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 Head of Digital Forensics 1 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement The Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (?the Mandate and high level goals The mission of the ODCE is to improve the compliance environment for corporate activity in the Irish economy by encouraging adherence to, and dissuading non-compliance with, company law. Established in 2001, the ODCE is an independent Office of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Under the Companies Act 2014 (?the Act?), the principal functions of the Director of Corporate Enforcement include the: encouragement of compliance with the Act; investigation of suspected offences under the Act, or other suspected non-compliance with the Act, or with the duties and obligations to which companies and their of?cers are subject; enforcement of the Act, including the prosecution of offences by way of summary proceedings; referral of cases to the Director of Public Prosecutions for consideration as to whether they should be prosecuted on indictment; exercise, insofar as considered necessary or appropriate, of a supervisory role over the activity of liquidators and receivers in the discharge oftheir functions under the Act. Those statutory functions have been further distilled into the high level goals, which are to: promote a greater understanding of affected parties? rights and duties under company law; confront unlawful and irresponsible behaviour insofar as it relates to company law; and provide a quality customer service to internal and external stakeholders. la) Head of Digital Forensics Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Structure and current resources Currently, the ODCE has a staff complement of approximately 40 comprising of both civilian staff and members of An Garda Siochana. Having regard to its principal statutory functions, and the associated the ODCE is organised into a number of Units, each of which comes under the responsibility of a Head of Function. Further information regarding the principal activities can be accessed at The role The ODCE wishes to appoint a Head of Digital Forensics to supplement its current skill mix and capabilities. This will be a key role within the organisation and the individual will be expected to make a significant contribution to complex and serious company law investigations, both civil and criminal, that the Of?ce undertakes. The successful candidate must be capable of demonstrating an appreciation for the pivotal nature of their role and function within the organisation. The nature of this demanding role will be wide and varied. In that context, the following is a non-exhaustive overview of the some of the types of work that the successful candidate is likely to be engaged in: 0 developing strategies, plans and arrangements for forensic data collection; 0 the implementation of those plans, strategies and arrangements; 0 the collection and preservation of electronic data in an evidentially sound manner, consistent with established judicial principles in this area; - analysing/assisting investigators in the analysis of such data; - managing the ICT element of individual cases/a portfolio of cases; 0 testifying, as required, in Court proceedings initiated by the ODCE or by the Director of Public Prosecutions; 0 identifying appropriate hardware/software applications that will best assist the Of?ce in undertaking its investigations, and managing the procurement of such applications; 0 co-operating and liaising, as necessary, with both the Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation with regard to ICT matters and with relevant third parties, including other law enforcement Agencies. As an Of?ce of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the ODCE bene?ts from the Department?s ICT infrastructure, and the suite of ICT hardware software which the Department makes available to its staff, and those of its Offices. Having regard to the specialised nature of the work, it is envisaged that the successful candidate will primarily be involved in managing and leading a program of supplementing the existing suite of hardware and software with other ICT solutions which are developed, tailored or procured Head of Digital Forensics Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Lg} for those of the particular needs which cannot currently be met by reliance on the Department?s ICT offering. However the successful candidate will also be expected to maintain an ongoing liaison with the Department?s ICT team for the purpose of the optimal management of the ICT requirements. Commensurate with the seniority of the role, the Head of Digital Forensics will be expected to? 0 ensure that the approach to the procurement and use of ICT is consistent with, and contributes to the achievement of the goals set out in, the Public Service ICT Strategy Delivering better outcomes and ej?ciency through innovation and excellence in I contribute to the ongoing compliance with its other obligations as a public sector organisation; - contribute to/ lead on other projects associated with any other aspect of the mandate and functions as and when required. The above is not, and does not purport to be, a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in of?ce. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Essential Quali?cations Requirements A relevant qualification at primary Degree level. Desirable but not essential) Additional quali?cation(s) in the area of digital forensics. 1 Approved by Government and launched by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in January 2015. Please see Head of Digital Forensics 4 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Essential Skills/Attributes The successful candidate will: 0 have signi?cant experience of working in a relevant ICT role, at least ?ve years? relevant experience; 0 be ?exible, results?focussed and have the ability to work under pressure in a complex, legal, technical and regulatory environment; a be capable of operating effectively on their own initiative; 0 have an appreciation of the requirements for working effectively and collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary environment, including the ?exibility and mobility to work effectively with all other relevant colleagues and stakeholders across sectoral, organisational and professional boundaries 0 possess strong project management skills; 0 possess the capacity to operate effectively and credibly to a high level, both within the organisation and externally; possess excellent communications and interpersonal skills; 0 be capable of demonstrating an appreciation of the Department and the objectives, a keen awareness of the environment within which it operates and of the particular obligations which stem from the status as a public body funded entirely by the Exchequer. The following Key Competencies have been identi?ed for effective performance at Principal Of?cer Level. Head of Digital Forensics 5 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Please see Appendix 1 for for further details on Principal Of?cer competencies. Other Eligibility Criteria Citizenship Requirement: Candidates should note that eligibility to compete is open to citizens of the European Economic Area (EEA). The EEA consists of the Member States of the European Union along with Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement It is a condition of the Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement as set out in Department of Finance Circular 12/09 that retirees, under that Scheme, are debarred from applying for another position in the same employment or the same sector. Therefore, such retirees may not apply for this position. Department of Health and Children Circular (7/2010): The Department of Health Circular 7/2010 dated 1 November 2010 introduced a Targeted Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) Scheme and Voluntary Redundancy Schemes (VRS). It is a condition of the VER scheme that persons availing ofthe scheme will not be eligible for re- employment in the public health sector or in the wider public service or in a body wholly or mainly funded from public moneys. The same prohibition on re-employment applies under the VRS, except that the prohibition is for a period of 7 years, after which time any re- employment will require the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. People who availed of either of these schemes are not eligible to compete in this competition. Collective Agreement: Redundancy Payments to Public Servants: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform letter dated 28th June 2012 to Personnel Officers introduced, with effect from June 2012, a Collective Agreement which had been reached between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Public Services Committee of the ICTU in relation to ex-gratia Redundancy Payments to Public Servants. It is a condition of the Collective Agreement that persons availing of the agreement will not be eligible for re-employment in the public service by any public service body (as defined by the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts 2009 2011) for a period of 2 years from termination of the employment. Thereafter the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform will be required prior to re-employment. People who availed of this scheme and who may be successful in this competition will have to prove their eligibility (expiry of period of non-eligibility) and the Minister?s consent will have to be secured prior to employment by any public service body. Declaration: Applicants will be required to declare whether they have previously availed of a Public Service scheme of incentivised early retirement and/or the collective agreement outlined above. Applicants will also be required to declare any entitlements to a Public Service pension bene?t (in payment or preserved) from any other Public Service employment and/or where they have received a payment-in-lieu in respect of service in any Public Service employment. Head of Digital Forensics 6 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement THE SELECTION PROCESS How to Apply Applications must be made by submitting an on-line application and attaching a single document with the following elements included: El A comprehensive CV, including an organisation chart (See Senior Executive CV Guidance note here El The ?Key Achievements Form? (Available here') El A short cover letter! personal statement (ie. no more than 2 pages) outlining why you wish to be considered for the post and where you believe your skills, experience and values meet the requirements of the position. Closing Date: Midnight [date to be specified] Selection Process: The Selection Process may include: El shortlisting of candidates, on the basis ofthe information contained in their application; EI a competitive preliminary interview; El completion of an online questionnaire(s); El work sample/role play/media exercise, and any other tests or exercises that may be deemed appropriate; 1] a competitive interview which may include a presentation. Please Note We acknowledge receipt of all applications. If you do not receive an acknowledgement within 3 days of applying, please email orla.couthan@publiciobs.ie. You can expect to receive emails from us at the relevant stages notifying you to check your secure publiciobsie message board for campaign updates. We endeavour to give as much notice as possible for interview dates etc., candidates should make themselves available on the date(s) speci?ed by the Public Appointments Service. Shortlisting In the event of a shortlisting exercise being employed an expert board will examine the information provided in your application form and assess it against criteria based on the requirements of the position. References We would appreciate it if you would start considering names of people who you feel would be suitable referees that we might consult (2 - 3 names and contact details). The referees do not have to include your current employer, but should be in a position to provide a reference for you. Please be assured that we will only contact referees should you come under consideration after preliminary interview stage. Please note, should you be successful at ?nal interview, we will require a reference from your current employer, prior to recommendation for appointment. We may require a candidate to complete a number of Head of Digital Forensics 7 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 8 clearance processes, such as, Health Character Declaration, Garda Vetting etc or any other relevant checks required for the particular role. General Information Security Clearance You will be required to complete and return a Garda Vetting form should you come under consideration for appointment. This form will be forwarded to An Garda Siochana for security checks on all Irish and Northern Irish addresses at which you resided. However should your application for the competition be unsuccessful this form will be destroyed by PAS. If you subsequently come under consideration for another position, you may therefore be required to complete a further Garda Vetting Form. Enquiries Prior to recommending any candidate for appointment to positions the Public Appointments Service or employing organisation will make all such enquiries that are deemed necessary e.g. employer references, to determine the suitability of that candidate. Until all stages of the recruitment process have been fully completed a ?nal determination cannot be made nor can it be deemed or inferred that such a determination has been made. Speci?c candidate criteria In addition to fulfilling the eligibility criteria set out, candidates must: 0 Have the knowledge and ability to discharge the duties of the post concerned; 0 Be suitable on the grounds of health character; 0 Be suitable in all other relevant respects for appointment to the post concerned; 0 if successful, they will not be appointed to the post unless they: Agree to undertake the duties attached to the post and accept the conditions under which the duties are, or may be required to be performed; and Are fully competent and available to undertake, and fully capable of undertaking, the duties attached to the position. Non-Refund of Expenses Any expenses incurred by candidates whilst undertaking or attending any elements of the selection process will not be refunded. Appointments from panels It is envisaged that a panel(s) of quali?ed individuals will be established from which vacancies may be ?lled. Quali?cation and placement on a panel is not a guarantee of appointment to a position. Please note that once an offer of appointment has been accepted a candidate will no longer remain on the panel. Declining an offer of appointment Should the person recommended for appointment decline, or having accepted it, relinquish it, the Department may at its discretion, select and recommend another person for appointment on the results of this selection process. Candidates' Rights Review Procedures in relation to the Selection Process Head of Digital Forensics 8 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement General information The PAS will consider requests for review in accordance with the provisions of the codes of practice published by the CPSA. A candidate can seek a review by a person in the recruiting body (initial reviewer). Where a candidate remains dissatis?ed following this initial review, he/she may seek to have the conduct of the initial review examined by a ?decision arbitrator?. As an alternative to the above, it is open to a candidate to seek to have the matter resolved on an informal basis, as set out below. If a candidate remains dissatis?ed following any such discussion it is open to him/her to seek a formal review. The Codes of Practice are available on the website of the Commission for Public Service Appointments, Principal Conditions of Service 1. General The appointment is to an established post in the Civil Service and is subject to the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005, the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 and any other Act for the time being in force relating to the Civil Service. 2. Pay The salary scale for this position is as follows: Principal Of?cer PPC [Personal Pension Contribution] Scale: ?79,401 - ?82,587 - ?85,750 ?88,936 - ?91,624 - ?94,1102 ?97,1943 This rate will apply where the appointee is an existing civil or public servant appointed on or after 6?h April 1995 or is newly recruited to the Civil Service and is required to make a personal pension contribution. or Principal Of?cer Scale: ?75,647 - ?78,670 - ?81,676 - ?84,706 - ?87,258 - ?89,9064 - ?92,5505 This rate will apply where the appointee is a civil or public servant recruited before 6?h April 1995 and who is NOT required to make a Personal Pension Contribution. Long service increments may be payable after three (LSl-l) and six (LSI-2) years? satisfactory service at the maximum of the scale. 2 After 3 years satisfactory service at the 3 After 6 years satisfactory service at the maximum 4 After 3 years satisfactory service at the maxirrmm 5 After 6 years satisfactory service at the maximum Head of Digital Forensics 9 Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Entry will be at the minimum of the scale and the rate of remuneration will not be subject to negotiation. The rate of pay may be adjusted from time to time in line with Government pay policy. Different terms and conditions may apply depending on whether a successful candidate is a currently serving civil or public servant. Payment will be in arrears by Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) into a bank account of your choice. Payment cannot be made until you supply a bank account number and bank sort code to the Personnel Section. Statutory deductions from salary will be made as appropriate by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. You will agree that any overpayment of salary or of travel and subsistence may be deducted from future salary payments due to you in accordance with the Payment of Wages Act 1991. In the event of such an occurrence, the Department will advise you in writing of the amount and details of any such overpayment and give you at least one week?s notice of the deduction to take place and will deduct the overpayment at an amount that is fair and reasonable having regard to all the circumstances. 3. Tenure The appointment is to an established position on a probationary contract in the Civil Service. The probationary contract will be for a period of one year from the date speci?ed above. Notwithstanding this paragraph and paragraph 4 below, this will not preclude an extension of the probationary contract in appropriate circumstances. Notwithstanding this paragraph and paragraph 4 below, the probationary contract may be terminated at any time prior to the expiry of the term of the contract by either side in accordance with the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts, 1973 to 2005. 4. Probationary Review During the period of your probationary contract, your performance will be subject to review by your Manager(s) to determine whether you: have performed in a satisfactory manner, (ii) have been satisfactory in general conduct, and are suitable from the point of view of health with particular regard to sick leave. Prior to completion of the probationary contract, a decision will be made as to whether or not you will be retained pursuant to Section of the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956- 2005. This decision will be based on your performance assessed against the criteria set out in to above. The details of the probationary process will be explained to you by your employing Department and you will be given a copy of guidelines on probation issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. In the event that you are not considered as suitable to the position of Professional Accountant Grade 1 having been assessed against stated criteria, you will be noti?ed in writing of the action to be taken prior to the expiry of this contract and any extensions thereof. Head of Digital Forensics 10 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 5. Unfair Dismissals Acts The Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977-2007 will not apply to the termination of your employment by reason only of the expiry of this probationary contract without it being renewed. 6. Suspension of Probation The Department may suspend the probationary period and, as a result, extend the term of the probationary contract in the following circumstances: 0 the probationary period will be suspended if the of?cer is on Maternity or Adoptive leave, 0 the probationary period may, at the discretion of the Department, be suspended where the employee is absent on any other form of statutory or non- statutory leave. Where the Department?s ability to assess the of?cer and/or the of?cer?s ability to demonstrate their suitability for permanent appointment is compromised by the of?cer?s absence on leave, the contract period will be extended by the period of leave taken. 7. Duties You will be required to perform any duties appropriate to your grade which may be assigned to you during the probationary period. You may not engage in private practice or be connected with any outside business which would interfere with the performance of of?cial duties. 8. Headquarters On appointment to the Department your headquarters will be at the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE), or be such as may be designated from time to time by the Head of the Department. When absent from home and headquarters on of?cial duty you will be paid appropriate travelling expenses and subsistence allowances, in accordance with Civil Service regulations. 9. The Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 The terms of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 will apply to your employment and the hours of attendance and leave entitlements that will apply is at Section 10 below. 10. Hours of Attendance Hours of attendance will be as ?xed from time to time but will amount to on average not less than 43 hours and 15 minutes gross or 37 hours net per week. (i)Where extra attendance is necessary, payment or time off in lieu may be allowed in accordance with the Civil Service regulations. 11. Annual Leave The annual leave allowance will be 30 working days a year. This allowance which is subject to the usual conditions regarding the granting of annual leave is on the basis of a ?ve day week and is exclusive of the usual public holidays. 12. Sick Leave Head of Digital Forensics 11 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Pay during properly-certi?ed sick absence, provided there is no evidence of permanent disability for service, will apply on a pro rata basis in accordance with the provisions of the sick leave Circulars. Of?cers who are paying Class A rate of PRSI will be required to sign a mandate authorising the Department of Social Protection to pay any bene?ts due to you under the Social Welfare Acts direct to the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Payment of salary during illness will be subject to you making the necessary claims for social insurance bene?t to the Department of Social Protection within the required time limits. 13. Superannuation and Retirement The successful candidate will be offered the appropriate superannuation terms and conditions as prevailing in the Civil Service, at the time of being offered an appointment. In general, and except for candidates who have worked in a pensionable (non-single scheme terms) public service job in the 26 weeks prior to appointment (see paragraph below), this means being offered appointment based on membership of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme (?Single Scheme?). Key provisions attaching to membership of the Single Scheme are as follows: a. Pensionable Age The minimum age at which pension is payable is 66 (rising to 67 and 68) in line with State Pension age changes. b. Retirement Age: Scheme members must retire at the age of 70. c. Pension Abatement 0 1f the appointee was previously employed in the Civil Service and is in receipt ofa pension from the Civil Service normal abatement rules will apply. However, if the appointee was previously employed in the Civil Service and awarded a pension under voluntary early retirement arrangements (other than the lncentivised Scheme of Early Retirement (ISER) or the Department of Health Circular 7/2010 which, as indicated above, renders a person ineligible for the competition) the entitlement to that pension will cease with effect from the date of reappointment. Special arrangements will however, be made for the reckoning of previous service given by the appointee for the purpose of any future superannuation award for which the appointee may be eligible. 0 1f the appointee was previously employed in the Civil Service or in the Public Service please note that the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 includes a provision which extends abatement of pension for all Civil and Public Servants who are re-employed where a Public Service pension is in payment. This provision to apply abatement across the wider public service came into effect on 1 November 2012. This may have pension implications for any person appointed to this position who is currently in receipt of a Civil or Public Service pension or has a preserved Civil or Public Service pension which will come into payment during his/her employment in this position. Head of Digital Forensics 12 Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 0 Department of Education and Skills Early Retirement Scheme for Teachers Circular 102/2007 The Department of Education and Skills introduced an Early Retirement Scheme for Teachers. It is a condition of the Early Retirement Scheme that with the exception of the situations set out in paragraphs 10.2 and 10.3 of the relevant circular documentation, and with those exceptions only, if a teacher accepts early retirement under Strands 1, 2 or 3 of this scheme and is subsequently employed in any capacity in any area of the public sector, payment of pension to that person under the scheme will immediately cease. Pension payments will, however, be resumed on the ceasing of such employment or on the person?s 60th birthday, whichever is the later, but on resumption, the pension will be based on the person?s actual reckonable service as a teacher the added years previously granted will not be taken into account in the calculation of the pension payment). 0 Ill-Health-Retirement Please note that where an individual has retired from a Civil/Public Service body on the grounds of ill-health his/her pension from that employment may be subject to review in accordance with the rules of ill-health retirement within the pension scheme of that employment. d. Prior Public Servants While the default pension terms, as set out in the preceding paragraphs, consist of Single Scheme membership, this may not apply to certain appointees. Full details of the conditions governing whether or not a public servant is a Single Scheme member are given in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and other Provisions) Act 2012. However the key exception case (in the context of this competition and generally) is that a successful candidate who has worked in a pensionable (non?single scheme terms) capacity in the public service within 26 weeks of taking up appointment, would in general not become a member of the Single Scheme. In this case such a candidate would instead be offered membership of the pension scheme for non-established civil servants (?Non-Established State Employee Scheme?). This would mean that the abatement provisions at (0) above would apply, and in addition there are implications in respect of pension accrual as outlined below: e. Pension Accrual A 40-year limit on total service that can be counted towards pension where a person has been a member of more than one existing public service pension scheme would apply. This 40- year limit, which is provided for in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and other Provisions) Act 2012 came into effect on 28 July 2012. This may have implications for any appointee who has acquired pension rights in a previous public service employment. f. Pension-Related Deduction This appointment is subject to the pension-related deduction in accordance with the Financial Emergency Measure in the Public Interest Act 2009. For further information in relation to the Single Public Service Pension Scheme for Public Servants please see the following website: NOTICE The above represents the principal conditions of service and is not intended to be the comprehensive list of all terms and conditions of employment which will be set out in the employment contract to be agreed with the successful candidate(s). Head of Digital Forensics 13 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 14. Health and Safety Attention is drawn to the health and safety policy. It is a condition of employment that all aspects of the policy, of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act and relevant regulations must be complied with at all times. 15. Secrecy, Con?dentiality and Standards of Behaviour Of?cial Secrecy and Integrity You will during the term of your probationary contract be subject to the provisions of the Of?cial Secrets Act 1993 as amended by the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003. You will agree not to disclose to third parties any con?dential information either during or subsequent to the period of employment. Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour You will be subject to the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour. Ethics in Public Of?ce Act 1995 The Ethics in Public Of?ce Act 1995 will apply, where appropriate, to your employment. Publication of any Material You will agree not to publish material related to your of?cial duties without prior approval by the Minister. Political Activity During the term of your employment you will be subject to the rules governing Civil Servants and politics. 16. Personnel Code All Circulars are available on the website http://circularsgovJe or from the Personnel Section. Head of Digital Forensics 14 Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Appendix 1 Research has been carried out and the competencies required for performance in the PO and PO Higher roles, in the wider Civil Service, have been identi?ed as set out below. However please note that these are ?generic' competencies and may be modified for the purpose of this selection process. OFFICER LEVEL Leadership Strategic Direction Leads the team, setting high standards, tackling any performance problems facilitating high performance Contributes to the shaping of Departmental/Government strategy and policy Develops capability and capacity across the team through effective delegation Develops a culture of learning development, offering coaching and constructive/supportive feedback Leads on preparing for and implementing signi?cant change and reform Anticipates and responds quickly to developments in the sector/broader environment Actively collaborates with other Departments and _Agencies Judgement Decision Making Identi?es and focuses on core issues when dealing with complex information/situations Sees the relationships between issues and quickly grasps the high level and socio?political implications Identi?es coherent solutions to complex issues Takes action. making decisions in a timely manner and having the courage to see them through Makes sound and well informed decisions, understanding their impact and implications Strives to effectively balance the sectoral issues, political elements and the citizen impact in all decisions Management 8: Delivery of Results Initiates and takes personal responsibility for delivering in own area Balances strategy and operational detail to meet business needs Manages multiple agendas and tasks and reallocates resources to manage changes in focus Makes optimum use of resources implements performance measures to deliver objectives Ensures the optimal use of ICT and new delivery models Critically reviews projects and activities to ensure their effectiveness and that they meet Departmental requirements . lnstils the importance of ef?ciencies, value for money corporate governance requirements . Ensures team are focused and act on Business plan priorities, even when faced with pressure Building Relationships Communication . Speaks and writes in a clear, articulate and impactful manner . Actively listens, seeking to understand the perspective and position of others . Works effectively within the political process, recognizing and managing the tensions arising from different stakeholders perspectives Proactively engages with colleagues at all levels of the organization and across other Departments and builds strong professional networks . Makes opinions known when s/he feels it is right to do so Drive and Commitment Consistently strives to perform at a high level Demonstrates personal commitment to the role. maintaining determination and persistence ls personally trustworthy and honest, delivering on promises and commitments Ensures the citizen is at the heart of all services provided ls resilient, maintaining composure even in adverse or challenging situations Promotes a culture that fosters the highest standards of ethics and integrity Specialist Knowledge. Expertise and Self Development . Develops and maintains skills and expertise across a number of areas that are relevant to his/her ?eld and recognized by people internal and external to the Department . Keeps up to date with key departmental, sectoral, national and international policies and economic, political and social trends that affect the role . Maintains a strong focus on self-development, seeking feedback and opportunities for growth Head of Digital Forensics 15 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 3i. Re: Post meeting actions i Michelle Noone to Harry.Lester@djei.ie 06/10/201615:10 Cc. "John.Hughes@djei.ie" Harry, Many thanks for this. . to review everything so W111 revert then. Thanks, Michelle On 6 Oct 2016. at 1 1:15, wrote: Hi Michelle, It was good to meet on Monday and update ourselves on where we are on recruitment priorities. See below the actions I took from the meeting, some of which are completed with forms attached. I will follow up in early course on the ones that are still to be progressed. 0 HEO ICT required for assignment to ODCE. DJEI to confirm whether the role (grade) has changed for this. In the interim, continue as discussed. PENDING WITH DJEI DJEI to revert on Compliance manager (PO) requirement for assignment to ODCE. PENDING WITH PAS Forensic Accountants - PAS to provide an undate on this PENDING WITH PAS Next meeting - 7 November - 3.30pm Regards, Harry Lester Department of Jobs. Enterprise and Innovation Kildare St DuanZ Direct Dial 01 631 2244 E-mail: harg.lester@diei.ie Email Disclaimer S?anadh Riomhphoist: This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, rL'Inda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?usaid an duine aonair no an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu a ta Munar at an duine a ba ch?ir an riomhphost see, no aon chuid de, a fh?il, nior chdir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a choipeail no a dhaileadh. Dean teagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis do/di go bhfuair til tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tL?l ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan 312111 a ta ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fondta seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. 32 ifh l' a? Re: HEO ICT for once {gut/E's} John Hughes 11- Ian Drennan 19/10/2016 16:52 Breda Power, Harry Lester, Kevin Prendergast, Philip Kelly. Conor O?Mahony, Kevin O?Connell Thanks, Ian. In fairness, the PO scenario was communicated to me by Breda but I did not appreciate that the MB had actually approved a post at that higher level. I will revisit now. John, 19110. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8. Development and Business Services Units, Department ofJobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. 002 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 Ian Drennan John, As the recent meeting between the 19/10/2016 15:59:33 From: Ian Drennan/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP, Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp, Philip Kelly/entemp@ENTEMP, Conor Kevin Date: 19/10/201615:59 Subject: Re: HEO ICT for ODCE John, As the recent meeting between the Departmental Management Board and ODCE representatives, it was agreed that it is most unlikely that we will be successful in recruiting someone possessing the requisite qualifications and experience at HEO level. On that basis, it was agreed with the Management Board that the position should, more appropriately, be positioned at PO level. Ian John Hughes Breda, PAS are working away on this for us by 19/10/2016 15:32:35 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP, Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Kevin Prendergast/entemp@ENTEMP, Philip Kelly/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 19/10/2016 15:32 Subject: Re: HEO ICT for ODCE Breda. PAS are working away on this for us by scrutinising their HEO and E0 panels to establish if they have a suitably qualified candidate with the specialist skills we have sought. We now have regular formal bilateral meetings with PAS on a 6-weekly basis so, hopefully. they will have an update for us on or before our next meeting in early November. John, 19/10. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8. Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise. and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 Breda Power John Further to previous correspondence I would 14/10/2016 10:26:11 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP. Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP. Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp, Philip Keily/entemp@ENTEMP, Oriaigh Quinn/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 14/10/2016 10:26 Subject: Re: HEO for ODCE Sent by: breda power John Further to previous correspondence I would be grateful for an update on the current position. Breda Breda Power Department ofJobs, Enterprise 8. Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax2016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Official under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See John Hughes Breda, was out on for the last few days. i 20/09/2016 18:15:05 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP. lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, John Murphy/entemp@ENTEM P. Kevin PrendergasUentemp?ENTEMP, Philip Kelly/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 20/09l2016 18:15 Subject: for ODCE Breda, I was out on for the last few days. I raised this vacancy with PAS at our recent bilateral and they were to revert with an update. Hopefully, I will have that update info when I finish going through my outstanding emails. John, 250/9. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department ofJobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. [)02 TD30 Phone - 01?6312246 Breda Power John At the Management Board meeting this 13/09/2016 14:30:00 From: Breda Power/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp, Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP. John Murphy/entemp@ENTEMP, Kelly/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 13/09/2016 14:30 Subject: Re: HEO for ODCE Sent by: .. breda power . -. John At the Management Board meeting morning?at which the ODCE made a presen ation, he Secretary General acknowledged that it would be difficult to recruit a person with the right mix of ICT skills at HEO level for the ODCE. There was broad support from other Management Board members for recruiting at a more senior level. As you know the ICT post in the ODCE requires significant ICT forensic skills and experience. In order to secure someone with the appropriate skills, and having discussed the matter with Ian, I consider that it would be best to have the post at PO level. I would appreciate it if you would let Ian, Kevin and I know how we might best advance this matter. Thanks Breda Breda Power Department ofJobs, Enterprise 8. Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax2016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Official under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See John Hughes All very carefully, noted, Kevin, and this is one of 20/07/2016 16:56:36 From: John Hughes/entemp To: Kevin Prendergast/entemp@entemp, Cc: Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP, ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP, Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 20/07/2016 16:56 Subject: Re: HEO ICT for ODCE All very carefully, noted, Kevin, and this is one of the priority vacancies raised with PAS at a bilateral meeting over a week ago and i will continue to pursue it on that basis. John, 20/7. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8 Deveiopment and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 Kevin Prendergast John I refer to the above issue, and am given to 20/07/2016 16:50:17 From: Kevin Prendergast/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP, Ian Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 20/07/2016 16:50 Subject: HEO ICT for ODCE John I refer to the above issue, and am given to understand that there is no longer any HEO ICT panel, and accordingly we are reverting to the previous strategy of working with PAS to secure the appropriate appointment. The Office is currently engaged in a number of criminal investigations, one of which, into certain alleged activities in is the subject of recent, ongoing and significant political, media and public interest. As you may be aware the Office has through the High Court and under its own powers sought and obtained a significant amount of hard copy and electronic data in relation to this case. Our to progress this and other investigations is regrettably hampered by the lack of in-house expertise to analyse the eiectronic data seized. At the moment we are dealing with this matter through the retention of professional services externally, but due to the time pressures inherent in such cases, in particular where orders of the Court are involved and other external parties including liquidators have to be accommodated, our capacity to go through full procurement procedures is inevitably compromised. Effectively we are caught between the rock of our legislative remit in relation to the proper pursuit of criminal investigations and the hard place of proper compliance, as staff of the Department, with public procurement best practice. While the filling of the vacant position will not immediately solve all of these problems, it will allow the Office to progress a number of projects which wiil ultimately result in a far more effective and efficient electronic evidence seizure and analysis process. lam aware that you continue to liaise with PAS on this as a matter of urgency. I would ask that you continue to impress upon them the absolute priority of filling this vacancy so that the Office can properly and effectively fulfil its remit. Kind regards Kevin Kevin Prendergast Head of Enforcement Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Phone (Direct): 01 8585844 Briefing Note for the Secretary General for meeting of 20 October 2016 with the Director of Corporate Enforcement 1. Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) The ODCE was established on 28 November 200i under the provisions of the Company Law Enforcemen! Act 2001 and continued in existence by the Companies Act 2014. Mr Ian Drennan was formally appointed Director of Corporate Enforcement in August 2012. 2. Functions of the Director The functions assigned to the Director under the Companies Act 2014 include: enforcing and encouraging compliance with company law; 0 investigating suspected offences under the Companies Acts; 0 prosecuting detected breaches ofthe Companies Acts; - referring cases to the Director of Public Prosecutions for prosecution on indictment; and exercising a supervisory role over the activities of liquidators and receivers. The Director of Corporate Enforcement is required under the 20 14 Act to be independent in discharging his compliance and enforcement role and to keep confidential any information obtained in the performance of his functions. 3. Resources The cost ofrunning the Office during 2015 was 63.1111. At end 2015, the Office?s actual staff complement stood at 37.5 (WTE) which includes 6 Gardai on secondment from the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation (GBFI). additional accountants and a HEO with ICT experience. Five accountant posts have been ?lled to date. The ODCE met with the Management Board of the Department on 13 September 20l6 and at that meeting the h?lanagement Board agreed that the level ol? expertise required [or the lC'l? position merited the post being upgraded to PO level. 4. Annual Report 2015 The undertook a substantial volume ot" work in 20 5 in preparation for the commencement the Companies Act. mm. on June 2015. 'I'he publications 'were revised and a considerable amount of preparatory work completed in respect of the legislative governing the new restriction and disqualification procedures introduced in the Companies Act 20H. 'l he neo rest: retion/dist ualilication undertz'rkin Is ru imc )rovides a summit" mechanism 5 :3 whereby, in appropriate circumstances, the ODCE can ol'l?er company directors the option 01? prowding on an entirely voluntary basis a restriction er disquali?cation undertaking rather than [ace the prospect ol'having to engage in legal proceedings hel'ore the High Court. Ihc enactment of this new statutory mechanism attends the indixiduals concerned the ti amid the tinaucial and other costs associated with litigation. Where undertakings are provided directors of insoltent companies, liquidators are. similarly. the expense, in terms ol' ?noth time and legal tees, associated uith taking proceedings before the High Court, thus reducing litptidation cost: 'esulting lt't l'tenelits tor creditors. oh ls. the new procedures will result in a reduction in the caseload ol?the (?ourts it. Will signi?cantly increase the of tire S. ongoing work in relation to ex cuts of the former Anglo Irish Bank The Of?ce continues to deployr signi?cant resources to assist the DPP in its prosecutions in relation to events at the fonner bank. 1 Section 197 deals with false statements to auditors I Update Dept Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation a a Greener john.hughes@djei.ie 10/11/2016 12:43 ?at? Michelle Noone This message has been fonNarded. 4 attachments '33 a. a. as. OVR November.docx image001.png image002.png image003.png Hi John, I understand that Michelle had to reschedule yesterday?s meeting. Please see attached Outstanding Vacancies and Request Form for an update. am missing anything or ifyou have any queries just let me know. Kind Regards, Tara Creaner Client Relations +3531858 7663 tara.creaner@publicjol33.ie Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapachain Phoibli Chapter House, 26130 Abbey Street Upper, Dublin 1. i301 CYWB publicjobs.ie gradpuhlicjobs.ie statehoards.ie Certified by for Excellence Tlu?ough People -01 \"Jinner Gracllreland Recruitment Awards - Best Grad nt i?ccr ntmenl W- srt. 20i5 Fairness 8. linpartiality Independence Value Customer Service Innovation Collaboration This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, rt?mda, agus ta se? beartaithe [h ippi Dept Jobs, Enterprise Innovation Outstanding Vacancies. and Requests G-enen?l?Graciee Number i Outstanding advertised this Friday but not needed if a someone suitable on HO panel. This is a technical role and need someone who is able to give evidence in court 1-1? .chh?. (f I - - Client Relations Management. Unit Public Appointments Service Future/ Possible Requirements [request forms will need to be completed by Department) 3 Grade Date Number Comment Noti?ed ?lnvesti?ga-tEI-?7? 7) Sept AEnel exhausted Need 2 more for (3-1503. Need?to Forensic need new panel target investigatory 8t forensic Accountant accountants. [Professional . . (1 Accountant Request to: requn Grade 1) I I :3 (311'an Relations Unit Appointmm'us Servirr? For I Grade Date 1 Stage Comment Notified U?duwil (JR. 11.3016 gm? CONFIDENTIAL Note for Secretary General 8. MB Assistant Secretaries 1&3! Harry Lester I Orlaigh Quinn 10/11/201615:54 Philip Kelly. John Hughes Secretary General, Please see attached revised version of the document sent to you yesterday evening. Regards, Harry Lester Department ofJobs, Enterprise and innovation HR Unit Kildare St Dublin 2 Direct Dial 01 631 2244 E-mail: harry.lester@djei.ie IE3 CONFIDENTIAL Note for Secretary General MB Assistant Secretariesdocx ?g Vac; ngles QQNFIQENTIAL Note for ??cr?g?g1 Gama! ME Assistant Business Unit 7 ODCE - ICT forensic expert Division 1 OtIons i_ 1- PAS competition if mobility yields a nil return Name availabie within 3 weeks minimum PAS will advertise by end of th_e month AB Vacancigg-i. Priority Business Uni r? Disviio ., 7 Options - A TA Notes: a ?n .0 We have aSKeo PA: to run a secono compermon InvestigatorS/rorensnc Accountants 'for the ODCE as the competitidn this year yielded 5 for 7 positions John Hughes, Personnel O?icerg. 9m November 2016. 35/ #35; Fw: Update Dept Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 31%? Harry Lester - Mary Cullen 1511100161325 '93" John Hughes Mary. I've updated the PAS document (see email below) with tracked changes. Can you have a quick look and add any other updates that I haven't included. Regards, Harry Lester Department of Jobs. Enterprise and Innovation HR Unit Kildare St Dublin 2 Direct Dial 01 631 2244 E-mail: ?Eli OVR November-REV.docx Forwarded by Harry Lester/entemp on 15/11/2016 13.13 From: John Hughes/entomp ?l 0: Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP, Date: 15/11/201611z48 Fw: Update Dept Jobs, Entel prise and Innovation Harry, to see pl. You might have the list cross-checked pl. John, 15/11. John Hughes. Principal, HR. Learning 8: Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation. Kildare Street. Dublin 2. D02 T030 Phone - 01-631224-6 Forwarded by John IIughes/entemp on 15/11/201611z48 From Tara Creamer To "iohn.hughes@djei.ie" Cc. Michelle Noone Date. 10/11/2015 12:43 Subject: Update Dept Jobs. Enterprise and Innovation Hi John, . i understand that Michelle had to reschedule yesterday?s meeting. Please see attached Outstanding Vacancies and Request Form for an update. lf 1 am missing anything or ifyou have any queries just let me know. Kind Regards, Tara Creaner Client Rotation 4353 1 858 7663 Public Appointments .SgeWi'ee An tSeirbhis um .jGih?eapaeihain.iPheibti Chapter House, 2mm Abbey street-Upper. Dublin 1. am publicjobsjo graclpubliejotisjn Certi?ed by NSAI {or Fa-tea'lltincisThquglt People 2015 Winner Gt.-.tllrel.1nci Recruitment rewards - BearGradeate Rectultznenl website 2015 Fairness 8. impartiality Independence. Vzil?tie bustemer ?Service int?tovation Collaboration er. a. at. ?31 image001.png image003.png OVR November.docx This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely [or the use of the addressed individual or entity. lfyou are not the intended recipient ofthis email. or any pat ts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. 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Date Noti?ed #5 -: Investigator 9 Sept Forensi Accountant (Professional Agcountant Upduturf l?f?fl Panel exhausted -- need new panel Need 2 more For Nam! to target investigator}! forensic accountants. Request form required 159;]; lg If w. Ma @1131! ??wommt tin-n- Mimic: A?p-?nmu 11c Striving Fbrin?nuna?on: Eraife Dime 7 Stage 'CfjS'u?e?nt Noam updmw I 3.207 6 LIEU 1 UL .J Breda Power to: Colin Forde, Joan Howley 21/12/201610:10 Sent by: breda power Hide Details From: Breda Power/entemp To: Colm Forde/entemp@ENTEMP, Joan Howley/entemp@entemp, Sent by: breda power/entelnp 1 Attachment Fw: Request for Obs. please - Draft PO Head of Digital Forensics ODCE 3 5 FYI Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation. Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Official under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See Forwarded by breda powerlentemp on 21/12/2016 10:09 From: Ian Drennan/enlemp To Mary Culien/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP Date 21/1212016 09:30 Subject Re: Fw: Request for Obs. please - Draft PO Head of Digital Forensics ODCE Mary. Thanks for this. I have no dif?culty with Pat's suggested amendments. His input is appreciated. Thanks, Ian Ian Drennan Director Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 16 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 001 WSCZ Ireland Tel: +353 1 858 5800 - Lo Call: 1890 315 015 - Fax: +353 1 858 5801 - Web: - T: @odce sers/dayrn/AppData/Local/ Temp/ notesSCB 63 C/~web6971 .htm 29/ 06/ 201 7 Mary Please see attached for consideration/obs: From Mary Cutlen/entemp To: lan Drennan/entemp@ENTEMP, Date' 20/12/2016 17:42 Subject: Fw: Request for Obs. piease - Draft PO Head of Digital Forensics ODCE lan Please see attached for consideration/obs: (See attached ?le: Head of Digital Forensics - ODCE draft Information Booklet - PMCC comments. do cx) Regards Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 D02 TD3O email: mary.cullen@djei.ie Tel: 01?6312466 Forwarded by Mary Cullen/enlemp on 20/12/2016 17:35 From Pat McCourt/enlemp To' Mary Cutlen/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP, John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP Date 20/12/201615:10 Subject Re: Request for Char please - Draft PO Head of Digitat Forensics ODCE .-. H?n-a- Mary, Apologies for the delay in reverting. have in?lined some comments and suggested text in the attached. Pat Pat McCourt Principal Unit Department ofJobs, Enterprise Innovation e?mail: pat.mccourt@djei.ie ph. 01 6312565 Web: sers/ 63 C/~web697 1 .htm 29/06/2017 LUEUJULJ Mary Please find attached draft competition booklet - could you please review From: Mary Cuilen/entemp To: Pat McCourt/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc. John Hughes/enternp@ENTEMP. Harry Lesterlentemp@ENTEMP Dale. 14/12/2016 12:02 Subject: Request for Obs. piease - Draft PO Head of Digital Forensics ODCE Pat Please ?nd attached draft competition booklet - could you please review it vis a vis ICT and interaction with ODCE ICT (NB the current track changes are just from my initial read through of the ODCE version, so it is very much a draft document). [attachment "Head of Digital Forensics - ODCE draft Information Booklet HR Notes O712l 6.docx" deleted by Pat McCourt/entemp] Many thanks. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 D02 TD3O email: mary.cullen@djei.ie Tel: 01-6312466 29/06/2017 6 ?g Public Appointments Service INFORMATION BOOKLET The Public Appointments Service intends to hold a competition for the purpose of recommending a person for appointment as: . Formatted: Font: 14 pt Head of Digital Forensics I (Principal Of?cer Grade). /[F?rmatted= Font: 14 pt in the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 4 -- 'Formatted: Centered Closing Date: TBC The Public Appointments Service is committed to a policy of equal Opportunity. The Public Appointments Service will run this campaign in compliance with the codes of practice prepared by the new Commissioners for Public Service Appointments (CPSA). Codes of practice are published by the CPSA and are available on CHAPTER HOUSE 26 30 ABBEY STREET UPPER DUBLIN 1 Telephone Number: 353 858 7400 Head of Digital Forensics 1 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department Enterprise and Innovation I Title of Position: Head of Digital Forensics (Principal Of?cer) in the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Employing Authority: Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Location: Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, l6 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 The mission of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (the Department) is to encourage the creation of high quality and sustainable full emplovment by championing enterprise across government. supporting a competitive enterprise base, promoting a low tax environment to incentivise work and enterprise and promoting fair and competitive markets. The Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (?the Mandate and high level goals The mission of the ODCE is to improve the compliance environment for corporate activity in the Irish economy by encouraging adherence to, and dissuading non-compliance with, company law. Established in 200i, the ODCE is an independent Of?ce of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and innovation. Under the Companies Act 2014 (?the Act?), the principal functions ofthe Director of Corporate Enforcement include the: encouragement of compliance with the Act; - investigation of suspected offences under the Act, or other Suspected non-compliance with the Act, or with the duties and obligations to which companies and their of?cers are subject; 0 enforcement of the Act, including the prosecution of offences by way of summary proceedings; - referral of cases to the Director of Public Prosecutions for consideration as to whether they should be prosecuted on indictment; I exercise, insofar as considered necessary or appropriate, of a supervisory role over the activity of liquidators and receivers in the discharge of their functions under the Act. Those statutory functions have been further distilled into the high level goals, which are to: 0 promote a greater understanding of affected parties? rights and duties under company law; 0 confront unlawful and irresponsible behaviour insofar as it relates to company law; and 0 provide a quality customer service to internal and extemai stakeholders. Head of Digital Forensics 2 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department ofJobs, Enterprise and Innovation Formatted: Justi?ed, Indent: Hanging: 1 cm, Don't hyphenate, Tab stops: -1.27 cm, Left -0.95 cm, Left 1.27 cm, Left 2.54 cm, Left 5.08 cm, Left 6.35 cm, Left 7.62 cm, Left 8.89 cm, Left 10.16 cm, Left 11.43 cm, Left 12.7 cm, Left 13.97 cm, Left Head of Digital Forensics 3 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department ofJobs. Enterprise and Innovation and current Currently, the ODCE has a staff complement of approximately 40 comprising of both civilian staff and members of An Garda Siochana. Having regard to its principal statutory functions, and the associated the ODCE is organised into a number of Units, each of which comes under the responsibility of a Head of Function. Further information regarding the principal activities can be accessed at The Brole The ODCE wishes to appoint a Head of Digital Forensics (Principal Of?cer grade) to supplement its current skill mix and capabilities. This will be a key role within the organisation and the individual will be expected to make a signi?cant contribution to complex and serious company law investigations, both civil and criminal, that the Of?ce undertakes. The successful candidate must be capable of demonstrating an appreciation for the pivotal nature of their role and function within the organisation. The nature ofthis demanding role will be wide and varied. In that context, the following is a non-exhaustive overview of the some of the types of work that the successful candidate is likely to be engaged in: 0 developing strategies, plans and arrangements for forensic data collection; 0 the implementation of those plans, strategies and arrangements; I the collection and preservation of electronic data in an evidentially sound manner, consistent with established judicial principles in this area; - analysing/assisting investigators in the analysis ofsuch data; 0 managing the ICT element of individual cases/a portfolio of cases; - testifying, as required, in Court proceedings initiated by the ODCE or by the Director of Public Prosecutions; - identifying appropriate hardware/software applications that will best assist the Of?ce in undertaking its investigations, and managing the procurement ofsuch applications; - co?operating and liaising, as necessary, with both the Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation with regard to ICT matters and with relevant third parties, including other law enforcement Agencies. As an Of?ce of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the ODCE bene?ts from the Department?s ICT infrastructure, and the suite of ICT hardware software which the Department makes available to its staff, and those of its Of?ces. Having regard to the specialised nature of the work, it is envisaged that the successful candidate will primarily be involved in managing and leading a program of supplementing the existing suite of hardware and software with other ICT solutions which are deveIOped, tailored or procured Head of Digital Forensics 4 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of JobsI Enterprise and Innovation for those of the particular needs which cannot currently be met by reliance on the Department?s ICT offering. However the successful candidate will also be expected to maintain an ongoing liaison with the Department?s ICT team for the purpose of the optimal management of the ICT ltequirementsl. This wilL ing?e ensuring _th_at_ Q3: technology solutions which are put in place complv with overall ICT standards and policies in the Department. and that the Department?s ICT governance arrangements are complied with. Commensurate with the seniority of the role, the Head of Digital Forensics will be expected to? . ensure that the approach to the procurement and use of ICT is consistent with, and contributes to the achievement of the goals set out in, the Public Service ICT Strategy Delivering better outcomes and efficiency through innovation and excellence in I contribute to the ongoing compliance with its other obligations as a public sector organisation; - contribute to/lead on other projects associated with any other aspect of the mandate and functions as and when required. The above is not, and does not purport to be, a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in of?ce. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Essential uali?cations& Re uirements A relevant qualification at primary Degree level. Desirable but not essential Additional quali?cation(s) in the area of digital forensics. I Approved by Government and launched by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Refomi in January 2015. Please see Head of Digital Forensics 5 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of JobsI Enterprise and Innovation Comment While ODCE has a separate ICT budget for line-of?business applications, the overall ICT infrastructure is provided 'and maintained by the Department's IGT Unit. In that regard, ODCE must comply with the Department's overall ICT technical and corporate governance standards. I have inserted some text to reflect this. Essential Skills/Attributes The successful candidate will: 0 have signi?cant experience of working in a relevant ICT role, at least five years? relevant experience; 0 be ?exible, results-focussed and have the ability to work under pressure in a complex, legal, technical and regulatory environment; 0 be capable of operating effectively on their own initiative; 0 have an appreciation of the requirements for working effectively and collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary environment, including the ?exibility and mobility to work effectively with all other relevant colleagues and stakeholders across sectoral, organisational and professional boundaries 0 possess strong project management skills; - possess the capacity to operate effectively and credibly to a high level, both within the organisation and externally; possess excellent communications and interpersonal skills; 0 be capable of demonstrating an appreciation of the Department and the objectives, a keen awareness of the environment within which it operates and of the particular obligations which stem from the status as a public body funded entirely by the Exchequer. The following Key Competencies have been identi?ed for effective performance at Principal Officer Level. Head of Digital Forensics 6 Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs. Enterprise and Innovation Please see Appendix 1 for for further details on Principal Of?cer competencies. Other Eligibility Criteria Citizenship Requirement: Candidates should note that eligibility to compete is open to citizens of the European Economic Area (BEA). The EEA consists of the Member States of the European Union along with Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement (ISER): It is a condition of the Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement (ISER) as set out in Department of Finance Circular 12/09 that retirees, under that Scheme, are debarred from applying for another position in the same employment or the same sector. Therefore, such retirees may not apply for this position. Department of Health and Children Circular (7/2010): The Department of Health Circular 7/2010 dated 1 November 2010 introduced a Targeted Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) Scheme and Voluntary Redundancy Schemes (VRS). It is a condition of the VER scheme that persons availing of the scheme will not be eligible for re- employment in the public health sector or in the wider public service or in a body wholly or mainly funded from public moneys. The same prohibition on re?employment applies under the VRS, except that the prohibition is for a period of 7 years, after which time any re- employment will require the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. People who availed ofeither ofthese schemes are not eligible to compete in this competition. Collective Agreement: Redundancy Payments to Public Servants: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform letter dated 28th June 2012 to Personnel Of?cers introduced, with effect from June 2012, a Collective Agreement which had been reached between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Public Services Committee of the ICTU in relation to ex-gratia Redundancy Payments to Public Servants. It is a condition of the Collective Agreement that persons availing of the agreement will not be eligible for re-employment in the public service by any public service body (as de?ned by the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts 2009 2011) for a period of 2 years from termination of the employment. Thereafter the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform will be required prior to re-employment. People who availed of this scheme and who may be successful in this competition will have to prove their eligibility (expiry of period of non-eligibility) and the Minister?s consent will have to be secured prior to employment by any public service body. Declaration: Applicants will be required to declare whether they have previously availed of a Public Service scheme of incentivised early retirement and/or the collective agreement outlined above. Applicants will also be required to declare any entitlements to a Public Service pension bene?t (in payment or preserved) from any other Public Service employment and/or where they have received a payment-in-lieu in respect of service in any Public Service employment. Head of Digital Forensics Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation THE SELECTION PROCESS How to Apply Applications must be made by submitting an on-Iine application and attaching a single document with the following elements included: El A comprehensive CV, including an organisation chart (See Senior Executive CV Guidance note here CI The ?Key Achievements Form? (Available here-i El A short cover letter] personal statement (ie. no more than 2 pages) outlining why you wish to be considered for the post and where you believe your skills, experience and values meet the requirements of the position. Closing Date: Midnight [date to be specified] Selection Process: The Selection Process may include: El shortlisting of candidates. on the basis of the information contained in their application; [1 a competitive preliminary interview; El completion of an online questionnaire(s); El work sample/role play/media exercise, and any other tests or exercises that may be deemed appropriate; a competitive interview which may include a presentation. Please Note We acknowledge receipt of all applications. If you do not receive an acknowledgement within I 3 days of applying. please email You can expect to /[rormatted: Highlight receive emails from us at the relevant stages notifying you to check your secure publiciobsie message board for campaign updates. [Formatted: Highlight We endeavour to give as much notice as possible for interview dates etc., candidates should make themselves available on the date(s) speci?ed by the Public Appointments Service. Shortlisting In the event of a shortlisting exercise being employed an expert board will examine the information provided in your application form and assess it against criteria based on the requirements of the position. References We would appreciate it if you would start considering names of people who you feel would be suitable referees that we might consult (2 - 3 names and contact details). The referees do not have to include your current employer, but should be in a position to provide a reference for you. Please be assured that we will only contact referees should you come under consideration after preliminary interview stage. Please note. should you be successful at ?nal interview, we will require a reference from your current employer, prior to recommendation for appointment. We may require a candidate to complete a number of Head of Digital Forensics 8 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 6 clearance processes, such as. Health Character Declaration, Garda Vetting etc or any other relevant checks required for the particular role. General Information Security Clearance You will be required to complete and return a Garda Vetting form should you come under consideration for appointment. This form will be forwarded to An Garda Siochana for security checks on all Irish and Northern Irish addresses at which you resided. However should your application for the competition be unsuccessful this form will be destroyed by PAS. If you subsequently come under consideration for another position, you may therefore be required to complete a further Garda Vetting Form. Enquiries Prior to recommending any candidate for appointment to positions the Public Appointments Service or employing organisation will make all such enquiries that are deemed necessary e.g. employer references, to determine the suitability of that candidate. Until all stages of the recruitment process have been fully completed a ?nal determination cannot be made nor can it be deemed or inferred that such a determination has been made. Specific candidate criteria In addition to ful?lling the eligibility criteria set out, candidates must: 0 Have the knowledge and ability to discharge the duties of the post concerned; I Be suitable on the grounds of health character; 0 Be suitable in all other relevant respects for appointment to the post concerned; 0 If successful, they will not be appointed to the post unless they: Agree to undertake the duties attached to the post and accept the conditions under which the duties are, or may be required to be performed; and Are fully competent and available to undertake, and fully capable of undertaking, the duties attached to the position. Non-Refund of Expenses Any expenses incurred by candidates whilst undertaking or attending any elements of the selection process will not be refunded. Appointments from panels It is envisaged that a panel(s) of quali?ed individuals will be established from which vacancies may be ?lled. Quali?cation and placement on a panel is not a guarantee of appointment to a position. Please note that once an offer of appointment has been accepted a candidate will no longer remain on the panel. Declining an offer of appointment Should the person recommended for appointment decline, or having accepted it, relinquish it, the Department may at its discretion, select and recommend another person for appointment on the results of this selection process. Candidates' Rights Review Procedures in relation to the Selection Process Head of Digital Forensics 9 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department ofJobs, Enterprise and Innovation General information The PAS will consider requests for review in accordance with the provisions of the codes of practice published by the CPSA. A candidate can seek a review by a person in the recruiting body (initial reviewer). Where a candidate remains dissatis?ed following this initial review, he/she may seek to have the conduct of the initial review examined by a ?decision arbitrator?. As an alternative to the above, it is open to a candidate to seek to have the matter resolved on an informal basis, as set out below. Ifa candidate remains dissatis?ed following any such discussion it is open to him/her to seek a formal review. The Codes of Practice are available on the website of the Commission for Public Service Appointments, Principal Conditions of Service I. General The appointment is to an established post in the Civil Service and is subject to the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005, the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 and any other Act for the time being in force relating to the Civil Service. 2. Pay The salary scale for this position is as follows: Principal Of?cer PPC {Personal Pension Contribution] Scale: ?79,401 ?82,587 ?85,750 - ?88,936 - ?91,624 - 694,1 102 - ?97,1943 This rate will apply where the appointee is an existing civil or public servant appointed on or after April 1995 or is newly recruited to the Civil Service and is required to make a personal pension contribution. or Principal Of?cer Scale: ?75,647 - ?78,670 - ?81,676 - ?84,706 - ?87,258 ?89,9064 - ?92,5505 This rate will apply where the appointee is a civil or public servant recruited before 6"1 April 1995 and who is NOT required to make a Personal Pension Contribution. Long service increments may be payable after three and six years? satisfactory service at the maximum of the scale. 2 After 3 years satisfactory serwce at the nmximum 3 After 6 years satisfactory service a! the maximum After 3 years satisfactory serwce at the maximum 5 After 6 years satisfactory service at the maximum Head of Digital Forensics 10 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Entry will be at the minimum of the scale and the rate of remuneration will not be subject to negotiation. The rate of pay may be adjusted from time to time in line with Government pay policy. Different terms and conditions may apply depending on whether a successful candidate is a currently serving civil or public servant. Payment will be in arrears by Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) into a bank account of your choice. Payment cannot be made until you supply a bank account number and bank sort code to the Personnel Section. Statutory deductions from salary will be made as by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. You will agree that any overpayment of salary or of travel and subsistence may be deducted from future salary payments due to you in accordance with the Payment of Wages Act l99l. In the event of such an occurrence, the Department will advise you in writing of the amount and details of any such overpayment and give you at least one week?s notice of the deduction to take place and will deduct the overpayment at an amount that is fair and reasonable having regard to all the circumstances. 3. Tenure The appointment is to an established position on a probationary contract in the Civil Service. The probationary contract will be for a period of one year from the date speci?ed above. Notwithstanding this paragraph and paragraph 4 below, this will not preclude an extension of the probationary contract in appropriate circumstances. Notwithstanding this paragraph and paragraph 4 below, the probationaiy contract may be terminated at any time prior to the expiry of the term of the contract by either side in accordance with the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts, I973 to 2005. 4. Probationary Review During the period of your probationary contract, your performance will be subject to review by your Manager(s) to determine whether you: have performed in a satisfactory manner, (ii) have been satisfactory in general conduct, and are suitable from the point ofview of health with particular regard to sick leave. Prior to completion of the probationary contract, a decision will be made as to whether or not you will be retained pursuant to Section of the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956- 2005. This decision will be based on your performance assessed against the criteria set out in to above. The details of the probationary process will be explained to you by your employing Department and you will be given a copy of guidelines on probation issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. In the event that you are not considered as suitable to the position of Grade+Head of Digital Forensics (Principal Of?cer) having been assessed against stated Head of Digital Forensics 1 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation criteria, you will be noti?ed in writing of the action to be taken prior to the expiry of this contract and any extensions thereof. 5. Unfair Dismissals Acts The Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977-2007 will not apply to the termination of your employment by reason only of the expiry of this probationary contract without it being renewed. 6. Suspension of Probation The Department may suspend the probationary period and, as a result, extend the term of the probationary contract in the following circumstances: a the probationary period will be suspended if the of?cer is on Maternity or Adoptive leave, 0 the probationary period may, at the discretion of the Department, be suspended where the employee is absent on any other form of statutory or non- statutory leave. Where the Department?s ability to assess the of?cer and/or the of?cer?s ability to demonstrate their suitability for permanent appointment is compromised by the of?cer?s absence on leave, the contract period will be extended by the period of leave taken. 7. Duties You will be required to perform any duties appropriate to your grade which may be assigned to you during the probationary period. You may not engage in private practice or be connected with any outside business which would interfere with the performance of of?cial duties. 8. Headquarters On appointment to the Department your headquarters will be at the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE), or be such as may be designated from time to time by the Head of the Department. When absent from home and headquarters on of?cial duty you will be paid apprOpriate travelling expenses and subsistence allowances, in accordance with Civil Service regulations. 9. The Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 The terms of the Organisation of Working Time Act I997 will apply to your employment and the hours of attendance and leave entitlements that will apply is at Section 10 below. 10. Hours of Attendance Hours of attendance will be as ?xed ?om time to time but will amount to on average not less than 43 hours and 15 minutes gross or 37 hours net per week. (9"hf'e aftei?gf'ieles '5 9863553? . palms? 9? ?me a? he? be 31?9?? 11. Annual Leave The annual leave allowance will be 30 working days a year. This allowance which is subject to the usual conditions regarding the granting of annual leave is on the basis of a ?ve day week and is exclusive of the usual public holidays. Head of Digital Forensics 12 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department ofJobs, Enterprise and Innovation 12. Sick Leave Pay during properly-certified sick absence, provided there is no evidence of permanent disability for service, will apply on a pro rata basis in accordance with the provisions of the sick leave Circulars. Of?cers who are paying Class A rate of PRSI will be required to sign a mandate authorising the Department of Social Protection to pay any bene?ts due to you under the Social Welfare Acts direct to the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Payment of salary during illness will be subject to you making the necessary claims for social insurance bene?t to the Department of Social Protection within the required time limits. 13. Superannuation and Retirement The successful candidate will be offered the appropriate superannuation terms and conditions as prevailing in the Civil Service, at the time of being offered an appointment. In general, and except for candidates who have worked in a pensionable (non-single scheme terms) public service job in the 26 weeks prior to appointment (see paragraph below), this means being offered appointment based on membership of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme (?Single Scheme?). Key provisions attaching to membership of the Single Scheme are as follows: a. Pensionable Age The minimum age at which pension is payable is 66 (rising to 67 and 68) in line with State Pension age changes. b. Retirement Age: Scheme members must retire at the age of 70. c. Pension Abatement 0 If the appointee was previously employed in the Civil Service and is in receipt ofa pension from the Civil Service normal abatement rules will apply. However, if the appointee was previously employed in the Civil Service and awarded a pension under voluntary early retirement arrangements (other than the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement (ISER) or the Department of Health Circular 7/2010 which, as indicated above, renders a person ineligible for the competition) the entitlement to that pension will cease with effect from the date of reappointment. Special arrangements will however, be made for the reckoning of previous service given by the appointee for the purpose of any future superannuation award for which the appointee may be eligible. - If the appointee was previously employed in the Civil Service or in the Public Service please note that the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 includes a provision which extends abatement of pension for all Civil and Public Servants who are re-employed where a Public Service pension is in payment. This provision to apply abatement across the wider public service came into effect on 1 November 2012. This may have pension implications for any person appointed to this position who is currently in receipt of a Civil or Public Service pension or has a preserved Civil or Public Service pension which will come into payment during his/her employment in this position. Head of Digital Forensics 13 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department ofJobs, Enterprise and Innovation 0 Department of Education and Skills Early Retirement Scheme for Teachers Circular 102/2007 The Department of Education and Skills introduced an Early Retirement Scheme for Teachers. It is a condition of the Early Retirement Scheme that with the exception of the situations set out in paragraphs 10.2 and 10.3 of the relevant circular documentation, and with those exceptions only, if a teacher accepts early retirement under Strands 1, 2 or 3 of this scheme and is subsequently employed in any capacity in any area of the public sector, payment of pension to that person under the scheme will immediately cease. Pension payments will, however, be resumed on the ceasing of such employment or on the person?s 60th birthday, whichever is the later, but on resumption, the pension will be based on the person?s actual reekonable service as a teacher the added years previously granted will not be taken into account in the calculation ofthe pension payment). - Please note that where an individual has retired from a Civil/Public Service body on the grounds of ill-health his/her pension from that employment may be subject to review in accordance with the rules of ill-health retirement within the pension scheme of that employment. (1. Prior Public Servants While the default pension terms, as set out in the preceding paragraphs, consist of Single Scheme membership, this may not apply to certain appointees. Full details of the conditions governing whether or not a public servant is a Single Scheme member are given in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and other Provisions) Act 2012. However the key exception case (in the context ofthis competition and generally) is that a successful candidate who has worked in a pensionable (non?single scheme terms) capacity in the public service within 26 weeks of taking up appointment, would in general not become a member of the Single Scheme. In this case such a candidate would instead be offered membership of the pension scheme for non-established civil servants (?Non-Established State Employee Scheme?). This would mean that the abatement provisions at above would apply, and in addition there are implications in respect of pension accrual as outlined below: e. Pension Accrual A 40-year limit on total service that can be counted towards pension where a person has been a member of more than one existing public service pension scheme would apply. This 40- year limit, which is provided for in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and other Provisions) Act 2012 came into effect on 28 July 2012. This may have implications for any appointee who has acquired pension rights in a previous public service employment. f. Pension-Related Deduction This appointment is subject to the pension?related deduction in accordance with the Financial Emergency Measure in the Public Interest Act 2009. For further information in relation to the Single Public Service Pension Scheme for Public Servants please see the following website: IMPORTANT NOTICE The above represents the principal conditions of service and is not intended to be the comprehensive list of all terms and conditions of employment which will be set out in the employment contract to be agreed with the successful candidate(s). Head of Digital Forensics 14 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and innovation 14. Health and Safety Attention is drawn to the health and safety policy. It is a condition of employment that all aspects of the policy, of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act and relevant regulations must be complied with at all times. 15. Secrecy, Con?dentiality and Standards of Behaviour Of?cial Secrecy and Integrity You will during the term of your probationary contract be subject to the provisions of the Of?cial Secrets Act 1993 as amended by the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003. You will agree not to disclose to third parties any con?dential information either during or subsequent to the period of employment. Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour You will be subject to the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour. Ethics in Public Of?ce Act 1995 The Ethics in Public Of?ce Act 1995 will apply, where appropriate, to your employment. Publication of any Material You will agree not to publish material related to your of?cial duties without prior approval by the Minister. Political Activity During the term of your employment you will be subject to the rules governing Civil Servants and politics. 16. Personnel Code All Circulars are available on the website or from the Personnel Section. Head of Digital Forensics 15 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department ofJobs, Enterprise and Innovation Appendix 1 Research has been carried out and the competencies required for performance in the Principal 0mc__e_r and Principal Of?cer Higher roles. in the wider Civil Service, have been identi?ed as set out below. However please note that these are 'generic' competencies and may be modi?ed for the purpose of this selection process. PRINCIPAL OFFICER LEVEL Leadership Strategic Direction Leads the team. setting high standards. tackling any performance problems facilitating high performance Contributes to the shaping of Departmental/Government strategy and policy Develops capability and capacity across the team through effective delegation Develops a culture of learning development. offering coaching and constructivelsupportive feedback Leads on preparing for and implementing significant change and reform Anticipates and responds quickly to developments in the sector/broader environment Actively collaborates with other Departments and Agencies Judgement Decision Making - Identi?es and focuses on core issues when dealing with complex infonnationlsituations . Sees the relationships between issues and quickly grasps the high level and socio-political implications . Identi?es coherent solutions to complex issues - Takes action. making decisions in a timely manner and having the courage to see them through . Makes sound and well informed decisions, understanding their impact and implications . Strives to effectively balance the sectoral issues. political elements and the citizen impact in all decisions Management 8- Delivery of Results initiates and takes personal responsibility for delivering in own area Balances strategy and operational detail to meet business needs Manages multiple agendas and tasks and reallocates resources to manage changes in focus Makes optimum use of resources implements performance measures to deliver objectives Ensures the optimal use of ICT and new delivery models Critically reviews projects and activities to ensure their effectiveness and that they meet Departmental requirements - lnstils the importance of ef?ciencies. value for money corporate governance requirements - Ensures team are focused and act on Business plan priorities, even when faced with pressure Building Relationships 8. Communication . Speaks and writes in a clear. articulate and impactful manner . Actively listens, seeking to understand the perspective and position of others . Works effectively within the political process, recognizing and managing the tensions arising from different stakeholders perspectives . Proactively engages with colleagues at all levels of the organization and across other Departments and builds strong professional networks 0 Makes opinions known when slhe feels it is right to do so Drive and Commitment Consistently strives to perform at a high level Demonstrates personal commitment to the role. maintaining determination and persistence ls personally trustworthy and honest. delivering on promises and commitments Ensures the citizen is at the heart of all services provided ls resilient, maintaining composure even in adverse or challenging situations Promotes a culture that fosters the highest standards of ethics and integrity Specialist Knowledge. Expertise and Self Development . Develops and maintains skills and expertise across a number of areas that are relevant to hislher ?eld and recognized by people internal and external to the Department - Keeps up to date with key departmental. sectoral. national and international policies and economic. political and social trends that affect the role - Maintains a strong focus on self-development. seeking feedback and opportunities for growth Head of Digital Forensics 16 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of.lob?Jnternrisc and Innovation Fw: PAS - Draft advertisement for ODC Digital Forensics Specialist - obs by lunchtime today please Breda Power to: Colm Forde, Joan l-lowley 23/0l120l7 11:49 Sent by: breda power Hide Details From: Breda Powerfentemp To: Colm Forde/cnten1p@ENTEMP, Joan Howley/entemp'irentemp, Sent by: breda powerl?entemp 2 Attachments Digital Forensics - advert ID 230] 17 docs Digital Forensics Booklet - lD 230l l7 doc?r Colm. Joan For information and ?le. Breda Breda Power Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation, Earlsfort Centre, Lower Hatch Street. Dublin 2 Tel: 01 6312609 Fax: 016312552 email breda.power@djei.ie Designated Public Of?cial under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. See Forwarded by breda powerlentemp on 2310112017 1149 From. Ian Drennanientemp To Mary Cullenlenlemp@ENTEMP. Cc Breda Pawerfentemp?ENTEMR Harry Leslerlentemp?ENTEMP. John Hugheslentemp@ENTEMF Date 2310112017 11:44 Subject Re: Fw PAS - Draft advertisement for ODCE Digital Forensics Specialist - oh: by lunchtime today please Mary, Thanks for your email. The draft advert contains one typo so please ?nd attached a marked (l've accepted the changes that were already on it). The changes that I've made are mostl required experience and in is response to the comment bubble that had been placed beside that section I trust that this is of assistance Regards. Ian (See Digilal - advert ID 230] I 7.docx) (See attached ?le: Digital Forensics Booklet - ID 230117.docx) Ian Drennan Director Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 16 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 D01 WSC2 Ireland Tel +353 1 ?58 5800 - Lo Catl 1890 315 015 - Fax. +353 1 858 5801 - Web: - T: @odce Mary Please see PAS revised draft information booklet for obs/approval From Mary Cullenlenlemp To Ian DrennanlonteranENTEMP, Cc: John Hugheslentemp@ENTEMP. Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP. Harry Leslerlentemp@ENTEMP Date 23101112017 10:46 Subieet Fw. PAS - Draft advertisement for ODCE Digital Forensics Specialist - obs by lunchtime today please Please see PAS revised draft information booklet for obs/approval Page 1 of 4 corrected version. Please also ?nd attached a marked up Booklet corrections of punctuation etc The one substantive change is under 29/06/2017 Page 2 of 4 - also to note PAS advertisement wording [attachment "Draft Information Booklet Digital Forensics vi (2).docx" deleted by ion Drennon/entemp] [attachment ADVERT Head of Digital Forensics.docx" deleted by Ian Drennan/entemp] [attachment ADVERT Head of Digital Forensics - DJEI Obs 2001 l7.docx" deleted by Ian Drennan/entemp] Thanks Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise. and Innovation Kildore Street. Dublin 2 D02 TD30 email: Tel: 01-6312466 Fonivarded by Mary Cullenlentemp on 2310112017 10 40 From: Niamh McGuinness To "Mary.Cullen@djei.ie' , Cc. Louise McEntee , Ashley Gilmore ie> Date. 2310112017 10:27 Subject: PAS - Draft advertisement for ODCE Digital Forensics Specialist Hi Mary Please see attached draft information booklet and let us have your obs by lunch time tomorrow. With regard to the advert, it is far too long and we feel the bullet points added in are not adding to the advert. Can you let me know by noon today if there is anything vital that you would like added please. Kind regards Niamh From: imailto:MamgullendegiJe] Sent: 20 January 2017 14:44 To: Niamh McGulnness Cc: John.Hughes@djel.le; Harry.Lester@djeI.le Subject: Fw: PAS - Draft advertisement for ODCE Digital Forensics Specialist Niamh We have looked at it in-hause - email exchanges below refer - and. depending on space constraints, please see attached: Regards Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs. Enterprise, and Innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 002 T030 email: mary.cuilen@diei.ie Tel: 01-6312466 Forwarded by Mary Cullen/entemp on 20012017 14 40 From Ian Drennantentemp To Mary Cutlani?entemeENTEMP. Date 2010112017 14:01 Subject. Re: Fw. PAS - Draft advertisement for ODCE Digital Forensics Specialist Thanks Mary. That's ?ne with me (other a typo where possess is misspelled) Regards, 29/06/2017 tan Ian Drennan Director Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 16 Parnell Square. Dublin 1 D01 WSCZ Ireland Tel: t353 1 858 5800 - Lo Call: 1890 315 015 -Fax .353 1 353 5801 - Web: - T: @odce From Mary Cullenlenlemp To Ian Drennanlentemp?ENTEMP. Dale 2010112017 13:20 Subject Fw: PAS - Draft advertisement for ODCE Digital Forensics Specialist lan Emails below refer - any obs re the proposed PAS advert please? Regards Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs. Enterprise. and Innovation Kildore Street, Dublin 2 D02 TD30 emoil: mory.cullen@djei.ie Tel: 01-6312466 Forwarded by Mary Cullenr?entemp on 20I01I2017 13 19 From John Hugheslentemp To Mary Cultenlentemp?ENTEMR Cc Harry Lesterientemp@ENTEMP Date 20r'011201713 01 Sublecl Re: PAS - Draft advertisement for DDCE Digital Forensics Specialist Page 3 of 4 Thanks. Mary. There may be space considerations which may mean we need to shorten the list of bullet points but pl seek Ian Drennan's views on your version. noting my health-warning re space for him. and then revert to PAS. John. 2011. John Hughes, Principal, HR. Learning Development and Business Services Units. Department of Jobs. Enterprise. and innovation. Kildare Street. Dublin 2. 002 T030 Phone - 01-6312246 From Mary CullenIenlemp To John Cc Harry Lestorlentemp@ENTEMP Date 20.!0112017 12 36 Subject PAS - Draft advertisement for ODCE Digital Forensics Specialist John scrs/daym/ AppData/Local/Temp/ notesSCB 63 C/~web07 1 7.htrn 29/06/2017 Page 4 of 4 Draft ad for Digital Forensics attached for our obs - please see below tracked changes for consideration (copied from the draft booklet we sent to PAS) [attachment ADVERT Head of Digital Forensics - DJEI Obs 2001 I7.docx" deleted by Ian Drennan/eniemp] Regards Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 D02 TD30 email: Tel: 01-63 [2466 Fonnarded by Mary Cullenlentemp on 20I01I2017 12:07 From Niamh McGuinness To ?Mary.Cutlen@djei ie" . Cc Ashley Gilmore , Louise McEntee Date 2010112017 11:45 Subject Dear Mary Please ?nd attached draft advert for the Head of Digital Forensics post. I would be grateful if you could let me have your obs by close of business today. Kind regards Niamh Niamh McGuinness Recruitment Manager Senior Executive Recruitment +3531 858 75413 Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapachain Phoibli Chapter House. ZBIJD Abbey Street Upper. Dublin 1. DUI CTWG publiclobsjc gradpublicjobsje slateboardslo Certi?ed by NSAI for Excellence Through People 2015 \Mnner Gradlreland Recrurtmenl Awards Best Graduate Recruitment Websrte 2015 Independence Value CustomerService Innovation Collaboration Designated Public Of?cial under Regulation oi Lobbying Act 2015, see [attachment "imageOOlpng" deleted by Ian Drennan/entemp] [attachment "imageOOang" deleted by Ian Drennan/entemp] [attachment "imageOOI?lpng" deleted by Ian Drennan/entemp] [attachment ADVERT Head of Digital Farensicsdocx" deleted by Ian Drennan/entemp] 29/06/2017 DRAFT ADVERT LOGO DIGITAL FORENSICS SPECIALIST, OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE ENFORCEMENT The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) is an independent Office of the Department ofJobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Its mission is to improve the compliance environment for corporate activity in the Irish economy by encouraging adherence to, and dissuading non-compliance with, company law. The ODCE is seeking to employ a Digital Forensics Specialist who will play a key role in the organisation and make a significant contribution to complex and serious company law investigations, both civil and criminal. The successful candidate will: 0 have a relevant qualification at primary degree level; 0 have significant experience of working in an ICT role, at least five years? relevant experience and p0?sess strong project management skills; 0 be flexible, results-focussed and have the ability to work under pressure in a complex, legal, technical and regulatory environment; 0 have an appreciation of the requirements for working effectively and collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary environment, including the flexibility to work effectively with all other relevant colleagues and stakeholders across sectoral, organisational and professional boundanes For a confidential discussion, contact on +353 1 or at H- Public Appointments Service INFORMATION BOOKLET The Public Appointments Service intends to hold a competition for the purpose of recommending a person for appointment as: Digital Forensics Specialist (Principal Of?cer) in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Closing Date: TBC The Public Appointments Service is committed to a policy ofequal opportunity. The Public Appointments Service will run this campaign in compliance with the codes of practice prepared by the new Commissioners for Public Service Appointments (CPSA). Codes of practice are published by the CPSA and are available on CHAPTER HOUSE 26 30 ABBEY STREET UPPER DUBLIN 1 Telephone Number: 353 858 7400 Digital Forensics Specialist 1 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Title of Position: Digital Forensics Specialist (Principal Of?cer) in the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Employing Authority: Department oflobs, Enterprise and Innovation Location: Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, 16 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 The mission of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (the Department) is to encourage the creation of high quality and sustainable full employment by championing enterprise across government, supporting a competitive enterprise base, promoting a low tax environment to incentivise work and enterprise and promoting fair and competitive markets. The Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (?the Mandate and high level goals The mission of the ODCE is to improve the compliance environment for corporate activity in the Irish economy by encouraging adherence to, and dissuading non-compliance with, company law. Established in 2001, the ODCE is an independent Of?ce of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Under the Companies Act 2014 (?the Act?), the principal functions of the Director of Corporate Enforcement include the: - encouragement of compliance with the Act; 0 investigation of suspected offences under the Act, or other suspected non-compliance with the Act, or with the duties and obligations to which companies and their of?cers are subject; 0 enforcement of the Act, including the prosecution of offences by way of summary proceedings; 0 referral of cases to the Director of Public Prosecutions for consideration as to whether they should be prosecuted on indictment; 0 exercise, insofar as considered necessary or appropriate, of a supervisory role over the activity of liquidators and receivers in the discharge of their functions under the Act. Those statutory functions have been further distilled into the high level goals, which are to: 0 promote a greater understanding of affected parties? rights and duties under company law; 0 confront unlawful and irresponsible behaviour insofar as it relates to company law; and 0 provide a quality customer service to internal and external stakeholders. Digital Forensics Specialist Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Ix) Structure and current Currently, the ODCE has a staff complement of approximately 40 comprising of both professional civil servants and members of An Garda Siochana. Having regard to its principal statutory functions, and the associated the ODCE is organised into a number of Units, each of which comes under the responsibility of a Head of Function. Further information regarding the principal activities can be accessed at The Role The ODCE wishes to appoint a Digital Forensics Specialist (Principal Officer) to supplement its current skill mix and capabilities. This is a new, pivotal ?role within the organisation, designed ?to make a significant contribution to complex and serious company law investigations, both civil and criminal, that the Office undertakes. As an Office of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, the ODCE benefits from the Depaltment?s ICT infrastructure, and the suite of ICT hardware software which the Department makes available to its staff, and those of its Offices. Having regard to the specialised nature of the work, it is envisaged that the successful candidate will primarily be involved in managing and leading a program of supplementing the existing suite of hardware and software with other ICT solutions which are developed, tailored or procured for those ofthe particular needs which cannot currently be met by reliance on the Department?s ICT offering. However the successful candidate will also be expected to maintain an ongoing liaison with the Department?s ICT team for the purpose of the optimal management of the ICT requirements. "This will include ensuring that any technology solutions which are put in place comply with overall standards and policies in the Department, and that the Department?s governance arrangements are complied with The nature of this demanding role will be wide and varied. In that context, the following is a non-exhaustive overview of the some of the types of work that the successful candidate is likely to be engaged in: 0 developing strategies, plans and arrangements for forensic data collection; 0 the implementation of those plans, strategies and arrangements; 0 the collection and preservation of electronic data in an evidentially sound manner, consistent with established judicial principles in this area; 0 analysing/assisting investigators in the analysis of such data; - managing the ICT element of individual cases/a portfolio of cases; 0 testifying, as required, in Court proceedings initiated by the ODCE or by the Director of Public Prosecutions; Digital Forensics Specialist 3 Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 0 identifying appropriate hardware/software applications that will best assist the Of?ce in undertaking its investigations, and managing and overseeing_the procurement of such applications?; 0 co-operating and liaising, as necessary, with both the Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation and with relevant third parties, including other law enforcement Agencies. Commensurate with the seniority of the role, the Digital Forensics Specialist will be expected to? 0 ensure that the approach to the procurement and use of ICT is consistent with, and contributes to the achievement of the goals set out in, the Public Service Strategy Delivering better outcomes and e?iciency through innovation and excellence in contribute to the ongoing compliance with its other obligations as a public sector organisation; - contribute to/ lead on other projects associated with any other aspect of the mandate and functions as and when required. The above is not, and does not purport to be, a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Essential Quali?cations Requirements A relevant qualification at primary Degree level. Desirable (but not essential) Additional qualification(s) in the area ofdigital forensics. Essential Skills/Attributes In addition to demonstrating the standard competencies expected at PO level, the successful candidate will: 0 have signi?cant experience of working in a relevant ICT role, at least ?ve years? I relevant experience at a suitably level in the area of digital forensics; Approved by Government and launched by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in January 2015. Please see Digital Forensics Specialist 4 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation be ?exible, results?focussed and have the ability to work under pressure in a complex, legal, technical and regulatory environment; 0 be capable of operating effectively on their own initiative; 0 have an appreciation of the requirements for working effectively and collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary environment, including the ?exibility and mobility to work effectively with all other relevant colleagues and stakeholders across sectoral, organisational and professional boundaries 0 possess strong project management skills and be in a position to demonstrate successful project delivery; - possess the capacity to operate effectively and credibly to a high level, both within the organisation and externally; possess excellent communications and interpersonal skills; 0 be capable of demonstrating an appreciation of the Department and the objectives, a keen awareness of the environment within which it operates and of the particular obligations which stem from the status as a public body funded entirely by the Exchequer. The following Key Competencies have been identi?ed for effective performance at Principal Of?cer Level. Please see Appendix 1 for further details on Principal Of?cer competencies. Digital Forensics Specialist 5 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Other Eligibility Criteria Citizenship Requirement: Candidates should note that eligibility to compete is open to citizens of the European Economic Area (EEA). The EEA consists of the Member States of the European Union along with Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. lncentiyised Scheme for Early Retirement (ISER): It is a condition of the Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement as set out in Department of Finance Circular 12/09 that retirees, under that Scheme, are debarred from applying for another position in the same employment or the same sector. Therefore, such retirees may not apply for this position. Department of Health and Children Circular (7/2010): The Department of Health Circular 7/2010 dated 1 November 2010 introduced a Targeted Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) Scheme and Voluntary Redundancy Schemes (VRS). It is a condition ofthe VER scheme that persons availing ofthe scheme will not be eligible for re- employment in the public health sector or in the wider public service or in a body wholly or mainly funded from public moneys. The same prohibition on re-employment applies under the VRS, except that the prohibition is for a period of 7 years, after which time any re- employment will require the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. People who availed of either of these schemes are not eligible to compete in this competition. Collective Agreement: Redundancy Payments to Public Servants: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform letter dated 28th June 2012 to Personnel Of?cers introduced, with effect from une 2012, a Collective Agreement which had been reached between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Public Services Committee of the ICTU in relation to ex-gratia Redundancy Payments to Public Servants. It is a condition of the Collective Agreement that persons availing of the agreement will not be eligible for re-employment in the public service by any public service body (as defined by the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts 2009 2011) for a period of 2 years from termination of the employment. Thereafter the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform will be required prior to re-employment. People who availed of this scheme and who may be successful in this competition will have to prove their eligibility (expiry of period of non-eligibility) and the Minister?s consent will have to be secured prior to employment by any public service body. Declaration: Applicants will be required to declare whether they have previously availed of a Public Service scheme of incentivised early retirement and/or the collective agreement outlined above. Applicants will also be required to declare any entitlements to a Public Service pension benefit (in payment or preserved) from any other Public Service employment and/or where they have received a payment-in-lieu in respect of service in any Public Service employment. Digital Forensics Specialist 6 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation THE SELECTION PROCESS How to Apply Applications must be made by submitting an on?line application and attaching a single document with the following elements included: El A comprehensive CV, including an organisation chart (See Senior Executive CV Guidance note here The ?Key Achievements Form? (Available here} [1 A short cover letter] personal statement (lie. no more than 2 pages) outlining why you wish to be considered for the post and where you believe your skills, experience and values meet the requirements of the position. Closing Date: Midnight [date to be specified] Selection Process: The Selection Process may include: [1 shortlisting of candidates, on the basis of the information contained in their application; a competitive preliminary interview; [1 completion of an online questionnaire(s); El work sample/role play/media exercise, and any other tests or exercises that may be deemed appropriate; a competitive interview which may include a presentation. Please Note We acknowledge receipt of all applications. If you do not receive an acknowledgement within 3 days of applying, please email orla.couthan@pubticiobs.ie.TBC You can expect to receive emaits from us at the relevant stages notifying you to check your secure publiciobsie message board for campaign updates. We endeavour to give as much notice as possible for interview dates etc., candidates should make themselves available on the date(s) specified by the Public Appointments Service. Shortlisting In the event of a shortlisting exercise being employed an expert board will examine the information provided in your application form and assess it against criteria based on the requirements of the position. References We would appreciate it if you would start considering names of people who you feel would be suitable referees that we might consult (2 - 3 names and contact details). The referees do not have to include your current employer, but should be in a position to provide a reference for you. Please be assured that we will only contact referees should you come under consideration after preliminary interview stage. Please note, should you be successful at ?nal interview, we will require a reference from your current employer, prior to recommendation for appointment. We may require a candidate to complete a number of Digital Forensics Specialist 7 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation clearance processes, such as, Health Character Declaration, Garda Vetting etc or any other relevant checks required for the particular role. General Information Security Clearance You will be required to complete and return a Garda Vetting form should you come under consideration for appointment. This form will be forwarded to An Garda Siochana for security checks on all Irish and Northern lrish addresses at which you resided. However should your application for the competition be unsuccessful this form will be destroyed by PAS. If you subsequently come under consideration for another position, you may therefore be required to complete a further Garda Vetting Form. Enquiries Prior to recommending any candidate for appointment to positions the Public Appointments Service or employing organisation will make all such enquiries that are deemed necessary e.g. employer references, to determine the suitability of that candidate. Until all stages of the recruitment process have been fully completed a ?nal determination cannot be made nor can it be deemed or inferred that such a determination has been made. Speci?c candidate criteria In addition to ful?lling the eligibility criteria set out, candidates must: 0 Have the knowledge and ability to discharge the duties of the post concerned; 0 Be suitable on the grounds of health character; 0 Be suitable in all other relevant respects for appointment to the post concerned; 0 If successful, they will not be appointed to the post unless they: Agree to undertake the duties attached to the post and accept the conditions under which the duties are, or may be required to be performed; and Are fully competent and available to undertake, and fully capable of undertaking, the duties attached to the position. Non-Refund of Expenses Any expenses incurred by candidates whilst undertaking or attending any elements of the selection process will not be refunded. Appointments from panels It is envisaged that a panel(s) of quali?ed individuals will be established from which vacancies may be ?lled. Quali?cation and placement on a panel is not a guarantee of appointment to a position. Please note that once an offer of appointment has been accepted a candidate will no longer remain on the panel. Declining an offer of appointment Should the person recommended for appointment decline, or having accepted it, relinquish it, the Department may at its discretion, select and recommend another person for appointment on the results of this selection process. Digital Forensics Specialist 3 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Candidates' Rights Review Procedures in relation to the Selection Process General information The PAS will consider requests for review in accordance with the provisions of the codes of practice published by the CPSA. A candidate can seek a review by a person in the recruiting body (initial reviewer). Where a candidate remains dissatisfied following this initial review, he/she may seek to have the conduct of the initial review examined by a ?decision arbitrator?. As an alternative to the above, it is open to a candidate to seek to have the matter resolved on an informal basis, as set out below. If a candidate remains dissatis?ed following any such discussion it is open to him/her to seek a formal review. The Codes of Practice are available on the website of the Commission for Public Service Appointments, Digital Forensics Specialist 9 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Principal Conditions of Service 1. General The appointment is to an established post in the Civil Service and is subject to the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005, the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 and any other Act for the time being in force relating to the Civil Service. 2. Pay The salary scale for this position is as follows: Principal Of?cer PPC [Personal Pension Contribution] Scale: ?79,401 - ?82,587 - ?85,750 - ?88,936 ?91,624 - 694,1 102 ?97,1943 This rate will apply where the appointee is an existing civil or public servant appointed on or after 61'1 April 1995 or is newly recruited to the Civil Service and is required to make a personal pension contribution. or Principal Of?cer Scale: ?75,647 - ?78,670 - ?81,676 - ?84,706 ?87,258 - ?89,9064 - ?92,5505 This rate will apply where the appointee is a civil or public servant recruited before April 1995 and who is NOT required to make a Personal Pension Contribution. Long service increments may be payable after three (LSl?l) and six years? satisfactory service at the maximum of the scale. Entry will be at the minimum of the scale and the rate of remuneration will not be subject to negotiation. The rate of pay may be adjusted from time to time in line with Government pay policy. Different terms and conditions may apply depending on whether a successful candidate is a currently serving civil or public servant. Payment will be in arrears by Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) into a bank account of your choice. Payment cannot be made until you supply a bank account number and bank sort code to the Personnel Section. Statutory deductions from salary will be made as appropriate by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. 2 After 3 years satisfactory service at the maxinmm 3 After 6 years satisfactory service at the maximum 4 After 3 years satisfactory service at the maximum 5 A ?er 6 years satisfactory service at the maximum Digital Forensics Specialist 11'] Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation You will agree that any overpayment of salary or of travel and subsistence may be deducted from future salary payments due to you in accordance with the Payment of Wages Act 1991. In the event of such an occurrence, the Department will advise you in writing of the amount and details of any such overpayment and give you at least one week?s notice of the deduction to take place and will deduct the overpayment at an amount that is fair and reasonable having regard to all the circumstances. 3. Tenure The appointment is to an established position on a probationary contract in the Civil Service. The probationary contract will be for a period of one year from the date specified above. Notwithstanding this paragraph and paragraph 4 below, this will not preclude an extension of the probationary contract in appropriate circumstances. Notwithstanding this paragraph and paragraph 4 below, the probationary contract may be terminated at any time prior to the expiry of the term of the contract by either side in accordance with the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts, 1973 to 2005. 4. Probationary Review During the period of your probationary contract, your performance will be subject to review by your Manager(s) to determine whether you: have performed in a satisfactory manner, (ii) have been satisfactory in general conduct, and are suitable from the point ofview ofhealth with particular regard to sick leave. Prior to completion of the probationary contract, a decision will be made as to whether or not you will be retained pursuant to Section of the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956- 2005. This decision will be based on your performance assessed against the criteria set out in to above. The details of the probationary process will be explained to you by your employing Department and you will be given a copy of guidelines on probation issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. In the event that you are not considered as suitable to the position of Digital Forensics Specialist (Principal Officer) having been assessed against stated criteria, you will be notified in writing of the action to be taken prior to the expiry of this contract and any extensions thereof. 5. Unfair Dismissals Acts The Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977-2007 will not apply to the termination of your employment by reason only of the expiry of this probationary contract without it being renewed. 6. Suspension of Probation The Department may suspend the probationary period and, as a result, extend the term of the probationary contract in the following circumstances: 0 the probationary period will be suspended if the officer is on Maternity or Adoptive leave, Digital Forensics Specialist [1 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the probationary period may, at the discretion of the Department, be suspended where the employee is absent on any other form of statutory or non- statutory leave. Where the Department?s ability to assess the of?cer and/or the of?cer?s ability to demonstrate their suitability for permanent appointment is compromised by the of?cer?s absence on leave, the contract period will be extended by the period of leave taken. 7. Duties You will be required to perform any duties appropriate to your grade which may be assigned to you during the probationary period. You may not engage in private practice or be connected with any outside business which would interfere with the performance of of?cial duties. 8. Headquarters On appointment to the Department your headquarters will be at the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE), or be such as may be designated from time to time by the Head of the Department. When absent from home and headquarters on of?cial duty you will be paid appropriate travelling expenses and subsistence allowances, in accordance with Civil Service regulations. 9. The Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 The terms of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 will apply to your employment and the hours of attendance and leave entitlements that will apply is at Section 10 below. 10. Hours of Attendance Hours of attendance will be as ?xed from time to time but will amount to on average not less than 43 hours and 15 minutes gross or 37 hours net per week. 11. Annual Leave The annual leave allowance will be 30 working days a year. This allowance which is subject to the usual conditions regarding the granting of annual leave is on the basis of a ?ve day week and is exclusive of the usual public holidays. 12. Sick Leave Pay during properly-certi?ed sick absence, provided there is no evidence of permanent disability for service, will apply on a pro rata basis in accordance with the provisions ofthe sick leave Circulars. Of?cers who are paying Class A rate of PRSI will be required to sign a mandate authorising the Department of Social Protection to pay any bene?ts due to you under the Social Welfare Acts direct to the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Payment of salary during illness will be subject to you making the necessary claims for social insurance bene?t to the Department of Social Protection within the required time limits. 13. Superannuation and Retirement The successful candidate will be offered the appropriate superannuation terms and conditions as prevailing in the Civil Service, at the time of being offered an appointment. In general, and except for candidates who have worked in a pensionable (non-single scheme terms) public Digital Forensics Specialist 12 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation service job in the 26 weeks prior to appointment (see paragraph below), this means being offered appointment based on membership of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme (?Single Scheme?). Key provisions attaching to membership of the Single Scheme are as follows: a. Pensionable Age The minimum age at which pension is payable is 66 (rising to 67 and 68) in line with State Pension age changes. b. Retirement Age: Scheme members must retire at the age of 70. c. Pension Abatement If the appointee was previously employed in the Civil Service and is in receipt of a pension from the Civil Service normal abatement rules will apply. However, if the appointee was previously employed in the Civil Service and awarded a pension under voluntary early retirement arrangements (other than the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement (ISER) or the Department of Health Circular 7/2010 VERNRS which, as indicated above, renders a person ineligible for the competition) the entitlement to that pension will cease with effect from the date of reappointment. Special arrangements will however, be made for the reckoning of previous service given by the appointee for the purpose of any future superannuation award for which the appointee may be eligible. lfthe appointee was previously employed in the Civil Service or in the Public Service please note that the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 includes a provision which extends abatement of pension for all Civil and Public Servants who are re-employed where a Public Service pension is in payment. This provision to apply abatement across the wider public service came into effect on 1 November 2012. This may have pension implications for any person appointed to this position who is currently in receipt of a Civil or Public Service pension or has a preserved Civil or Public Service pension which will come into payment during his/her employment in this position. Department of Education and Skills Early Retirement Scheme for Teachers Circular 102/2007 The Department of Education and Skills introduced an Early Retirement Scheme for Teachers. It is a condition of the Early Retirement Scheme that with the exception of the situations set out in paragraphs 10.2 and 10.3 of the relevant circular documentation, and with those exceptions only, if a teacher accepts early retirement under Strands 1, 2 or 3 of this scheme and is subsequently employed in any capacity in any area of the public sector, payment of pension to that person under the scheme will immediately cease. Pension payments will, however, be resumed on the ceasing of such employment or on the person?s 60th birthday, whichever is the later, but on resumption, the pension will be based on the person?s actual reckonable service as a teacher (Le. the added years previously granted will not be taken into account in the calculation of the pension payment). Ill-Health-Retirement Please note that where an individual has retired from a Civil/Public Service body on the grounds of ill-health his/her pension from that Digital Forensics Specialist 13 Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation employment may be subject to review in accordance with the rules of ill-health retirement within the pension scheme of that employment. (1. Prior Public Servants While the default pension terms, as set out in the preceding paragraphs, consist of Single Scheme membership, this may not apply to certain appointees. Full details of the conditions governing whether or not a public servant is a Single Scheme member are given in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and other Provisions) Act 2012. However the key exception case (in the context of this competition and generally) is that a successful candidate who has worked in a pensionable (non-single scheme terms) capacity in the public service within 26 weeks of taking up appointment, would in general not become a member of the Single Scheme. In this case such a candidate would instead be offered membership of the pension scheme for non?established civil servants (?Non-Established State Employee Scheme?). This would mean that the abatement provisions at above would apply, and in addition there are implications in respect of pension accrual as outlined below: e. Pension Accrual A 40-year limit on total service that can be counted towards pension where a person has been a member of more than one existing public service pension scheme would apply. This 40- year limit, which is provided for in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and other Provisions) Act 2012 came into effect on 28 July 2012. This may have implications for any appointee who has acquired pension rights in a previous public service employment. f. Pension-Related Deduction This appointment is subject to the pension-related deduction in accordance with the Financial Emergency Measure in the Public Interest Act 2009. For further information in relation to the Single Public Service Pension Scheme for Public Servants please see the following website: IMPORTANT NOTICE The above represents the principal conditions of service and is not intended to be the comprehensive list of all terms and conditions of employment which will be set out in the employment contract to be agreed with the successful candidate(s). 14. Health and Safety Attention is drawn to the health and safety policy. It is a condition of employment that all aspects of the policy, of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act and relevant regulations must be complied with at all times. 15. Secrecy, Con?dentiality and Standards of Behaviour Of?cial Secrecy and Integrity You will during the term of your probationary contract be subject to the provisions of the Of?cial Secrets Act 1993 as amended by the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003. You will agree not to disclose to third parties any con?dential information either during or subsequent to the period of employment. Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour You will be subject to the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour. Digital Forensics Specialist 14 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Ethics in Public Of?ce Act 1995 The Ethics in Public Of?ce Act 1995 will apply, where appropriate, to your employment. Publication of any Material You will agree not to publish material related to your of?cial duties without prior approval by the Minister. Political Activigg During the term of your employment you will be subject to the rules governing Civil Servants and politics. 16. Personnel Code All Circulars are available on the website http://circularsgovie or from the Personnel Section. Digital Forensics Specialist 15 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Appendix 1 Research has been carried out and the competencies required for performance in the Principal Of?cer and Principal Of?cer Higher roles, in the wider Civil Service, have been identified as set out below. However please note that these are ?generic? competencies and may be modi?ed for the purpose of this selection process. PRINCIPAL OFFICER LEVEL Leadership Strategic Direction Leads the team, setting high standards, tackling any performance problems facilitating high performance Contributes to the shaping of Departmental/Government strategy and policy Develops capability and capacity across the team through effective delegation Develops a culture of learning 8. development, offering coaching and constructive/supportive feedback Leads on preparing for and implementing signi?cant change and reform Anticipates and responds quickly to developments in the sector/broader environment Actively collaborates with other Departments and Agencies Judgement 8: Decision Making Identifies and focuses on core issues when dealing with complex information/situations Sees the relationships between issues and quickly grasps the high level and socio?political implications Identi?es coherent solutions to complex issues Takes action, making decisions in a timely manner and having the courage to see them through Makes sound and well informed decisions, understanding their impact and implications Strives to effectively balance the sectoral issues, political elements and the citizen impact in all decisions Management 8- Delivery of Results lnitiates and takes personal responsibility for delivering results/services in own area Balances strategy and operational detail to meet business needs Manages multiple agendas and tasks and reallocates resources to manage changes in focus Makes optimum use of resources implements performance measures to deliver objectives Ensures the optimal use of and new delivery models Critically reviews projects and activities to ensure their effectiveness and that they meet Departmental requirements lnstils the importance of ef?ciencies, value for money corporate governance requirements . Ensures team are focused and act on Business plan priorities, even when faced with pressure Building Relationships Communication . Speaks and writes in a clear, articulate and impactful manner . Actively listens, seeking to understand the perspective and position of others . Works effectively within the political process, recognizing and managing the tensions arising from different stakeholders perspectives . Proactively engages with colleagues at all levels of the organization and across other Departments and builds strong professional networks . Makes opinions known when s/he feels it is right to do so Drive and Commitment - Consistently strives to perform at a high level Demonstrates personal commitment to the role, maintaining determination and persistence is personally trustworthy and honest, delivering on promises and commitments Ensures the citizen is at the heart of all services provided is resilient, maintaining composure even in adverse or challenging situations . Promotes a culture that fosters the highest standards of ethics and integrity Specialist Knowledge, Expertise and Self Development . Develops and maintains skills and expertise across a number of areas that are relevant to his/her field and recognized by people internal and external to the Department . Keeps up to date with key departmental, sectoral, national and international policies and economic, political and social trends that affect the role . Maintains a strong focus on self-development, seeking feedback and opportunities for growth Digital Forensics Specialist 16 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation -- i ii; Re: FW: 20151222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE fad Mary Culien . Martina Rooney 27/01/2017 17:51 Niamh McGuinness Hi Martina Just got your voice message. I have been out of the office at meetings so am just picking up messages now. l'm looking at OGCIO comments and think we will need to touch base with the ODCE. so will get back to you asap early next week. Regards. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise. and tnr'iavalion Kildare Street, Dublin 2 D02 T030 email: mawcullenC-deeije Tel: 01-631 2466 ?g Fw: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE 1w Mary Cullen to: John Hughes 27/01/2017 18:02 Cc: Harry Lester John PAS have been unable to advertise the post this week as have reverted with queries regarding the ODCE Digital Forensic Specialist (PO) post. My obs in red in response to the questions raised. for further consideration please: is this a new post? If so. has the establishment of the new post received the necessary approvals? Draft response: Yes this is a new post. has delegated staffing sanction from DPER up to and including PO (Standard) grade. will the successful candidate be appointed to the Principal Officer grade or to a position that is at the some level as Principal Officeraz Draft response: PO grade? will the successful candidate have to manage a team including an administrative stream and/or a specialist stream? If so, there should be explicit mention of the senior management role within the organisation including managing a team, PMDS. strategic planning, setting strategic direction for specific solutions for ODCE and working with the Department?s ICT Unit to ensure required solutions are delivered, leading and ensuring compliance with procurement and circulars including Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 02/16 in relation to lCT-related expenditure. Draft response: the post is that of Specialist not Manager, HOWEVER REFER TO ODCE FOR is the purpose of the role is to acquire specific digital forensic skills? If so. the educational requirements should be more specific, at a minimum STEM and level 8, ideally in computer science: with a desirable post graduate certification in digital forensics or professional digital forensics qualification. Draft response: ODCE comments? the essential skills /attributes will be determined by the exact nature of the role but should require a minimum 5 years' experience in a senior role in which includes direct experience digital forensics along with a Primary Degree and post grad qualification possibly a minimum of 7 years' experience along with specific digital forensics experience and relevant professional qualifications. Section 7 'Duties' states that 'You will be required to perform any duties appropriate to your grade which may be assigned to you during the probationary period. You may not engage in private practice or be connected with any outside business which would interfere with the performance of official duties.? 0 The first sentence of the paragraph applies at all times and not just the perind iihr?j firlni ur [Lil-:1 if]: lRufE' hULfiun uilwudv )iufei that the post holder may be required to perform other duties). Draft response: noted. Suggest Section 7 change to: perform other duties as appropriate to the grade which may be assigned to you from time to time and to contribute to the development of the past while in office The second sentence appears to be a condition of service/employment and not a duty. Draft response: Noted, however. as it refers to matters which may impinge on a duty it has been inserted at this point? Will the successful candidate have to pursue a learning and development programme or have to maintain membership of a relevant body in order to ensure that his/her ability to provide digital forensic services remain current? And Draft response: REFER TO ODCE FOR the application process appears to be geared to a TLAC type competition. Draft response: Noted if this is the recommendation and the best way to till this specialised post? Regards Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignment and Pay Section Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation 23 Kildare Street D02 T030 email: Tel: 0l?63l2466 Forwarded by Mary Cullen/entemp on 27/01/2017 I7136 From: Martina Rooney To: "Mary.Cullen@diei.ie" Cc: Niamh McGuinness Date: 26/01/2017 09:04 Subject: FW: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE Mary, As discussed we were informed that 0600 needed to review and approve any ICT related posts to ensure consistency in criteria, qualification requirements etc. They have come back to us with the following queries and suggested changes to the booklet. In light of the changes required we have missed the deadline for this week. Can you review the booklet in light ofthese suggested changes. We should be in a position to advertise it next week if we can get agreed final booklet sorted by the end of the week Please give me a call if you want to discuss Regards Martina Martina Rooney Client Relations +353 1 853 7630 Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapachain Phoibli vapen I, UU1 DIVVU publicjosta stateboards.ie Certi?ed by NSAI for Excellence Through People 2015 Winner Gradlretand Recruilment Awards - Best Graduale Recruitment Websile 2015 Fairness impartiality Independence Value Customer Service Innovation Collaboration Designated Public Of?cial under Reguialion of Lobbying Acl 2015, see .ie From: Digital Government Oversight Unit [mailtozDGOU@per.gov.ie] Sent: 25 January 2017 10:45 To: Martina Rooney Cc: Mary O'Donohue Digital Government Oversight Unit Subject: FW: 20161222 Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE Martina, Re: Digital Forensics job in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) Mary (O'Donohue) passed your email the office at meetings. Attached as requested are obs relating to the role and apologies if some duplicate your telephone discussion with Mary: a as discussed with Mary, is this a new post? If so, has the establishment of the new post received the necessary approvals? a will the successful candidate be appointed to the Principal Officer grade or to a position that is at the same level as Principal Of?cer?; a will the successful candidate have to manage a team including an administrative stream and/or a specialist stream? if so, there should be explicit mention of the senior management role within the organisation including managing a team, PMDS, strategic planning, setting strategic direction for specific solutions for ODCE and working with the Department's Unit to ensure required solutions are delivered, leading and ensuring compliance with procurement and circulars including Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 02/16 in relation to lCT?related expenditure. . is the purpose of the role is to acquire specific digital forensic skills? If so, the educational requirements should be more specific, at a minimum STEM and level 8, ideally in computer science; with a desirable post graduate certification in digital forensics or professional digital forensics qualification. the essential skills attributes will be determined by the exact nature of the role but should require a minimum 5 years' experience in a senior role in which includes direct experience digital forensics along with a Primary Degree and post grad quali?cation possibly a minimum of 7 years' experience along with speci?c digital forensics experience and relevant professional quali?cations. a Section 7 ?Duties? states that 'You will be required to perform any duties appropriate to your grade which may be assigned to you dun'ng the probationary period. You may not engage in private practice or be connecreo with any oursme ousmess wouio mrenere With the performance of of?cial duties.? 0 The ?rst sentence of the paragraph applies at all times and not just the probationary period (the final paragraph under the ?Role? section already states that the post holder may be required to perform other duties) The second sentence appears to be a condition of service/employment and not a duty. 0 Will the successful candidate have to pursue a learning and development programme or have to maintain membership of a relevant body in order to ensure that his/her ability to provide digital forensic services remain current? and . the application process appears to be geared to a TLAC type competition. I have not looked closely at the conditions of service as I expect that PAS has a standard template for these and modify them in line with the post being advertised (the conditions of service appear different to the conditions of service attached to the DIES ICT PO post that was also emailed to Mary last week). Give me a call if any of my comments are unclear. Regards, Mick (McCarthy) Ph. 01-6045102 From: Martina Rooney Sent: Friday 20 January 2017 13:50 To: Mary O'Donohue (OGCIO) Subject: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics Mary, As discussed please find attached the draft booklet for the Digital Forensics job in ODCE Robbie Morrissey will e-mail your this evening re: proposed Interview dates as they are just trying to tie them down at the moment Regards Martina Regards Martina Martina Rooney Client Relations +353 1 853 7530 Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapachain Phoibli Chapter House. 26:30 Abbey Street Upper, Dublin 1. 001 C7W6 publicjobs.ie gradpublicjoste stateboards.ie Certified by NSAI for Excellence Through People 2015 8 ll IR Is I a Ian. 1 -. nur- U?l: LU FairnessB-lmp?tlality Independence Value CustomerService Innovation Collaboration Designaled Public Official under Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. see i334?. imogeOOl.png imoge002.png image003.png ?1 2 '51 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics.docx .txt This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. 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Dean tcagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis d?/di go bhfuair tL?l tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a ta ag de'anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicncolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan slan a ta ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, n? cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fonota seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. An tSeirbhis um Cheapach?in Phoibli Public Appointments Service INFORMATION BOOKLET The Public Appointments Service intends to hold a competition for the purpose of recommending a person for appointment as: Digital Forensics Specialist (Principal Of?cer Grade) in the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Closing Date: TBC The Public Appointments Service is committed to a policy of equal opportunity. The Public Appointments Service will run this campaign in compliance with the codes of practice prepared by the new Commissioners for Public Service Appointments (CPSA). Codes of practice are published by the CPSA and are available on CHAPTER HOUSE 26 3O ABBEY STREET UPPER DUBLIN 1 Telephone Number: 353 1 858 7400 Digital Forensics Specialist I Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department ol'Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Title of Position: Digital Forensics Specialist (Principal Of?cer) in the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Employing Authority: Department of .T obs, Enterprise and Innovation Location: Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, 16 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 The mission of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (the Department) is to encourage the creation of high quality and sustainable ?Jll employment by championing enterprise across government, supporting a competitive enterprise base, promoting a low tax environment to incentivise work and enterprise and promoting fair and competitive markets. The Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (?the Mandate and high level goals The mission of the ODCE is to improve the compliance environment for corporate activity in the Irish economy by encouraging adherence to, and dissuading non-compliance with, company law. Established in 2001, the ODCE is an independent Of?ce of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Under the Companies Act 2014 (?the Act?), the principal functions of the Director of Corporate Enforcement include the: a encouragement of compliance with the Act; 0 investigation of suspected offences under the Act, or other suspected non?compliance with the Act, or with the duties and obligations to which companies and their of?cers are subject; 0 enforcement of the Act, including the prosecution of offences by way of summary proceedings; 0 referral of cases to the Director of Public Prosecutions for consideration as to whether they should be prosecuted on indictment; 0 exercise, insofar as considered necessary or appropriate, of a supervisory role over the activity of liquidators and receivers in the discharge of their functions under the Act. Those statutory functions have been further distilled into the high level goals, which are to: I confront unlawful and irresponsible behaviour insofar as it relates to company law; and 0 provide a quality customer service to internal and external stakeholders. Digital Forensics Specialist 2 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and innovation Structure and current resources Currently, the ODCE has a staff complement of approximately 40 comprising of both civilian staff and members of An Garda Siochana. Having regard to its principal statutory functions, and the associated the ODCE is organised into a number of Units, each of which comes under the responsibility of a Head of Function. Further information regarding the principal activities can be accessed at The Role The ODCE wishes to appoint a Digital Forensics Specialist (Principal Of?cer grade) to supplement its current skill mix and capabilities. This will be a key role within the organisation and the individual will be expected to make a signi?cant contribution to complex and serious company law investigations, both civil and criminal, that the Of?ce undertakes. The successful candidate must be capable of demonstrating an appreciation for the pivotal nature of their role and function within the organisation. The nature of this demanding role will be wide and varied. In that context, the following is a non?exhaustive overview of the some of the types of work that the successful candidate is likely to be engaged in: I developing strategies, plans and arrangements for forensic data collection; a the implementation of those plans, strategies and arrangements; the collection and preservation of electronic data in an evidentially sound manner, consistent with established judicial principles in this area; I analysing/assisting investigators in the analysis of such data; 0 managing the ICT element of individual cases/a portfolio of cases; - testifying, as required, in Court proceedings initiated by the ODCE or by the Director of Public Prosecutions; - identifying appropriate hardware/software applications that will best assist the Of?ce in undertaking its investigations, and managing the procurement of such applications; 0 co-operating and liaising, as necessary, with both the Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation with regard to ICT matters and with relevant third parties, including other law enforcement Agencies. As an Of?ce of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the ODCE bene?ts from the Department?s ICT infrastructure, and the suite of ICT hardware software which the Department makes available to its staff, and those of its Of?ces. Having regard to the specialised nature of the work, it is envisaged that the successful candidate will primarily be involved in managing and leading a program of supplementing the existing suite Digital Forensics Specialist 3 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department ol?Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation of hardware and software with other ICT solutions which are developed, tailored or procured for those of the particular needs which cannot currently be met by reliance on the Department?s ICT offering. However the successful candidate will also be expected to maintain an ongoing liaison with the Department?s ICT team for the purpose of the optimal management of the ICT requirements. This will include ensuring that any technology solutions which are put in place comply with overall ICT standards and policies in the Department, and that the Department?s ICT governance arrangements are complied with. Commensurate with the seniority of the role, the Digital Forensics Specialist will be expected to? - ensure that the approach to the procurement and use of ICT is consistent with, and contributes to the achievement of the goals set out in, the Public Service ICT Strategy Delivering better outcomes and e?iciency through innovation and excellence in - contribute to the ongoing compliance with its other obligations as a public sector organisation; - contribute to/lead on other projects associated with any other aspect of the mandate and functions as and when required. The above is not, and does not purport to be, a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in of?ce. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Essential Quali?cations Requirements A relevant quali?cation at primary Degree level. Desirable (but not essential) Additional quali?cation(s) in the area of digital forensics. Essential Skills/Attributes The successful candidate will: - have experience or working in a relevant 1L1 role, ?ve years relevant experience; Approved by Government and launched by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in January 2015. Please see Digital Forensics Specialist 4 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation I be ?exible, results-focussed and have the ability to work under pressure in a complex, legal, technical and regulatory environment; 0 be capable of operating effectively on their own initiative; 0 have an appreciation of the requirements for working effectively and collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary environment, including the ?exibility and mobility to work effectively with all other relevant colleagues and stakeholders across sectoral, organisational and professional boundaries - possess strong project management skills; - possess the capacity to operate effectively and credibly to a high level, both within the organisation and externally; - possess excellent communications and interpersonal skills; 0 be capable of demonstrating an appreciation of the Department and the objectives, a keen awareness of the environment within which it operates and of the particular obligations which stem from the status as a public body funded entirely by the Exchequer. The following Key Competencies have been identi?ed for effective performance at Principal Of?cer Level. . . l?lthICServlra nearer; gaggle/a, M. - :4 jftr'u; 1? {liar My Please see Appendix 1 for further details on Principal Officer competencies. Digital Forensics Specialist 3 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Other Eligibility Criteria Citizenship Requirement: Candidates should note that eligibility to compete is open to citizens of the European Economic Area (EEA). The EEA consists of the Member States of the European Union along with Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement (ISER): It is a condition of the Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement (ISER) as set out in Department of Finance Circular 12/09 that retirees, under that Scheme, are debarred from applying for another position in the same employment or the same sector. Therefore, such retirees may not apply for this position. Department of Health and Children Circular (7/2010): The Department of Health Circular 7/2010 dated 1 November 2010 introduced a Targeted Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) Scheme and Voluntary Redundancy Schemes (VRS). It is a condition of the VER scheme that persons availing of the scheme will not be eligible for re- employment in the public health sector or in the wider public service or in a body wholly or mainly ?mded from public moneys. The same prohibition on re?employment applies under the VRS, except that the prohibition is for a period of 7 years, after which time any re- employment will require the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. People who availed of either of these schemes are not eligible to compete in this competition. Collective Agreement: Redundancy Payments to Public Servants: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform letter dated 28111 June 2012 to Personnel Of?cers introduced, with e?ect from June 2012, a Collective Agreement which had been reached between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Public Services Committee of the ICTU in relation to ex?gratia Redundancy Payments to Public Servants. It is a condition of the Collective Agreement that persons availing of the agreement will not be eligible for re?employment in the public service by any public service body (as de?ned by the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts 2009 2011) for a period of 2 years from termination of the employment. Thereafter the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform will be required prior to re-employment. People who availed of this scheme and who may be successful in this competition will have to prove their eligibility (expiry of period of non-eligibility) and the Minister?s consent will have to be secured prior to employment by any public service body. Declaration: Applicants will be required to declare whether they have previously availed of a Public Service scheme of incentivised early retirement and/or the collective agreement outlined above. Applicants will also be required to declare any entitlements to a Public Service pension bene?t (in payment or preserved) from any other Public Service employment and/or where they have received a payment-in-lieu in respect of service in any Public Service nm?? nu Imus-ci- 1 ?nun. Digital Forensics Specialist 6 Of?ce of the Director ofCorporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation THE SELECTION PROCESS How to Apply Appiications must be made by submitting an on-line application and attaching a single document with the following elements included: El A comprehensive CV, including an organisation chart (See Senior Executive CV Guidance note here CI The ?Key Achievements Form? (Available here:i A short cover letter] personal statement (is. no more than 2 pages) outlining why you wish to be considered for the post and where you believe your skills, experience and values meet the requirements of the position. Closing Date: Midnight [date to be specified] Selection Process: The Selection Process may include: El shortlisting of candidates, on the basis of the information contained in their application; [1 a competitive preliminary interview; completion of an online questionnaire(s); El work sample/role play/media exercise. and any other tests or exercises that may be deemed appropriate; a competitive interview which may include a presentation. Please Note We acknowledge receipt of all applications. If you do not receive an acknowledgement within 3 days of applying, please email onla.couthan@publiciobs.ie.TBC You can expect to receive emails from us at the relevant stages notifying you to check your secure publiciobsie message board for campaign updates. We endeavour to give as much notice as possible for interview dates etc., candidates should make themselves available on the date(s) specified by the Public Appointments Service. Shortlisting in the event of a shortlisting exercise being employed an expert board will examine the information provided in your application form and assess it against criteria based on the requirements of the position. References be suitable referees that we might consult (2 3 names and contact details). he refers 5 do not have to include your current employer, but should be in a position to provide a reference for you. Please be assured that we will only contact referees should you come under consideration after preliminary interview stage. Please note. should you be successful at ?nal interview. we will require a reference from your current employer. prior to recommendation for appointment. We may require a candidate to complete a number of Digital Forensics Specialist 7 Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department ofJobs, Enterprise and Innovation clearance processes, such as. Health Character Declaration, Garda Vetting etc or any other relevant checks required for the particular role. General Information Security Clearance You will be required to complete and return a Garda Vetting form should you come under consideration for appointment. This form will be forwarded to An Garda Siochana for security checks on all Irish and Northern Irish addresses at which you resided. However should your application for the competition be unsuccessful this form will be destroyed by PAS. If you subsequently come under consideration for another position, you may therefore be required to complete a further Garda Vetting Form. Enquiries Prior to recommending any candidate for appointment to positions the Public Appointments Service or employing organisation will make all such enquiries that are deemed necessary e.g. employer references, to determine the suitability of that candidate. Until all stages of the recruitment process have been fully completed a ?nal determination cannot be made nor can it be deemed or inferred that such a determination has been made. Speci?c candidate criteria In addition to ful?lling the eligibility criteria set out, candidates must: Have the knowledge and ability to discharge the duties of the post concerned; Be suitable on the grounds of health character; Be suitable in all other relevant respects for appointment to the post concerned; If successful, they will not be appointed to the post unless they: Agree to undertake the duties attached to the post and accept the conditions under which the duties are, or may be required to be performed; and - Are fully competent and available to undertake, and fully capable of undertaking, the duties attached to the position. Non-Refund of Expenses Any expenses incurred by candidates whilst undertaking or attending any elements of the selection process will not be refunded. Appointments from panels It is envisaged that a panel(s) of quali?ed individuals will be established from which vacancies may be ?lled. Quali?cation and placement on a panel is not a guarantee of appointment to a position. Please note that once an offer of appointment has been accepted a candidate will no longer remain on the panel. I I 0 Should the person recommended for appointment decline, or having accepted it, relinquish it, the Department may at its discretion, select and recommend another person for appointment on the results of this selection process. Digital Forensics Specialist 8 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Candidates? Rights Review Procedures in relation to the Selection Process General information The PAS will consider requests for review in accordance with the provisions of the codes of practice published by the CPSA. A candidate can seek a review by a person in the recruiting body (initial reviewer). Where a candidate remains dissatis?ed following this initial review, he/she may seek to have the conduct of the initial review examined by a ?decision arbitrator?. As an alternative to the above, it is open to a candidate to seek to have the matter resolved on an informal basis, as set out below. If a candidate remains dissatis?ed following any such discussion it is open to him/her to seek a formal review. The Codes of Practice are available on the website of the Commission for Public Service Appointments, Digital Forensics Specialist Of?ce of the Director ol'Corporatc Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Principal Conditions of Service 1. General The appointment is to an established post in the Civil Service and is subject to the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005, the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 and any other Act for the time being in force relating to the Civil Service. 2. Pay The salary scale for this position is as follows: Principal Of?cer PPC [Personal Pension Contribution] Scale: ?79,401 - ?82,587 - ?85,750 - ?88,936 - ?91,624 - 694,1 102 6297,1943 This rate will apply where the appointee is an existing civil or public servant appointed on or a?er 6?ll April 1995 or is newly recruited to the Civil Service and is required to make a personal pension contribution. 01? Principal Of?cer Scale: ?75,647 - ?78,670 ?81,676 - ?84,706 ?87,258 - 6259,9064 - 6932,5505 This rate will apply where the appointee is a civil or public servant recruited before April 1995 and who is NOT required to make a Personal Pension Contribution. Long service increments may be payable after three and six (LSI-2) years? satisfactory service at the maximum of the scale. Entry will be at the minimum of the scale and the rate of remuneration will not be subject to negotiation. The rate of pay may be adjusted from time to time in line with Government pay policy. Different terms and conditions may apply depending on whether a successful candidate is a currently serving civil or public servant. Payment will be in arrears by Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) into a bank account of your choice. Payment cannot be made until you supply a bank account number and bank sort code to the Personnel Section. Statutory deductions ?om salary will be made as appropriate by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. 2 After 3 years satisfactory service at the maximmn 3 After 6 years satisfactaiy service at the maximum 4 After 3 years satisfactory service at the maximum 5 After 6 years satisfactmy service at the maximum Digital Forensics Specialist lU Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department ol'Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation You will agree that any overpayment of salary or of travel and subsistence may be deducted ?'om future salary payments due to you in accordance with the Payment of Wages Act 1991. In the event of such an occurrence, the Department will advise you in writing of the amount and details of any such overpayment and give you at least one week?s notice of the deduction to take place and will deduct the overpayment at an amount that is fair and reasonable having regard to all the circumstances. 3. Tenure The appointment is to an established position on a probationary contract in the Civil Service. The probationary contract will be for a period of one year from the date specified above. Notwithstanding this paragraph and paragraph 4 below, this will not preclude an extension of the probationary contract in appropriate circumstances. Notwithstanding this paragraph and paragraph 4 below, the probationary contract may be terminated at any time prior to the expiry of the term of the contract by either side in accordance with the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts, 1973 to 2005. 4. Probationary Review During the period of your probationary contract, your performance will be subject to review by your Manager(s) to determine whether you: have performed in a satisfactory manner, (ii) have been satisfactory in general conduct, and are suitable from the point of view of health with particular regard to sick leave. Prior to completion of the probationary contract, a decision will be made as to whether or not you will be retained pursuant to Section of the Civil Service Regulation .4ch 1956- 2005. This decision will be based on your performance assessed against the criteria set out in to above. The details of the probationary process will be explained to you by your employing Department and you will be given a copy of guidelines on probation issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. In the event that you are not considered as suitable to the position of Digital Forensics Specialist (Principal Of?cer) having been assessed against stated criteria, you will be noti?ed in writing of the action to be taken prior to the expiry of this contract and any extensions thereof. 5. Unfair Dismissals Acts The Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977-2007 will not apply to the termination of your employment by reason only of the expiry of this probationary contract without it being renewed. 6. Suspension of Probation The Department may suspend the probationary period and, as a result, extend the term of the probationary contract in the following circumstances: 0 the probationary period will be suspended if the officer is on Maternity or Adoptive leave, Digital Forensics Specialist I I Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation - the probationary period may, at the discretion of the Department, be suspended where the employee is absent on any other form of statutory or non- statutory leave. Where the Department?s ability to assess the of?cer and/or the of?cer?s ability to demonstrate their suitability for permanent appointment is compromised by the of?cer?s absence on leave, the contract period will be extended by the period of leave taken. 7. Duties You will be required to perform any duties appropriate to your grade which may be assigned to you during the probationary period. You may not engage in private practice or be connected with any outside business which would interfere with the performance of of?cial duties. 8. Headquarters On appointment to the Department your headquarters will be at the Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE), or be such as may be designated from time to time by the Head of the Department. When absent from home and headquarters on of?cial duty you will be paid appropriate travelling expenses and subsistence allowances, in accordance with Civil Service regulations. 9. The Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 The terms of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 will apply to your employment and the hours of attendance and leave entitlements that will apply is at Section 10 below. 10. Hours of Attendance Hours of attendance will be as ?xed from time to time but will amount to on average not less than 43 hours and 15 minutes gross or 37 hours net per week. 11. Annual Leave The annual leave allowance will be 30 working days a year. This allowance which is subject to the usual conditions regarding the granting of annual leave is on the basis of a ?ve day week and is exclusive of the usual public holidays. 12. Sick Leave Pay during properly-certi?ed sick absence, provided there is no evidence of permanent disability for service, will apply on a pro rata basis in accordance with the provisions of the sick leave Circulars. Of?cers who are paying Class A rate of PRSI will be required to sign a mandate authorising the Department of Social Protection to pay any bene?ts due to you under the Social Welfare Acts direct to the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Payment of salary during Ill-?ll??l-Ilh?ll Department of Social Protection within the required time limits. 13. Superannuation and Retirement The successful candidate will be offered the appropriate superannuation terms and conditions as prevailing in the Civil Service, at the time of being offered an appointment. In general, and except for candidates who have worked in a pensionable (non?single scheme terms) public Digital Forensics Specialist 12 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation servicejob in the 26 weeks prior to appointment (see paragraph below), this means being offered appointment based on membership of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme (?Single Scheme"). Key provisions attaching to membership of the Single Scheme are as follows: a. Pensionable Age The minimum age at which pension is payable is 66 (rising to 67 and 68) in line with State Pension age changes. 1). Retirement Age: Scheme members must retire at the age of 70. c. Pension Abatement If the appointee was previously employed in the Civil Service and is in receipt of a pension from the Civil Service normal abatement rules will apply. However, if the appointee was previously employed in the Civil Service and awarded a pension under voluntary early retirement arrangements (other than the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement (ISER) or the Department of Health Circular 7/2010 which, as indicated above, renders a person ineligible for the competition) the entitlement to that pension will cease with effect from the date of reappointment. Special arrangements will however, be made for the reckoning of previous service given by the appointee for the purpose of any future superannuation award for which the appointee may be eligible. - If the appointee was previously employed in the Civil Service or in the Public Service please note that the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 includes a provision which extends abatement of pension for all Civil and Public Servants who are re-employed where a Public Service pension is in payment. This provision to apply abatement across the wider public service came into effect on 1 November 2012. This may have pension implications for any person appointed to this position who is currently in receipt of a Civil or Public Service pension or has a preserved Civil or Public Service pension which will come into payment during hisfher employment in this position. I Department of Education and Skills Early Retirement Scheme for Teachers Circular 102/2007 The Department of Education and Skills introduced an Early Retirement Scheme for Teachers. It is a condition of the Early Retirement Scheme that with the exception of the situations set out in paragraphs 10.2 and 10.3 of the relevant circular documentation, and with those exceptions only, if a teacher accepts early retirement under Strands 1, 2 or 3 of this scheme and is subsequently employed in any capacity in any area of the public sector, payment of pension to that person under the scheme will immediately cease. Pension payments will, however, be resumed on the ceasing of such employment or on the person?s 60th birthday, 1.11?.11 1 . 1 . ?llil 1 actual reckonable service as a teacher (Le. the added years previously granted will not be taken into account in the calculation of the pension payment). 0 Ill?Health-Retirement Please note that where an individual has retired from a Civil/Public Service body on the grounds of ill?health his/her pension from that Digital Forensics Specialist 13 Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation employment may be subject to review in accordance with the rules of ill-health retirement within the pension scheme of that employment. d. Prior Public Servants While the default pension terms, as set out in the preceding paragraphs, consist of Single Scheme membership, this may not apply to certain appointees. Full details of the conditions governing whether or not a public servant is a Single Scheme member are given in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and other Provisions) Act 2012. However the key exception case (in the context of this competition and generally) 15 that a successful candidate who has worked in a pensionable (non-single scheme terms) capacity in the public service within 26 weeks of taking up appointment, would in general not become a member of the Single Scheme. In this case such a candidate would instead be offered membership of the pension scheme for non-established civil servants (?Non-Established State Employee Scheme?). This would mean that the abatement provisions at above would apply, and in addition there are implications in respect of pension accrual as outlined below: e. Pension Accrual A 40-year limit on total service that can be counted towards pension where a person has been a member of more than one existing public service pension scheme would apply. This 40- year limit, which is provided for in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and other Provisions) Act 2012 came into effect on 28 July 2012. This may have implications for any appointee who has acquired pension rights in a previous public service employment. f. Pension-Related Deduction This appointment is subject to the pension?related deduction in accordance with the Financial Emergency Measure in the Public Interest Act 2009. For further information in relation to the Single Public Service Pension Scheme for Public Servants please see the following website: IMPORTANT NOTICE The above represents the principal conditions of service and is not intended to be the comprehensive list of all terms and conditions of employment which will be set out in the employment contract to be agreed with the successful candidate(s). 14. Health and Safety Attention is drawn to the health and safety policy. It is a condition of employment that all aspects of the policy, of the Safety, Health and Welfaie at Work Act and relevant regulations must be complied with at all times. 15. Secrecy, Confidentiality and Standards of Behaviour Of?cial Secrecv and Integrity You will during the term of your probationary contract be subject to the provisions of the You will agree not to disclose to third parties any con?dential information either during or subsequent to the period of employment. Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour You will be subject to the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour. Digital Forensics Specialist l4 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Ethics in Public Of?ce Act 1995 The Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 will apply, where appropriate, to your employment. Publication of any Material You will agree not to publish material related to your of?cial duties without prior approval by the Minister. Political Activigg During the term of your employment you will be subject to the rules governing Civil Servants and politics. 16. Personnel Code All Circulars are available on the website or from the Personnel Section. Digital Forensics Specialist 15 Of?ce ofthe Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Appendix 1 Research has been carried out and the competencies required for performance in the Principal Of?cer and Principal Of?cer Higher roles. in the wider Civil Service. have been identi?ed as set out below. However please note that these are 'generic' competencies and may be modi?ed for the purpose of this selection process. LEVEL Laide?rishtp?stSb-etegtc Direction Leads the team. setting high standards. tackling any performance problems 8: facilitating high performance? Contributes to the shaping of Departmental/Government strategy and policy Develops capability and capacity across the team through effective delegation Develops a culture of teaming development. offering coaching and constructivelsupportive feedback Leeds on preparing for and implementing signi?cant change and reform Anticipates and responds quickly to developments in the sectorlbroader environment Actively collaborates with other Departments and Agencies Judgejhentm Diclslon Making identi?es and focuses on core issues when dealing with?complex information/situations Sees the relationships between issues and quickly grasps the high level and socio-political implications identi?es coherent solutions to complex issues Takes action. making decisions in a timely manner and having the courage to see them through Makes sound and well informed decisions. understanding their impact and implications Strives to effectively balance the sectoral issues. political elements and the citizen impact in all decisions Management 8- Delivery of Results initiates and takes personal responsibility for delivering resultsis?rvlces in own area Balances strategy and operational detail to meet business needs Manages multiple agendas and tasks and realtocates resources to manage changes in focus Makes optimum use of resources implements performance measures to deliver objectives Ensures the optimal use of and new delivery models Critically reviews projects and activities to ensure their effectiveness and that they meet Departmental requirements lnstils the importance of ef?ciencies. value for money corporate governance requirements . Ensures team are focused and act on Business plan priorities. even when faced with pressure Building Relationships Communication . Speaks and writes in a clear. articulate and impactfui'rrianner Actively listens. seeking to understand the perspective and position of others - Works effectively within the political process. recognizing and managing the tensions arising from different stakeholders perspectives . Proactively engages with colleagues at all levels of the organization and across other Departments and builds strong professional networks . Makes opinions known when slhe feels it is right to do so H- . Drive and Commitment Consistently strives to perform at a high level Demonstrates personal commitment to the role. maintaining determination and persistence ls personally trustworthy and honest. delivering on premises and commitments Ensures the citizen is at the heart of all services provided is resilient. maintaining composure even in adverse or challenging situations Promotes a culture that fosters the highest standards of ethics and integrity . Develops and maintains skills and expertise Err-ass ?rmber of areasthataEr?e?ant tohislher?eid and recognized by people internal and external to the Department 0 Keeps up to date with key departmental. sectoral. national and international policies and economic. political and social trends that affect the role . Maintains a strong focus on self-development. seeking feedback and opportunities for growth Digital Forensics Specialist 16 Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 3 5% Re: Fw: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE E3 ?57 John Hughes to Mary Cullen 30/01/20171464 Cc Harry Lester Thanks, Mary. i agree with your responses save insofar as the following are concerned: 0 Grade will be PO equivalent. 0 is likely to have a management functionlresponsibilities but lan Drennan can con?rm. a No need to respond re TLAC piece as will be open recruitment to PO equivalent level John, 30/1. John Hughes, Principal, HR, Learning 8: Development and Business Services Units. Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. D02 T030 Phone 01-6312246 Mary Cullen John PAS have been unable to advertise the 27/01/2017 18:02:03 From: Mary Cullen/enternp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 27/01/2017 18:02 Subject: Fw: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Foren?i_cs ODCE John PAS have been unable to advertise the post this week as OGCIO have reverted with queries regarding the ODCE Digital Forensic Specialist (PO) post. My obs in red in response to the questions raised, for further consideration please is this a new post? If so. has the establishment at the new post received the necessary approvals? Draft response: Yes this is a new post. has delegated staffing sanction from DPER up to and including PO (Standard) grade. will the successful candidate be appointed to the Principal Ofticer grade or to a position that is at the same level as Principal OfiicerB: Draft response: PO grade? will the successful candidate have to manage a team including an administrative stream and/or a specialist stream? If so, there should be explicit mention of the senior management role within the organisation including managing a team PMDS strategic planning setting strategic direction for specific solutions for ODCE and working with the compliance with procurement and circulars including Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 02/16 In relation to related expenditure. Draft response: the post is that of Specialist not Manager. HOWEVER REFER TO ODCE FOR is the purpose of the role is to acquire specific digital forensic skills? it so. the educational requirements should be more specific, at a minimum STEM and level 8. ideally in computer science; with a desirable postgraduate certification in digital forensics or professionai digitai forensics qualification. Draft response: ODCE comments? the essential skills attributes will be determined by the exact nature of the role but should require a minimum 5 years? experience in a senior role in ICT which includes direct experience digital forensics along with a Primary Degree and post grad qualification possibly a minimum of 7 years' experience along with specific digital forensics experience and relevant professional qualifications. Section 7 'Dufies' states that 'You will be required to perform any duties appropriate to your grade which may be assigned to you during the probationary period. You may not engage in private practice or be connected with any outside business which would interfere with the performance of official duties.? 0 The first sentence of the paragraph applies at all times and not just the probationary period {the final paragraph under the 'Rote' section already states that the post holder may be required to perform other duties). Draft response: noted. Suggest Section 7 change to: perform other duties as appropriate to the grade which may be assigned to you from time to time and to contribute to the development of the past while in office The second sentence appears to be a condition of service/employment and not a duty. Draft response: Noted, however. as it refers to matters which may impinge on a duty if has been inserted at this point? Will the successful candidate have to pursue a learning and development programme or have to maintain membership of a relevant body in order to ensure that his/her ability to provide digital forensic services remain current? And Draft response: REFER TO ODCE FOR the application process appears to be geared to a TLAC type competition. Draft response: Noted if this is the recommendation and the best way to fill this specialised post? Regards Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignment and Pay Section Department of Jobs. Enterprise Innovation 23 Kildare Street 002 TD30 email: mary.cullen@djei.ie Tel: 01-6312466 Forwarded by Mary Cuilenlentemp on 2710112017 17:36 From: Martina Rooney To: Cc: Niamh McGuinness huh-u horn-I "1nd nnmu Subject: FW: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE Mary, As discussed we were informed that OGCIO needed to review and approve any ICT related posts to ensure consistency in criteria, qualification requirements etc. They have come back to us with the following queries and suggested changes to the booklet. In light of the changes required we have missed the deadline for this week. Can you review the booklet in light of these suggested changes. We should be in a position to advertise it next week ifwe can get agreed final booklet sorted by the end of the week Please give me a call if you want to discuss Regards Martina Martina Rooney Client Relations +353 1 858 7630 Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapachain Phoibli Chapter House. 26130 Abbey Street Upper. Dublin 1. i301 CTWS publicjoste gradpublicjobs.ie stateboardsJe Certi?ed by NSAI for Excellence Through Peeple 2015 Winner Gradlreland Recruitment Awards - Best Graduate Recruitment Website 2015 Fairness impartiality independence Value Customer Service innovation Collaboration Designated Public Of?cial under Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. see From: Digital Government Oversight Unit [maiitozDGOU@per.gov.ie] Sent: 25 January 2017 10:45 To: Martina Rooney Cc: Mary O'Donohue Digital Government Oversight Unit Subject: FW: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE Martina, Re: Digital Forensics job in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) Mary (O?Donohue) passed your email the office at meetings. Attached as requested are obs relating to the role and apologies if some duplicate your telephone discussion with Mary: as discussed with Mary, is this a new post? if so. has the establishment of the new post received the necessary approvals? a will the successful candidate be appointed to the Principal Officer grade or to a position that is at the same level as Principal Officer?; . will the successful candidate have to manage a team including an administrative stream and/or a specialist stream? if so, there should be explicit iriuntiurl U?hc senior luie within the Diganisaiion including managing a team, PMDS. strategic planning, setting strategic direction for speci?c solutions for ODCE and working with the Department?s Unit to ensure required solutions are delivered, leading and ensuring compliance with procurement and circulars including Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 02/16 in relation to lCT-related expenditure. 0 is the purpose of the role is to acquire specific digital forensic skills? it so, the educational requirements should be more speci?c, at a minimum STEM and level 8, ideally in computer science; with a desirable post graduate certification in digital forensics or professional digital forensics qualification. . the essential skills attributes will be determined by the exact nature of the role but should require a minimum 5 years? experience in a senior role in ICT which includes direct experience digital forensics along with a Primary Degree and post grad quali?cation 9_r possibly a minimum of 7 years? experience along with specific digital forensics experience and relevant professional quali?cations. . Section 7 ?Duties' states that 'You will be required to perform any duties appropriate to your grade which may be assigned to you during the probationary period. You may not engage in private practice or be connected with any outside business which would interfere with the performance of official duties.? 0 The first sentence of the paragraph applies at all times and not just the probationary period (the final paragraph under the ?Role? section already states that the post holder may be required to perform other duties) 0 The second sentence appears to be a condition of service/employment and not a duty. a Will the successful candidate have to pursue a learning and development programme or have to maintain membership of a relevant body in order to ensure that his/her ability to provide digital forensic services remain current? and . the application process appears to be geared to a TLAC type competition. have not looked closely at the conditions of service as I expect that PAS has a standard template for these and modify them in line with the post being advertised (the conditions of service appear different to the conditions of service attached to the DIES PO post that was also emailed to Mary last week). Give me a call if any of my comments are unclear. Regards, Mick (McCarthy) Ph. 01?6045102 From: Martina Rooney Sent: Friday 20 January 2017 13:50 I - Subject: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics Mary, As discussed please find attached the draft booklet for the Digital Forensics job in ODCE Robbie Morrissey will e?mail your this evening re: proposed Interview dates as they are just trying to tie them down at the moment Regards Martina Regards Martina Martina Rooney Client Relations +353 1 858 7630 Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapachain Phoibli Chapter House. 26130 Abbey Street Upper. Dublin 1, 001 CTWG gradpubllc]obs.ia stateboards.ie Certi?ed by for Excellence Through People 2015 Winner Gradlreland Recruitment Awards - Best Graduate Recruitmenl Website 2015 Fairness 8: lmpartlallty Independence Value Customer Service Innovation Collaboration Deslgnated Public Of?cial under Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. see wvvaobbyingle imageDO1.png imageOU2.png $31] it?li 20161222 - Job Spec Digital Forensicsdocx This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?usaid an duine aonair no an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu a ta Munar an duine a be choir an riomhphost seo, no son chuid de, a fhail, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a choipeail no a dhaileadh. D?an teagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat? agus inis do/di go bhfuair tr] tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a tit ag d?anamh idirghninmhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil Driacail i gceist ages to ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogarr leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomIan slan a ta ann chun sonrai a char ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir somai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fon?ta seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. Fw: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE gar Mary Cullen to: tan Drennan 30/01/2017 15:30 . Harry Lester, Breda Power Ian It was not possible for PAS to advertise the above last week due to queries from the OGCIO - which are set out below, along with (in red) some proposed responses. Would you review further please re the questions raised and responses which we should' Issue to PAS. Regards. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise. and Innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 D02 TDSO email: Tel:01-6312466 Forwarded by Mary Cullen/entemp on 30/01/2017 15:08 - Mary Cullen John PAS have been unable to advertise 27/01/2017 18:02:03 From: Mary Cullen/entemp To: John Hughes/enlemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 27/01/2017 18:02 Subject: Fw: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE John PAS have been unable to advertise the post this week as OGCIO have reverted with queries regarding the ODCE Digital Forensic Specialist (PO) post. My obs in red in response to the questions raised. for further consideration please: is this a new post? If so, has the establishment of the new post received the necessary approvals? Draft response: Yes this Is a new post DJEI has delegated staffing sanction from DPEF. up to and including PO (Standard) grade will the successful candidate be appointed to the Principal Officer grade or to a 9-. "1513i. a? th?sme mitigmr Draft response: PO equivalent? will the successful candidate have to manage a team including an administrative stream and/or a specialist stream? If so there should be explicit mention of the senior management role within the organisation including managing a team. PMDS strategic planning. setting strategic direction for specific ICT solutions for ODCE and working with the Department' 5 ICT Unit to ensure required solutions are delivered leading and ensuring compliance with procurement and circulars including Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular O2/t6 in relation to ICT?related expenditure. Draft response: the post is Specialist but is likely to have some managerial function. REFER TO ODCE FOR is the purpose of the role is to acquire speci?c digital forensic skills? it so. the educational requirements should be more specific, at a minimum STEM and level 8, ideally in computer science: with a desirable post graduate certification in digital forensics or professional digital forensics qualification. Draft response: ODCE comments? the essential skills attributes will be determined by the exact nature of the role but should require a minimum 5 years' experience in a senior role in ICT which includes direct experience digital forensics along with a Primary Degree and post grad qualification 9_r possibly a minimum of 7 years' experience along with specific digital forensics experience and relevant professional qualifications. Draft response: ODCE comments? Section 7 ?Duties? states that ?You will be required to perform any duties appropriate to your grade which may be assigned to you during the probationary period. You may not engage in private practice or be connected with any outside business which would interfere with the performance of official duties.? 0 The first sentence of the paragraph applies at all times and not just the probationary period (the ?nal paragraph under the 'Role' section already states that the post holder may be required to perform other duties). Draft response: noted. Suggest Section 7 change to: perform other duties as appropriate to the grade which may be assigned to you from time to time and to contribute to the development of the past while in office The second sentence appears to be a condition of service/employment and not a duty. Draft response: Noted. however. as it refers to matters which may impinge on a duly it has been inserted at this point? Will the successful candidate have to pursue a learning and development programme or have to maintain membership of a relevant body in order to ensure that his/her ability to provide digital forensic services remain current? And Draft response: REFER TO ODCE FOR the application process appears to be geared to a TLAC type competition. Draft response: PAS open competition at PO level? Regards Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignment and Pay Section Department of Jobs, Enterprise Innovation 23 Kildare Street 362 T338 email: mary.cullen@djei.ie Tel: 01?63l2466 Fonrvarded by Mary Culten/entemp on 27/01/2017 17:36 From: Martina Rooney To: "Mary.Cullen@djei.ie" Cc: Niamh McGuinness Dole: 26/01/2017 09:04 Subiecl: FW: 20l 6i 222 Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE Mary, As discussed we were informed that OGCIO needed to review and approve any related posts to ensure consistency in criteria, qualification requirements etc. They have come back to us with the following queries and suggested changes to the booklet. In light of the changes required we have missed the deadline for this week. Can you review the booklet in light of these suggested changes. We should be in a position to advertise it next week if we can get agreed final booklet sorted by the end of the week Please give me a call if you want to discuss Regards Martina Martina Rooney Client Relations +353 1 858 7630 Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapachain Phoibli Chapter House. 26130 Abbey Street Upper. Dublin 1. D01 C7W6 stateboardsJe Certi?ed by NSAI for Excellence Through People 2015 Winner Gradlreland Recruitment Awards - Best Graduate Recruitment Website 2015 Fairness 8. lmpartlallty Independence Value Customer Service Innovation Collaboration Designated Public ornciai under Regulation of Lobbying Acl 2015. see From: Digital Government Oversight Unit [mailtozDGOU@per.gov.ie] Sent: 25 January 2017 10:45 To: Martina Rooney Cc: Mary O'Donohue Digital Government Oversight Unit Subject: FW: 20161222 - Job Spec Digital Forensics ODCE Martina, Re: Digital Forensics job in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) Mary (O'Donohue) passed your email the office at meetings. Attached as requested are obs relating to the role and apologies if some duplicate as discussed with Mary, is this a new post? If so, has the establishment of the new post received the necessary approvals? a will the successful candidate be appointed to the Principal Officer grade or to a position that is at the same level as Principal Officer?; 0 will the successful candidate have to manage a team including an administrative stream and/or a specialist stream? If so, there should be [have explicit mention of the senior management role within the organisation including managing a team, PMDS, strategic planning, setting strategic direction for speci?c solutions for ODCE and working with the Department's Unit to ensure required solutions are delivered, leading and ensuring compliance with procurement and circulars including Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 02/16 in relation to lCT?related expenditure. - is the purpose of the role is to acquire speci?c digital forensic skills? If so, the educational requirements should be more specific, at a minimum STEM and level 8, ideally in computer science; with a desirable post graduate certification in digital forensics or professional digital forensics qualification. . the essential skills attributes will be determined by the exact nature of the role but should require a minimum 5 years? experience in a senior role in ICT which includes direct experience digital forensics along with a Primary Degree and post grad qualification gr possibly a minimum of 7 years' experience along with speci?c digital forensics experience and relevant professional quali?cations. a Section 7 'Duties' states that ?You will be required to perform any duties appropriate to your grade which may be assigned to you during the probationary period. You may not engage in private practice or be connected with any outside business which would interfere with the performance of of?cial duties.? 0 The first sentence of the paragraph applies at all times and not just the probationary period (the final paragraph under the ?Role' section already states that the post holder may be required to perform other duties) 0 The second sentence appears to be a condition of service/employment and not a duty. a Will the successful candidate have to pursue a learning and development programme or have to maintain membership of a relevant body in order to ensure that his/her ability to provide digital forensic services remain current? and the application process appears to be geared to a TLAC type competition. not looked closely at the conditions of service as I expect that PAS has a standard template for these and modify them in line with the post being advertised (the conditions of service appear different to the conditions of service attached to the DIES PO post that was also emailed to Mary last week). Give me a call if any of my comments are unclear. Mick (McCarthy) Ph. 01?6045102 From: Martina Rooney Sent: Friday 20 January 2017 13:50 To: Mary O'Donohue (OGCIO) Subject: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics Mary, As discussed please find attached the draft booklet for the Digital Forensics job in ODCE Robbie Morrissey will e-mail your this evening re: proposed Interview dates as they are just trying to tie them down at the moment Regards Martina Regards Martina Martina Rooney Client Relations +353 1 858 7630 Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapachain Phoibli Chapter House. 26l30 Abbey Street Upper, Dublin 1. 001 CTWG gradpubliciobs.ie stateboardsJe Certi?ed by NSAI for Excellence Through People 2015 Winner Gradlreland Recruitment Awards - Best Graduate Recruitment Website 2015 Independence Value Customer Servlce Innovation Collaboration Designated Public Of?cial under Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015, see imageOOl.png imogeOO2.png imcge003.png an .. 2OI61222 - Job Spec Digital Forensicsdocx .le This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d??said an duine aonair no an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu a ta Munar hi an duine a ba choir an riomhphost seo, no aon chuid de, a ?iail, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a choipeail no a dhaileadh. Dean teagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis d?ldi go bhfuair tti tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tu ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta n? iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlz?m slain a t? arm chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, n? cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fon?ta seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. ?52 fr PW: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital oocrs "7 Mary Cullen 1 Harry Lester 31/01/201712218 Damien Byrne Harry This will need to be discussed with John and update sent to PAS please. Thanks. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 D02 TD30 email: mary.cullen@djei.io 1e1201-6312466 Forwarded by Mary Cullen/enlemp on 31/01/2017 17.218 From: Ian Drennan/enlemp To: Mary Culten/enlemp?ENiEMP, Cc: Breda Harry Date: 31/01/2017 10:54 Subjec?: Re: Fw: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digilal Forensics ODCE Where applicable plea5e find set out below. comments [in blue typeface). Regards. Ian Mary Cullen 1cm 11 was not possible for PAS to advertise 30/01/2017 15:31:51 From: Mary Cullen/entemp To: Ian Drennon/enlemp??ENTEMP, 2-. leme-eEH-i-EM-?L?Bfee?a . Date: 30/01/2017 15:30 Subjec': Fw: 20161222 - Job Spec Digital Forensics ODCE Ian It was not possible for PAS to advertise the above last week due 10 queries from the OGCIO which are set out below, along with (in red) some proposed responses. Would you review further please re the questions raised and responses which we should issue to PAS. Regards. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs. Enterprise, and Innovation Kildare Street. Dublin 2 D02 T030 email: mary.CUlten@djei.ie Tel101?6312466 Forwarded by Mary Cullen/entemp on 30/01/2017 15:08 Mary Cullen John PAS have been unable to advertise 27/01/2017 18:02:03 From: Mary Cullen/entemp To: John Hughes/entemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 27/01/2017 18:02 Subject: Fw: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE John PAS have been unable to advertise the post this week as OGCIO have reverted with queries regarding the ODCE Digital Forensic Specialist (PO) post. My obs in red in response to the questions raised, for further consideration please: is this a new post? if so, has the establishment of the new post received the necessary approvals? Draft response: Yes this is a new post. DJEI has delegated staffing sanction from DPER up to and including PO (Standard) grade. Nil obs. will the successful candidate be appointed to the Principal Officer grade or to a position that is at the same level as Principal Otticer??; Draft response: PO equivalent? PO equivalent I assume (that is the case with other ODCE professional staff at that level, Legal Advisor etc.) will the successful candidate have to manage a team including an administrative stream and/or a specialist stream? it so, there should be explicit mention of the senior management role within the organisation including managing a team, PMDS, strategic planning setting strategic direction for specific solutions for ODCE and working with the Department' 5 Unit to ensure required solutions are delivered leading and ensuring i Reform Circular 02/16 In relation to [CT-related expenditure. Draft response: the post is Specialist but is likely to have some managerial function. REFER TO ODCE FOR It is difficult to understand certain of these comments in that: 0 page 4 of the Information Booklet expressly refers to the seniority of the role: 0 page 3 of the Booklet expressly refers to the development of strategy and plans and the implementation thereof; 0 page 3 of the Booklet expressly refers to the fact that the post holder will be required to liaise with the Department's IT function: 9 page 4 of the Booklet expressly refers to the fact that the post holder will be expected to ensure that the ODCE's approach towards procurement is consistent with, inter alfa. the Public Service lT Strategy In light of the foregoing. one wonders whether. in formulating these comments. the actually reviewed the Information Booklet. With reference to the issue of whether the post holder will be managing a team. as the ODCE is currently constituted, the answer is no (in that we don't currently have any It staff. That said. clearly there is the possibility into the future that the post holder might be required to assume responsibility for staff management. As such, it would seem more appropriate to leave open that possibility (as is done on page 4 of the Booklet) than expressly refer to management responsibility in circumstances where there are not currently any direct reports. However, I am happy to leave that to HR to finalise. is the purpose of the role is to acquire specific digital forensic skills? If so, the educational requirements should be more specific, at a minimum STEM and level 8. ideally in computer science; with a desirable post graduate certification in digital forensics or professional digital forensics qualification. Dratt response: ODCE comments? The purpose of the role is clearly described in the Information Booklet. The approach adopted to essential educational requirements was that, to be too prescriptive in Specifying educational requirements. might result in dissuading applications from persons capable of fulfilling the rate. An Interview Board including a person (or persons) with the appropriate knowledge of such matters should be well placed to distinguish between what is relevant and what is not. Under the heading of desirable qualifications, it is made clear that additional relevant qualifications will be an advantage. Again, the approach was on the basis that. if we are too prescriptive around qualifications in forensics) we may limit the field of applicants to few or even none. My concern here is that, if we prescribe that applicants must have a Masters or equivalent, we may get no applications. As drafted, the Booklet provides the Interview Board with the scope to award extra marks to applicants possessing higher/extra qualifications. the essential skills attributes will be determined by the exact nature of the role but should require a minimum 5 years? experience in a senior role in ICT which includes direct experience digital forensics along with a Primary Degree and post grad qualification possibly a minimum of 7 years' experience along with specific digital forensics experience and relevant professional qualifications. Draft response: ODCE comments? My comment above refers. Also, the Booklet sets the experiential requirement at a minimum of 5 years relevant experience at a suitably senior level. Section 7 ?Duties' states that 'You will be required to perform any duties appropriate to your grade which may be assigned to you during the probationary period. You may not engage in private practice or be connected with any outside business which would interfere with the performance of official duties.? probationary period (the final paragraph under the ?Rote? section already states that the post holder may be required to perform other duties). Draft response: noted. Suggest Section 7 change to: perform other duties as appropriate to the grade which may be assigned to you from time to time and to contribute to the development of the past while in office Personnel matter a The second sentence appears to be a condition of service/employment and not a duty. Draft response: Noted, however, as it refers to matters which may impinge on a duty it has been inserted at this point? Personnel matter Will the successful candidate have to pursue a learning and development programme or have to maintain membership of a relevant body in order to ensure that his/her ability to provide digital forensic services remain current? And Draft response: REFER TO ODCE FOR Impossible to answer. That is entirely contingent upon the successful candidate's existing qualifications. the application process appears to be geared to a TLAC type competition. Draft response: PAS open competition at PO level? Personnel matter. Regards Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignment and Pay Section Department of Jobs. Enterprise Innovation 23 Kildare Street D02 TD30 email: mary.cullen@djei.ie Tel: 01-6312466 Forwarded by Mary Cullen/entemp on 27/01/2017 t7z36 From: Martina Rooney To: "Mary.Cutlen@djei.ie" Cc: Niamh McGuinness Date: 26/01/2017 09:04 Subject: FW: 20] an 222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE Mary, As discussed we were informed that OGCID needed to review and approve any ICT related posts to ensure consistency in criteria, qualification requirements etc. They have come back to us with the following queries and suggested changes to the booklet. In light of the changes required we have missed the deadline for this week. Can you review the booklet in light of these suggested changes. We should be in a position to advertise it next week if we can get agreed final booklet sorted by the end of the week Please give me a call if you want to discuss Regards Martina Martina Rooney Flinn? +3531 858 7630 Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapach?in Phoibli Chapter House. 26130 Abbey Street Upper, Dublin 1. 001 CTWE publicjobs.ie gradpublicjobsje stateboards.ie Certified by NSAI for Excellence Through People 2015 Winner Gradlreland Recruitment Awards - Best Graduate Recruilment Website 2015 Fairness 8. Impartiality Independence Value Customer Service Innovation Collaboration Designated Public Of?cial under Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. see From: Digital Government Oversight Unit [mailtozDGOU@per.gov.ie] Sent: 25 January 2017 10:45 To: Martina Rooney Cc: Mary O'Donohue Digital Government Oversight Unit Subject: FW: 20161222 Job Spec - Digital Forensirs ODCE Martina. Re: Digital Forensics job in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) Mary (O?Donohue) passed your email the office at meetings. Attached as requested are obs relating to the role and apologies if some duplicate your telephone discussion with Mary: . as discussed with Mary. is this a new post? If so, has the establishment of the new post received the necessary approvals? a will the successful candidate be appointed to the Principal Officer grade or to a position that is at the same level as Principal Of?cer?; will the successful candidate have to manage a team including an administrative stream and/or a specialist stream? If so, there should be explicit mention of the senior management role within the organisation including managing a team, PMDS, strategic planning, setting strategic direction for speci?c ICT solutions for ODCE and working with the Department's ICT Unit to ensure required solutions are delivered, leading and ensuring compliance with procurement and circulars including Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 02/18 in relation to lCT~related expenditure. 0 is the purpose of the role is to acquire specific digital forensic skills? If so, the educational requirements should be more specific, at a minimum STEM and level 8. ideally in computer science; with a desirable post graduate certification in digital forensics or professional digital forensics qualification. 0 the essential skills I attributes will be determined by the exact nature of the role but should require a minimum 5 years' experience in a senior role in ICT which includes direct experience digital forensics along with a Primary Degree and post grad qualification possibly a minimum of 7 years? professional quali?cations. 0 Section 7 'Duties' states that "r?ou will be required to perform any duties appropriate to your grade which may be assigned to you during the probationary period. You may not engage in private practice or be connected with any outside business which would interfere with the performance of official duties.? The first sentence of the paragraph applies at all times and not just the probationary period (the final paragraph under the ?Role' section already states that the post holder may be required to perform other duties) 0 The second sentence appears to be a condition of service/employment and not a duty. a Will the successful candidate have to pursue a learning and development programme or have to maintain membership of a relevant body in order to ensure that his/her ability to provide digital forensic services remain current? and the application process appears to be geared to a TLAC type competition. I have not looked closely at the conditions of service as I expect that PAS has a standard template for these and modify them in line with the post being advertised (the conditions of service appear different to the conditions of service attached to the DIES PO post that was also emailed to Mary last week). Give me a call if any of my comments are unclear. Regards. Mick (McCarthy) Ph. 01-6045102 From: Martina Rooney Sent: Friday 20 January 2017 13:50 To: Mary O'Donohue (OGCIO) Subject: 20161222 Job Spec - Digital Forensics Mary, As discussed please find attached the draft booklet for the Digital Forensics job in ODCE Robbie Morrissey will e-mail your this evening re: proposed Interview dates as they are just trying to tie them down at the moment Regards Martina Regards Martina Martina Rooney Client Relations +3531 858 7630 Public Appointments Service An tbett?bl'llg um oneapacnam Chapter House, 26I30 Abbey Street Upper. Dublln 1, D01 CYWG gradpublictoste stateboards.ie Certi?ed by NSAI for Excellence Through People 2015 Winner Gradlreland Recruitment Awards - Best Graduate Recruitment Website 2015 Fairness 8. lmpartiality Independence Value Customer Service Innovation Collaboration Designated Public Of?cial under Regulation of Act 2015, see [attachment "image001.png" deleted by Ian Drennan/entemp] [attachment "image002.png" deleted by Ian Drennan/entemp] [attachment ?image003.png" deleted by Ian Drennan/entemp] [attachment "20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensicsdocx" deleted by Ian Drennan/entemp] [attachment deleted by Ian Drennan/entemp] [attachment deleted by lan Drennan/entemp] This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, cepy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtcar ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?usaid an duine aonair no an aon?in amhain ar cuireaclh chucu a ta Munar tu an duine a be choir an riomhphost sec, no aon chuid de, a thail, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a choipeail no a dhaileadh. D?an teagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis do/di go bhfuair tn 6 tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighcleanach a thuiscint go blifuil priacail i gceist agus tt'i ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan slan a tit ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir somai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fonota seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomliphost seo chun viris riornhaireachta a lorg. Re: Fw: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE L'j John Hughes to: Harry Lester 03102120171453 Cc: Damien Byrne. Mary Cullen All reads good to me for issue. John Hughes, Principal. HR, Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs. Enterprise. and innovation, Kiidare Street, Dublin 2. D02 TD30 Phone - 01-6312246 Harry Lester Hi John, We reviewed the responses to the 0310212017 14:32:12 From: Harry Lesterlentemp To: John Hugheslentemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Mary Cullenlenternp@ENTEMP. Damien Date: OSIOZIZOW 14:32 Subject: Fw: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE Hi John, I've reviewed the responses to the questions that Mary and tan drafted. and created an amalgamated response for your consideration: is this a new post? if so. has the establishment of the new post received the necessary approvals? Draft response: Yes this is a new post. DJEI has delegated staffing sanction irom DPER up to and including PO (Standard) grade. will the successful candidate be appointed to the Principal Oflicer grade or to a position that is at the same level as Principal Ofiiceri?; Draft response: Yes, the appointment will be made at F0 or PO equivalent. will the successful candidate have to manage a team including an administrative stream and/or a specialist stream? it so, there should be explicit mention of the senior management role within the organisation including managing a team, PMDS, strategic planning. setting strategic direction for specific solutions for ODCE and working with the Department?s ICT Unit to ensure required solutions are delivered, leading and ensuring compliance with procurement and circulars including Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 02/ i 6 in relation to iCT-related expenditure. Mference to the query regarding whether the post holder will be managing 0 team: 75:5 fife ODCE :3 CU present). There is however the possibility into the future that the post holder might be required to assume responsibility for staft management. As such, it would seem appropriate to leave open that possibility (as is done on page 4 of the Booklet) than expressly refer to management responsibility in circumstances where there are not currently any direct reports. In relation to the other queries regarding seniority, strategic planning direction, liaison, and procurement: 0 page 4 of the information Booklet expressiy refers to the seniority of the role; 0 page 3 of the Bookiet expressly refers to the development of strategy and plans, and the implementation thereof; 0 page 3 of the Booklet expressly refers to the fact that the post holder will be required to liaise with the Department's iT function: 0 page 4 of the Booklet expressly refers to the fact that the post holder will be expected to ensure that the ODCE's approach towards procurement is consistent with, inter alia, the Public Service iT Strategy is the purpose of the role is to acquire specific digital forensic skills? it so, the educational requirements should be more speci?c, at a minimum STEM and level 8. ideally in computer science: with a desirable post graduate certification in digital forensics or professional digital forensics qualification. Draft response: The purpose of the role is set out in the information Booklet, and requires expertise in digital forensic skills. The approach adopted to essential educational requirements was that, to be too prescriptive in specifying educationai requirements, might result in dissuadlng applications from persons capable of fulfilling the rate. An interview Board including a person (or persons) with the appropriate knowledge of such matters should be well placed to distinguish between what is relevant and what is not. Under the heading of desirable It is made clear that additional reievant qualifications will be an advantage. Again, the approach was on the basis that, if we are too prescriptive around qualifications in forensics) we may limit the field of applicants to few or even none. For example, if we prescribe that applicants must have a Masters or equivalent. we may get no applications. As drafted, the Booklet provides the interview Board with the scope to award extra marks to applicants possessing higher/extra qualifications. the essential skills attributes will be determined by the exact nature of the role but should require a minimum 5 years' experience in a senior role in which includes direct experience digital forensics along with a Primary Degree and post grad qualification g_r possibly a minimum of 7 years' experience along with specific digital forensics experience and relevant professional qualifications. Draft response: See response directly above. The Booklet sets the experiential requirement at a minimum of 5 years relevant experience at a suitably senior level. Section 7 'Duties' states that 'You will be required to perform any duties appropriate to your grade which may be assigned to you during the probationary period. You may not engage in private practice or be connected with any outside business which would interfere with the performance of official duties.? 0 The first sentence of the paragraph applies at all times and not just the probationary period (the final paragraph under the ?Roie' section already states that the post holder may be required to perform other duties). nr - n: appropriate to the grade which may be assigned to you from time to trme and to contribute to the development of the post while in office The second sentence appears to be a condition of service/employment and not a duty. Draft response: Noted. As it refers to matters which may impinge on a duty it was inserted at this point, however we are amenable to it being moved to a more suitable section of the booklet. Will the successful candidate have to pursue a learning and development programme or have to maintain membership of a relevant body in order to ensure that his/her ability to provide digital forensic services remain current? And Draft response: This is contingent upon the successful candidate?s existing quali?cations, which will not be known until applications are received. the application process appears to be geared to a TLAC type competition. Drait response: The intention Is that the Job would be advertised through a PAS open competition at P0 level. Regards, Harry Lester Department of Jobs, Enterprise and innovation HR Unit Kildare St Dublin 2 Direct Dial 01 631 2244 E-mail: Fomarded by Harry Lester/entemp on 0310212017 14:10 From: Mary Cullen/entemp To: Harry Cc: Damien Byrnelentemp@ENTEMP Date: 31/01/2017 12:18 Subject: Fw: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE Harry This will need to be discussed with John and update sent to PAS please. Thanks. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs. Enterprise, and Innovation i?ldare Street. DJEHP. 2' D02 T030 email: Tel: 0l-63 2466 Forwarded by Mary Cullen/entemp on 31/01/2017 12:18 From: Ian Drennanlentemp To: Mary Cullen/entemp@ENTEMP, Cc: Breda Powerlentemp@ENTEMP. Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 31/01/2017 10:54 Subject: Re: Fw: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE Mary, Where applicable. please ?nd set out below my comments (in blue typeface). Regards, Ian Mary Cullen lan It was not possible for PAS to advertise the 30/01/201715130251 From: Mary Cullen/entemp To: lan Drennan/enlemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP. Breda Power/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 30/01/2017 15:30 Subject: Fw: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE Ian It was not possible for PAS to advertise the above last week due to queries from the OGCIO - which are set out below, along with (in red) some proposed responses. Would you review further please re the questions raised and responses which we should issue to PAS. Regards. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs. Enterprise. and Innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 D02 TD30 email: mary.cullen@djei.ie Tel: 01?6312466 Fomarded by Mary Cullen/entemp on 30/01/2017 15:08 Mary Cullen John PAS have been unable to advertise the post 27/01/2017 18:02:03 From: Mary Cullen/entemp To: John Hugheslentemp@ENTEMP. Cc: Harry Lester/entemp@ENTEMP Date: 2710112017 18:02 Subject: Fw: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE John PAS have been unable to advertise the post this week as OGCIO have reverted with queries regarding the ODCE Digital Forensic Specialist (PO) post. My obs in red in response to the questions raised. for further consideration please: is this a new post? If so, has the establishment of the new post received the necessary approvals? Draft response: Yes this is a new post. DJEI has delegated staffing sanction from DPER up to and including PO (Standard) grade. Nil obs. will the successful candidate be appointed to the Principal Officer grade or to a position that is at the some level as Principal Ofticer2: Draft response: PO equivalent? PO equivalent i assume (that is the case with other ODCE professional staff at that level. Legal Advisor etc.) will the successful candidate have to manage a team including an administrative stream and/or a specialist stream? If so. there should be explicit mention of the senior management role within the organisation including managing a team, PMDS, strategic planning, setting strategic direction for specific ICT solutions for ODCE and working with the Department's ICT Unit to ensure required solutions are delivered, leading and ensuring compliance with procurement and circulars including Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 02/ i6 in relation to lCT-related expenditure. Draft response: the post is Specialist but is likely to have some managerial function. REFER TO ODCE FOR it is difficult to understand certain of these comments in that: 0 page 4 of the Information Booklet expressly refers to the seniority of the role: 0 page 3 of the Booklet expressly refers to the development of strategy and plans and the implementation thereof: 0 page 3 of the Booklet expressly refers to the fact that the post holder will be required to liaise with the Department's lT function; I page 4 of the Booklet expressly refers to the fact that the post holder will be expected to ensure that the approach towards procurement is consistent with. inter alia, the Public Service lT Strategy in light of the foregoing. one wonders whether. in formulating these comments. the OGCIO actually reviewed the Information Booklet. With reference to the issue of whether the post holder will be managing a team, as the ODCE is currently constituted. the answer is no (in that we don't currently have any lT staff. That said. clearly there is the possibility into the future that the post holder might be required to assume responsibility for staff management. As such, it would seem more appropriate to leave open that possibility (as is done on page 4 of the Booklet) than expressly refer to management responsibility in circumstances where there are not currently any is the purpose of the role is to acquire specific digital forensic skills? If so, the educational requirements should be more specific. at a minimum STEM and level 8, ideally in computer science: with a desirable post graduate certification in digital forensics or professional digital forensics qualification. Draft response: ODCE comments? The purpose of the role is clearly described in the Information Booklet. The approach adopted to essential educational requirements was that, to be too prescriptive in specifying educational requirements, might result in dissuading applications from persons capable of fulfilling the role. An Interview Board including a person (or persons) with the appropriate knowledge of such matters should be well placed to distinguish between what is relevant and what is not. Under the heading of desirable qualifications, it is made clear that additional relevant qualifications will be an advantage. Again, the approach was on the basis that. if we are too prescriptive around qualifications in forensics) we may limit the field of applicants to few or even none. My concern here is that. if we prescribe that applicants must have a Masters or equivalent, we may get no applications. As drafted, the Booklet provides the Interview Board with the scope to award extra marks to applicants possessing higher/extra qualifications. the essential skills attributes will be determined by the exact nature of the role but should require a minimum 5 years' experience in a senior role in ICT which includes direct experience digital forensics along with a Primary Degree and post grad qualification Q_r possibly a minimum of 7 years' experience along with specific digital forensics experience and relevant professional qualifications. Draft response: ODCE comments? My comment above refers. Also. the Booklet sets the experiential requirement at a minimum of 5 years relevant experience at a suitably senior level. Section 7 ?Duties? states that 'You will be required to perform any duties appropriate to your grade which may be assigned to you during the probationary period. You may not engage in private practice or be connected with any outside business which would interfere with the performance of official duties.? 0 The first sentence of the paragraph applies at all times and not just the probationary period (the final paragraph under the ?Role' section already states that the post holder may be required to perform other duties). Draft response: noted. Suggest Section 7 change to: perform other duties as appropriate to the grade which may be assigned to you from time to time and to contribute to the development of the past while in office Personnel matter a The second sentence appears to be a condition of service/employment and not a duty. Draft response: Noted. however. as it refers to matters which may impinge on a duly it has been inserted at this point? Personnel matter Will the successful candidate have to pursue a learning and development programme or have to maintain membership of a relevant body in order to ensure that his/her ability to provide digital forensic services remain current? And Draft response: REFER TO ODCE FOR Impossible to answer. That is entirely contingent upon the successful candidate's existing qualifications. the application process appears to be geared to a TLAC type competition. Draft response: PAS open competition at PO level? Personnel motter. Regards Mory Cullen Recruitment Assignment and Poy Section Department of Jobs, Enterprise innovation 23 Kildore Street 002 T030 emoil: mory.cullen@djei.ie Tel: 0i-6312466 Forwarded by Mary Cullen/entemp on 27/011201? 17:36 From: Martina Rooney To: "Mary.Culien@djei.ie" Cc: Niamh McGuinness Date: 26/01/2017 09:04 Subject: FW: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE Mary, As discussed we were informed that needed to review and approve any related posts to ensure consistency in criteria, qualification requirements etc. They have come back to us with the following queries and suggested changes to the booklet. In light of the changes required we have missed the deadline for this week. Can you review the booklet in light of these suggested changes. We should be in a position to advertise it next week if we can get agreed final booklet sorted by the end of the week Please give me a call if you want to discuss Regards Martina Martina Rooney Client Relations +353 1 858 7630 Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapach?in Phoibli Chapter House, 26130 Abbey Street Upper. Dublin 1. 001 CTWB pubilcjoste stateboardsJe Certi?ed by NSAI for Excellence Through People 2015 Vl?nner Gradireiand Recruitment Awards - Best Graduate Recruitment Website 2015 Fairness 8: impartiality independence Value Customer Service Innovation Collaboration Designated Public Of?cial under Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. see From: Digital Government Oversight Unit Sent: 25 January 2017 10:45 To: Martina Rooney Cc: Mary O'Donohue Digital Government Oversight Unit Subject: FW: 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics ODCE Martina, Re: Digital Forensics job in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) Mary (O?Donohue) passed your email the of?ce at meetings. Attached as requested are obs relating to the role and apologies if some duplicate your telephone discussion with Mary: - as discussed with Mary, is this a new post? if so, has the establishment of the new post received the necessary approvals? . will the successful candidate be appointed to the Principal Officer grade or to a position that is at the same level as Principal Of?cer?; . will the successful candidate have to manage a team including an administrative stream and/or a specialist stream? If so, there should be explicit mention of the senior management role within the organisation including managing a team, PMDS, strategic planning, setting strategic direction for specific ICT solutions for ODCE and working with the Department's ICT Unit to ensure required solutions are delivered, leading and ensuring compliance with procurement and circulars including Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 02/16 in relation to ICT-related expenditure. . is the purpose of the role is to acquire speci?c digital forensic skills? If so, the educational requirements should be more specific, at a minimum STEM and level 8, ideally in computer science; with a desirable post graduate certification in digital forensics or professional digital forensics quali?cation. - the essential skills I attributes will be determined by the exact nature of the role but should require a minimum 5 years? experience in a senior role in ICT which includes direct experience digital forensics along with a Primary Degree and post grad qualification possibly a minimum of 7 years' experience along with speci?c digital forensics experience and relevant professional qualifications. . Section 7 ?Duties' states that ?You will be required to perform any duties appropriate to your grade which may be assigned to you during the probationary period. You may not engage in private practice or be connected with any outside business which would interfere with the performance of o?iciai duties.? 0 The ?rst sentence of the paragraph applies at all times and not just the probationary period (the final paragraph under the ?Role? section already states that the post holder may be required to perform other duties) 0 The second sentence appears to be a condition of and :4 Huh: . Will the successful candidate have to pursue a learning and development programme or have to maintain membership of a relevant body In order to ensure that his/her ability to provide digital forensic services remain current? and . the application process appears to be geared to a TLAC type competition. i have not looked closely at the conditions of service as i expect that PAS has a standard template for these and modify them in line with the post being advertised (the conditions of service appear different to the conditions of service attached to the DIES PO post that was also emailed to Mary last week). Give me a call if any of my comments are unclear. Regards, Mick (McCarthy) Ph. 01 60451 02 From: Martina Rooney Sent: Friday 20 January 2017 13:50 To: Mary O'Donohue (OGCIO) Subject: 20161222 Job Spec - Digital Forensics Mary, As discussed please ?nd attached the draft booklet for the Digital Forensics job in ODCE Robbie Morrissey will e-maii your this evening re: prOposed Interview dates as they are just trying to tie them down at the moment Regards Martina Regards Martina Martina Rooney Client Relations +3531 858 7630 Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapachain Phoibii Chapter House, 26l30 Abbey Street Upper. Dublin 1. 001 C7W6 publicloste gradpubiicjoste stateboardsie Certi?ed by NSAI for Excellence Through People 2015 Winner Gradlreland Recruitment Awards - Best Graduate Recruitment Website 2015 Fairness 8. impartiality Independence Value Customer Service innovation Collaboration Designated Public Of?cial under Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015, see .ie ian Drennan/entemp] [attachment "image003.png" deieted by [an Drennan/entemp] [attachment "20161222 -Job Spec - Digital Forensicsdocx? deleted by Ian Drennan/entemp] [attachment "ATT00001.txt" deleted by Ian Drennan/entemp] [attachment "ATT00002.htm? deleted by Ian Drennan/entemp] This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d??said an duine aonair no an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu a ta Munar tt?i an duine a ba choir an riomhphost seo, no aon chuid de, a ?iail, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a choipe?il no a dh?ileadh. D?an teagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis do/di go bhfuair hi 6 tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdezinach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tu ag seachadadh faisne'ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan slan a ti arm chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na euir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnlonn an fonota seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. 5% RE: Re. 20161222 - Job Spec - Digital Forensics 06/02/2017 11:53 Harry Lester to: Martina Rooney Cc: Niamh McGuinness, John Hughes. Mary Cullen Martina, That's great - many thanks. Regards, Harry Lester Department of Jobs, Enterprise and innovation HR Unit Kildare St Dublin 2 Direct Dial :01 831 2244 Email: harry.lester@djei.ie Martina Rooney Harry, Just to Update you, I spoke to Mick 0 [0212017115014 From: Martina Rooney To: "Harry.Lester@djei.ie" Cc: Niamh McGuinness To: ?john.hughes@djei.ie" Sue Blood Date: 24/1 1/2015 16:02 Subject: RE: URGENT - Accountants Joh n, Division have informed us that the normal terms and conditions for the Professional Accountants Grade 1 will apply to the ODCE posts referred to in your previous email. It is current Government policy that successful candidates will be placed at the minimum of the scale and this should be outlined clearly in the advertisement booklet. nan-It Fearghal From: john.hughes@djei.ie [mailtoziohn.hughes@djei.ie] Sent: 24 November 2015 10:25 To: Sue Blood; Fearghal 0 hAodha Cc: Marie Ralph Subject: RGENT - Accounta Sue/Marie before the ?delegated sanction" the October 2014 sanction letter from your Department approved. among other things. the recruitment of 6 Forensic Accountants (graded as Professional Accountants Grade 1). PAS are to advertise for us this week and I have been asked to secure an email confirmation from your Department of the terms and conditions to apply. Grateful if you could arrange same pl. The posts are no.7 in the attached letter. if i had this information today. we could ensure the advertisement is placed this week. Many thanks, John. 24/11. John Hughes. Principal. HR. Learning Development and Business Services Units. Department of Jobs. Enterprise. and Innovation. Kildare Street. Dublin 2. 002 TDBD Phone - 01-6312246 Email Disclaimer: imogeOOl .jpg Roinn Caiteachais Phoibli agus Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation [0 June 2015 1 JUN Mr. John Murphy, 1 2015 Secretary General, Received Department ofJobs, Enterprise and innovation, Office of the Secretary General Kildare Street, . .- ., Dublin 2 .. Re: Staf?ng Resource Management Framework/Delegated Sanction Dear Mr. Murphy. 1 am directed by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to refer to your Department?s letter of 13 March 2015 and subsequent email of 20 May 201 5 concerning the above and to convey delegated sanction for Staf?ng Resource Management for your Department. Delegated sanction is subject to your Department meeting the requirements outlined in Section to 3 below. Please also note that the tables at Appendix 1 shows the Staf?ng, Grade and Salary Pro?le of the Department of the Department of Jobs. Enterprise and Innovation and in each of the Agencies at end Quarter 4 2014 and Appendix 2 sets out the Conditions in relation to Regular and Non-Regular Appointments. 1. Introduction Delegated sanction, as required by Section 2(2) of the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 and in accordance with Section 17(2) of the Civil Service Regulation Act, 1956, is re instated. The overarching strategic objective of the delegation and pay bill ceilings is to consolidate and achieve further ef?ciencies in the cost base of the Public Service, while allowing sectoral managers the ?exibility to better manage and enhance public services within their financial resource allocations. The focus moves away from cuts and on to cost management, containment, reform and ef?ciency. The multi-annual pay ceilings are binding and it will fall to the Departments to deliver . .1. ll-E i' to emerging expenditure pressures over that period without recourse to additional Tithe an Riallais. srsid niiuirresn UachL A. Nerve" 1 43531676 7571 can. Rtha Cliath 2. . it 2 ?353 1673 9935 Eire .. l4 mum penguvie Exchequer allocations. To do so will involve commitment to ongoing reform and ef?ciency measures and reprioritisation of expenditure as appropriate. 1.1 Scope of Sanction This sanction permits the Department to ?ll vacancies through recruitment and/or promotion in speci?ed. designated grades up to and including PO standard or equivalent. subject to the overall pay bill ceiling outlined in Section 2. The consent ofthe Minister for Public Expenditure and Refonn will be required for grades at or above PO higher level or equivalent. The sanction applies for three years from 1 January 2015. The sanction is being issued pursuant to the multi-annual Exchequer allocations agreed by Government. The allocations are provided subject to the Govcmment?s inherent right to reduce or alter any allocation in light of ongoing or future budgetary exigencies or in compliance with any Government Decision on more? budgetary targets for any of the years in question. 1.2 Departmental Agencies The sanction pcnnits Departments to have similar cascade arrangements in place with their resPective agencies, subject to the overall pay ceiling at Section 2. The cascade arrangements are subject to the agreement of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, as well as the same general conditions set out in Section 3 and whatever Speci?c conditions relate to the particular agency. 1.3 Overall Condition of Sanction The speci?c arrangements to manage pay and staff allocation is a matter for individual Departments. The Accounting Of?cer must be satis?ed that they are robust and ensure that the staf?ng levels are sustainable in the medium term; and (ii) the speci?c terms and conditions attaching to this sanction set out hereunder are complied with in full. 2. Pay Bill Expenditure Ceiling The ceiling for pay bill expenditure in respect of 201 5-17 is as follows: 2015 2016 2017 Pay bill Pay Pay Em Em Em Department Vote Group 154.594 154.594* 154.594?? *(Puy for 2016 and 2017 are the 2015 pay allocations less the ?4.l56m Included l?ur [my dates in 2015) fut 2.1 Variations in allocation a) Reductions Reductions in the allocation may occur where the Government decides to reduce allocations for budgetary reasons. Increases No increases in the allocations set out in Section 2 may occur except in very limited circumstances as approved by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and agreed by Government in an Estimates Budgetary context. c) Overrun Where the end-year pay bill is greater than the REV provision by virtue of actions taken under the delegated authority provided for by this sanction, delegated authority shall be withdrawn and the Moratorium Employment Control Framework shall be re-instated. Also see Section 3.3 regarding reporting and compliance issues. d) Reform Savings Savings resulting from central reform measures such as shared services, will accrue in the ?rst instance to the Exchequer in Certain limited cases the Department may be allowed, subject to Department of Public Expenditure and Reform approval, to use the net savings to fund new or expanded services, or to fund other exceptional measures. 3) Vz'rement The pay allocation may be vircd between different pay sub-heads (Le between admin pay and other programme pay) subject to the overall ceilings outlined in Section 2 and the prior approval of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. General Conditions 2. 1 Pay The amount provided for the Department Vote Group pay bill salaries, wages and allowances in the relevant sub-heads where pay is allocated) is as set out in Section 2. The determination of rates of salary, wages and allowances will continue to be the responsibility of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and sanction is subject to adherence to these rates, including the obligations on public service bodies with regard to remuneration under the FEMPI Acts, and all other relevant directives issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform coneeming pay and allowances. Departments do not have sanction to deviate from any aspect of the relevant Department of ?Public ExPenditure and Reform directive?/circulars and must get the necessary sanction from the Department. including in cases where there may be uncertainty or ambiguity. The relevant circulars are set out at 3.2 Staffing a) Conditions in relation to Appointments In addition to compliance with the overall pay bill ceiling, sanction in relation to appointments. both regular and non-regular. is subject to adherence to all general directives concerning appointments or conditions of employment issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Further detail is included in Appendix 2. The relevant circulars are set out at b) Secondments Secondment arrangements for a period not to exceed 5 years may be entered into on the basis of a supporting business case without reference to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, subject to adherence to the usual conditions concerning secondments. Arrangements for longer periods must receive the sanction of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. 0) Ministerial Appointments The appointment of Ministerial Private and Constituency Of?ce staff must be in accordance with the Guidelines on Staf fun of Ministerial Of?ces issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. d) Non-archequer?mded employees Departments must pay particular attention in the employment of employees who are not funded by the Exchequer, for example those in regulatory agencies, but who have a public service?oension liability. 6. e) Work Placement JobBridge Placements for the provision of work experience through JobBridge or other unpaid internships of less than one year duration do not require prior sanction of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. JO Exit Mechanisms including Voluntary Redundancy Exit mechanisms, including Voluntary Redundancy, will be Funded by Departments and are subject to a case-by-case sanction by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, with reference to business plans submitted and detailing alignment with workforce planning commitments, retirement rate, organisational restructuring, etc. g) Procedure for Filling of Posts under Delegated Sanction Where a post is to be ?lled, it is exPected that Departments will: 0 seek to til] at the lowest possible grade; 0 ensure all appointments are at the minimum of the scale, unless explicit sanction is obtained from Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; consult with PAS to see if the post can be filled through redeployment; and where it is not possible to ?ll by redeployment the post may be ?lled using mobility arrangements, recruitment or promotion. Departments should be aware of the agreed actions in the Civil Service Renewal Plan, in particular those actions which relate to staf?ng and mobility. When filling vacant posts by way of promotion recruitment, a Department must draw on panels established by the Public Appointment Service (PAS) in the ?rst instance. in the event that a PAS panel is not in place the explicit consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to recruit/promote must be sought. Even in the absence of open and interdepartmental panels for a particular grade, an excess of departmental appointments will create debts to the Open and interdepartmental panels which may be taken into account in filling t?uture vacancies. 3.3 Compliance /Reporting Where the end-year Pay bill is greater than the REV provision, delegated authority shall be withdrawn and the Moratorium Employment Control Framework shall be re?instated. Departments will continue to submit to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform the quarterly electronic returns of Staff Numbers, required by the 10th working day of the following quarter. in addition Departments will submit to Vote Sections, on a quarterly basis, an update of all the Tables at Appendix I. The hard copy should be signed off by the Accounting Of?cers as being affordable within the annual pay bill ceiling. The quarterly staf?ng levels and expenditure returns will be closely monitored movement in aggregate numbers, salaries, evidence of grade drift, or any other action 'Jl which will put pressure on the Department?s ability to meet its pay bill in the medium term, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will put in place the necessary controls to minimise the risk to the Exchequer. The necessary controls may include re-instatement of the Moratorium and Employment Control Frameworks. Departments will be required to comply with Workforce Planning requirements. Failure to comply will mean delegated authority shall be withdrawn and the moratorium will apply. The projected staf?ng structure in such plans should fall within the parameters of the pay hill. 4 Specific Conditions relating to the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Sanction also is subject to the implementation by your Department of control mechanisms designed to ensure that the State Bodies under the aegis of your Department Comply with the pay and staf?ng numbers strategy. These mechanisms were set out in an c-mail dated 20 May 2015 to the DJ EI Vote Section in this Department. Yours sincerely _Mt?y dith Brady Principal Of?cer Page i of 3 RE: PAS Competition for ODCE Forensic Accountant; 0 Tara Creaner t0: 16/02/2017 14:37 Hide Details From: Tara Crooner To: "Mary.Cullen@djei.ic" History: This message has been replied to. Thanks Mary. Kind Regards. Tara reaner Client Rolalions +35: 1 B53 7561 tar: croanarepubliclobs to Public Appointments Service An um Cheapach?in Phoibll Chaplur House. 213130 Abhoy Street Upper. Dubiln 1. 001 CTWS pubilclosto ttalohoardslo Corllt?tad by NSAI lor Emotion-:3 Through Pnopto 2015 ?Mnmr Grodlrelond Recruitment Awards - Best Graduate antill?ent tun-bola 2m: Fain-Ins I impartiality Independenco Value Custcmor Sen-vim; Innoval'nn ES.- From: Mary.Cullen@djel.ie Sent: [5 February 2017 14:19 To: Tara Creaner Cc: Subject: P235 Competition for ODCE Forensic Accountants Collaboration Ill Tara You have asked for another copy of our delegated staf?ng sanction and DPER approval tor the anacis. Please see attached and email chain below Regards Mary Cullen Recruilmenl Assignments and Poy Section HR Unit Room 203 Department 0! Jobs. Enlarpriso. and Innovation Kiidore Street Dublin 2 002 TDJO emoil: Tel: 01-63 I 2456 Forwarded h'j'MJff Cu?anlan :mpo - . .120? i. From John To c: Balrnur-?unlampGENrE' Mary Cutler. ,n Datu Hill/2055 so 07 Simian! Fw. URGENT - Mary, ptease see email below from our colleagues in DPER who have confirmed that the ?normal terms and conditions for the Professional Accountants Grade lwill apply to the 00:5 posts referred to? in my previous email. DPER have also :onl?trrned that it is current Government policy that successlul candidates be placed at the minimum at the scale and this should be outlined clearly In the advertisement booklet. The DPER website that contains the relevant salary scale Is 5532518115.." 5133?? 5 nm Regards, John, 24/11 the website data is as follows Grldo Coda Salary Han Hm: Glad! Ham. Dal. Ell'ulivl Haadcount WM 529mm AP P02 Nature of Adjustment 09/06/2017 Page 2 of 3 John Hughes, Principal, HR. Learning Development and Business Services Units. Department at Jobs. Enterprise, and innovation. Klidere Street. Dublin 2. 002 T030 Phone - tit-6312246 Forwarded by John Hughosl?antemp on 2411112015 to 0-4 From Fearnhel 0 Months To Bun Blond Date 21111120151: 02 EIIHGH RE: URGENT - Accountants John, RIRP Division have Informed us that the normal terms and conditions tor the Professional Accountants Grade I will apply to the DDCE posts referred to in your previous email. it is current Government policy that successful candidates will be placed at the minimum of the scale and this should be outlined clearly in the advertisement booklet. Kind regards. Fearghal From: ighnhughggadigiie mailt :ohn.hu hes d'ei.ie Sent: 24 November 2015 10:25 To: Sue Blood: Fearahal 0 hAodho Cc: Marie Ralph Sublect: URGENT-Accountants SueIMarie before the "delegated sanction" the October 2014 sanction letter from your Department approved. among other things, the recruitment at 5 Forensic Accountants (graded as Professional Accountants Grade I). PAS are to advertise for us this week and have been asked to secure an email con?rmation from your Department of the terms and conditions to apply. Grateiui if you could arrange same pi. The posts are no.7 in the attached letter. i had this information today. we could ensure the advertisement is pieced this week. Many thanks, John. 24m. John Hughes. PrincipalI HR. Learning Development and Business Services Units, Department of Jobs. Enterprise, and Innovation. Kiidere Street. Dublin 2. 002 T030 Phone - tit-6312246 Email Disclaimer: Email Disclaimer Rtomhphoist: This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of addressmj individual or entity. if you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose. copy or distribute nny of its contents. Picasc contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting pcrsonnl or file?lIIC'll icercir?l i RARI~wr=eh69ri9 him 09/06/9017 Page 3 of 3 scnsilivc information using (his lechnuiug)? (as email generally is nm a fuily secure method dula). plcusc do not send my personal or scnsilivc data by email In this of?ce. This footnote also cun?nns lhul this email message has been swap! for the presence ofcompulcr viruses. Ta an rlomhphosl sco ngus aon chomhad a chuirlcar nr aghnidh leis, n'mdu, ugus l? sf: bcunaithc gur d'?s?id nn duinc nonnir nb nn non?in nmh?in ur cuircadh chucu a 115 Munnr [ii an duinc 11 ha ch?ir nn rlumhphosl sco. m5 non chuid dc, ?uiil, nlor clubir duil non chuid dc a n6 3 dh?iieadh. D?nn lcagmh?il leis an a cliuir clings! ngus inis dbldi go bhfunir [13 (E thinlpislc. Bu ch?ir d??innc l? ug d?unnmh riomliphosl caiglidc?nach a lhuiscim go bhfuii princnil i gceisl agus Ii: ng fnisn?isc no luguir leis an tcicncolniucht sco (mar nncli modh iomli'm slim a mm chun sonml chur ar nghnidh). sin, n13 cuir sonral no Iogair lri rlomhphosl chuig an oi?g sco. Dcimlmlonn an [audio sco chomh maiih gur scuabadh an rlomhphosl sco chun vlris Iorg. filo-HIP-ll Icnrc lr?i Ilipnm/A him ,r I 17; {13:5 DJEI Professional Accountant with tax experience Em: Mary Cullen to: Niomh Sontry 22/02/2017 l?:38 Cc: Harry Lester, John Hughes. michellenoone Hi Niomh Just for your records re our original request requirements (as discussed at the meeting this week). Regards Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments Poy Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation Kildore Street. Dublin 2 D02 TDBO emoit: mory.cullen@djei.ie Tel: 01?6312466 Forwarded by Mory Culien/enlernp on uu From: Michelle Noone -- To: Date: 07/10/2016 3?:06 Subiect: Re: Post meeting actions Thanks ary. On 7 061201631 t2:35, wrote: Michelle Regarding the Professional Accountant Grode i (tow) listed below. the toltowing would be useful: in Business and enterprise experience 0 An understanding of business and enterprise policy 0 Accountant with finance ond tax expertise and experience of working on enterprise tax structure and policy matters. Regards. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs. Enterprise, and innovation Kildore Street, Dublin 2 002 TD30 email: mam.cullen@diei.ie Tel: 0i-6312466 From: Michelle Noone Email Disclaimer S?anadh Riomhphoist: This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email 'Iungqu 0t end any personal or sensitive data by email to this This tootnote also this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?usaid an duine aonair no an aonain amh?in ar cuireadh chucu a tel 56. Munar tL'i an duine a be choir an riomhphost seo, no aon chuid de, a fhail, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a choipeail no a dhaileadh. Dean teagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis d?ldi go bhfuair to tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tu ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan slan a ta ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar Sin, 1151 cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chui an oifig seo. Deimhnionn an fonota seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. Email Disclaimer S?anadh Riomhphoist: This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?usaid an duine aonair no an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu a ta Munar if: an duine a ba choir an riomhphost see, no aon chuid de, a fh?il, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a choipeail no a dhaileadh. Dean teagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis do/di go bhfuair til 6 tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a ta ag deanamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tu ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh ioml?n si?n 341:1 Hf dgildi?il) llr?l Lllil hdllia. Ill! iUEdil riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fonota seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. Pno' . . RE: DJEI Professional Accountant with tax experience Niamlt Sanity to: Mary.Cullen@djci.ie 22/02/20? l6:44 Hide Details From: Niamh Santry To: "Mory.Cullen@djei.ie" History: This message has been replied to. Attachment 5' 16?? E'o :rsr; Speed . Ill Mary, was looking into this and not sure is it just a bit ol coniuslon over the title Tara seems to think this is the Forensic Accountant role that was on the OUR, booklet attached. is it this role? Thanks a mill, tilamh From: [Mtozitiamgntien? Lug] Sent: 22 February 201? 16:33 To: Niamlr Santry Cc: Harry.Lester@djei.le; Michelle Noono Subject: DJEI Professional Amountant with Lax experience Hi Niamh Just for your records re our original request requirements (as discussed at the meeting this week). Regards Cult-2n Recruitment Assignments (ind Poy Section HR Unit R: cm 203 Department ol Jobs. Eniorpnse. and innovation 1; ldore Sire-3i. Dub?n 2 002 TDBD erno'l: morw:nilen?ciirgile Tel. (ll-632456 F?rr-dld?ll by Mar] Cur-enfmtun?n a i 72102:"017 if: 35 Likiro'm tindno nomm-g to' (3 uliengulnl la' ?tori Cir'lt?g?'f?nl 33:. 0:11? 67110170251 Sui-inn; l'to Post moo' rq Mary. On 7 Oc120l6, l2:35. Michelle Regording the Prolassionol Accountant Grade 1 (tax) listed be'ow, l'na lollowlng would be usetLl: I Business and enterprise experience . .r .i nun-~- n'll Ll IUh??illu?l'u?ls'bl Baal-Jr. i- wilh? I Accountant with ?nance and tax expertise and experience of working on enterprise tot-t structure and policy mollers. Regards. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Deportmenl oi Jobs, Enterprise. and innovation Kiidore Street. Dubrrn 2 D02 T030 film-l Hf? ll Ir?r I A nr?r?tl/Tnmn/nn?iacAnl him 09 Page 2 of 3 email: Tel: Ol-?Sl 2466 From. Nichole Moons mildula Ct: ?Mu .Cu?lo doM?Hunhusmg Lie: Dole WIMDW 15:30 no: Post mating who: Harry, Many thanks for this. i have been off site the last few days but am meeting Tom in the morning to review everything so will revert thcn. Thanks. Michelle On 6 Oct 2Dl6, at i:l5. wrote: Hi Michelle. ltwas good to meet on Monday and update ourselves on where we are on recruitment priorities. See below the actions I took from the meeting, some of which are completed with forms attached. lwill follow up In catty course on the ones that are still to be progressed. 0 Skills requirements tor HEO's requested: Mary Cullen has followed up with Tara separately on this. - 0 Additional 4 EO's for Dublin SEE FORM BELOW 0 Additional 1 HEO for Dublin SEE FORM BELOW 0 Professional Accountant Grade 1 (tax) Ior Dublin SEE FORM BELOW. Further details at requirements to tollow NB. pioaso see attached a Form requesting Additional 50's it Dublin. 1 additional HEO for Dublin and 1' Professional Accountant Grade 1 with tax skills) for Dublin 0 HEO ICT required for assignment to ODCE. DJEI to con?rm whether the role (grade) has changed for this. In the interim. continue as discussed. PENDING WITH DJEI I DJEI to revert on Compliance manager (PO) requirement tor assignment to ODCE. PENDING WITH PAS 0 Forensic Accountants - PAS to provide an update on this WTH PAS PENDING DJEI - mouths WITH DJEI - Pewome we Next meeting - 7 November - 3.30pm Regards, Harry Lester Department at Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation HR Unit Kitdara St Dublin 2 Direct Dlatzot 531 2244 Email: lest d'ei.le Wrihnnm: tnil This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. if you on: not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it. you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard entail should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any ?In-f I m. in." In. .irnnm A .amr?int-m It Inn'l'nc A Di DAR [Must??11:12:! h+m no muom 7 Page 3 of 3 personal or sensitive data by entail to this office. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence ofcomputer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus son ehomhad a chuirtear ar agheidh leis. runda. agus tit 56 beartailhe gar d'usaid an duine aonair no an aon?in amhain ar euireadh ehueu e, a la 56. Manor tti an duine a be chdir an rlomhphost seo. no son chuid de, a fhail. nlor chair duit aon chuid de a noclttadh, a ehoipeail no a dhtiileadh. Dean teagmh?il leis an It! a chuir chugat agus inis doldi go bhl'uair to thimpiste. Ba chair d'einne a la ag rlomhphost caighdeanaclt a tltuiscint go bhfuil i gceist agus h?r ag seachadadh faisneise pearsanla no logair leis an teicneoialoeht sea (mar nach modh iomlan shin a to arm ehun sonral a char ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonral pearsanta no logair rlomhphost chuig an oi?g sea. Deimholonn an fonota seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an rlomhphost sco ehun vlris rlomhaireachta a lorg. Email Disclaimer I S?anadh Rlomhphoist: This entail and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use ofthe addressed individual or entity. lfyou are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose. copy or distribute any of its contean. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence ofeompuler viruses. To an riomhphost seo ages can ehomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta se beanailhe gur d't'tsaid an duine aonair at) an aon?in amhain ar cuireadh ehucu a la 56. Manor hit an duine a be choir an rlomhphost see. no son chuid de, a ?tail, nlor cltdir duit aon chuid dc a noehtadh. a choipeail no a dhtiilendh. Dean teagmhail leis on us a chair chugat agus inis doldi go bhfuair tt'i Ihimpiste. Ba chair d'einne a la ag deanamh riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bltfuil priacail i geeist agus tt'r ag seachadudh fuisneise pearsanta no logair leis an teicneolaloehl seo (mar nach modh iomlan slan a to arm ehun sonral a char ar aghaidh). Mar sin. na euir sonral pearsonln no logair riomhphost chuig an oi?g sco. Deimlmlonn an fondla seo chonih maith gar scuabadh an rlomhphost seo ehun vlris rlomhaireachta a lorg. Email Disclaimer I S?anadlr Riomhphoisl: all-D I ml This email and any ?les transmitted with il are confidential and intended solely for the use ofthe addressed individual or entity. lfyou are not the intended recipient of this entail, or any parts ofit. you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method ol'sending data). There fore. please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this office. This footnote also confirms that lhis email message has been swopt for the presence ofeompuler viruses. Ta an seo agus son chomhad a chuirtear ar aglraidh leis. rt?mda, ages a: se beartaithe gur d?iisaid an duine nonair no an aonilin nmhain ar cuireadh chucu e, a tit se. Munar lt'r an duine a be choir an rlomhphost seo, no can chuid de, a lhtlil. nlor choir duit aon chuid de a noehtadh. a chdipeail no a dhaileadh. Dean teagmhail leis an t? a chair chugat agus inis deldi go bhfuair to thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a la ag deanamh riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiseint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tu ag seachadadh faisneise pcarsanta no logair leis an teicneolaloeht seo (mar naeh modh iomian shin a la ann chun sonral a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonral pearsanln no lognir riomhphost ehuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnlonn an fonota seo chomh inalth gur souabadh an riomhphost sco ehun vlris rlomhaireachta a lorg. Ir-i ?f?f?ll ITam?lh/?N?i?ocbn1 RAR him 09 FORM A Request form for PAS to run a competition to fill a vacancy Client/ Department Department ofJobs, Enterprise and Innovation - Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (coca) Position Forensic Accountant Grade equivalent Professional Accountant Grade 1 Location of post Dublin Civil or Public Service Civil Service Permanent or ?xed term Permanent Number of vacancies 2 Open/Con?ned/lnter Departmental Open Preferred timeframe for ?lling the vacancy Immediate Priority Is this a new or previously advertised role Previously advertised December 2015 ls PAS assisting in developing/?nalising the job spec required See previous competition booklet attached Key criteria /specialist skills needed Essential: Candidates must: 1. have full membership of a prescribed accountancy body supervised by the irish Auditing and Supervising Auditing Authority (IAASA) and 2. have significant post qualification experience at a suitably senior level in audit, forensics, insolvency and/or in another area of relevance to the role; 3. be flexible, results-focussed and have the ability to work under pressure in a complex, legal, technical and regulatory environment; 4. be capable of operating effectively on their own initiative; 5. be capable of demonstrating the capacity to analyse and assimilate large volumes of complex material and to identify quickly the key issues; 6. have an appreciation of the requirements for working effectively in a multi-discipiinary environment, including the flexibility and mobility to work effectively with ali other relevant colleagues and stakeholders across sectoral, orga nisationai and professional boundaries 7. possess strong project management skills; 8. have demonstrated a strong track record in the exercise of sound professional judgement; 9. possess the capacity to operate effectively and credibly at senior levels, both within the organisation and externally; 10. possess excellent communications and interpersonal skills; 11. be technically proficient to a high level in one or more areas of relevance to the role; 12. be capable of demonstrating an appreciation of the ODCE and its position and role within the wider functions of the Department and the environment in which it operates and have a strong commitment to serving the public interest. Desirable additional quali?cations of relevance {for example, in the area of forensics). Are there requirements for executive search or additional advertising in specialist media outside ofthe normal lrish Times ls sanction required? (lfso, please attach a copy with this form) DJEI has delegated staffing sanction from DPER copy of letter previously supplied Are the terms and conditions and salary scale for this role agreed and approved See previous competition booklet Any other comments Previous competition failed to generate sufficient qualified candidates to fill available posts. 5 posts were filled, 2 left unfilled. DJEI and PAS have been liaising since then to fill the 2 vacancies. Date of request 18/1/2017 Name and contact ofrequester Mary Culien HR Unit. Please note that completion ofthis form does not guarantee that PAS can run this competition, or that we can run it within your desired timeframes. Please complete as much of this form as possible and submit it to the CRM mailbox where a member of the team will be in contact with you regarding the planning of the campaign. You should note that PAS will not be in the position to schedule a campaign until a high quality job description, con?rmation of sanction and agreed terms conditions are received. PAS can assist in the development of job descriptions and speci?cations where required but this work will need to be considered in the timeframe with ?nal documentation being agreed at least 2 weeks in advance of advertising. 43 {145% RE: DJEI Professional Accountant with tax experience ?t Mary Cullen to: Niamh Santry 22/02/2017 15:51 John Hughes, Harry Lester Hi Niamh The forensic accountant was initiated to fill specific posts in the ODCE (see key criteria - item 12). The tax specialisation relates to a separate area of the Department. That's not to say we wouldn't consider an appropriate candidate from the forensic applications fer the id). area. but from my memory the forensic panel didn't generate enough successful candidates to fill the forensic posts let alone any others. We are happy to discuss further if need be. Regards Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs. Enterprise. and Innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 D02 TDSO email: mary.cullen@djei.ie Tel: {Di-6312466 Niamh Santry I?ii Mary. Iwas looking into this and not sure 22/02/20l7 t?:44:35 From: tliarnh Sanliy To: Date: 07/10/2016 17:06 Subject: Re: Post meeting actions Thanks Mary. On 7 Oct 2016, at 12:35, "Mary.Cutlen@diei.ie" wrote: Michelle Regarding the Professional Accountant Grade (tax) listed below, the following would be useful: in Business and enterprise experience 9 An understanding of business and enterprise policy 1. Accountant with finance and tax expertise and experience of working on enterprise tax structure and policy matters. Regards. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR llnit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise. and innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 D02 TD30 email: Tel: 01-6312466 From: Michelle Noone To: . Cc: .Cullen hes d'ei.ie> Dale: 0611012016 15:10 Subject: Re: Posl meeling actions Harry, Many thanks for this. I have been off site the last few days but am meeting Tara in the morning to review everything so will revert then. Thanks, Michelle On 6 Oct 2016, at i 1:15, wrote: Hi Michelle, It was good to meet on Monday and update ourselves on where we are on recruitment priorities. See below the actions I took from the meeting. some of which are completed with forms attached. I will follow up in early course on the ones that are still to be progressed. Skills requirements for HEO's requested: Mary Cullen has followed up with Tara separately on this. The - is not required at present Additional?SEE FORM BELOW Additional 4 for Dublin SEE FORM BELOW Additional 1 HEO for Dublin SEE FORM BELOW Professional Accountant Grade 1 (tax) for Dublin SEE FORM BELOW. Further details of requirements to follow NB. please see attached a Form requesting 4 Additional EO's fr Dublin, 1 additional HEO for Dublin and 1 Professional Accountant Grade 1 (with tax skills) for Dublin HEO ICT required for assignment to ODCE. DJEI to con?rm whether the role (grade) has changed for this. In the interim, continue as discussed. PENDING WITH DJEI - DJEI to revert on Compliance manager (PO) requirement for assignment to ODCE. PENDING WITH PAS - Forensuc Accountants PAS to provnde an update on this PENDING WITH PAS . . DJEI AND PAS I Both are being progressed and will be sent to PAS soon PENDING WITH DJEI PENDING WIT - PENDING WITH Next meeting - 7 November - 3.30pm Regards, Harry Lester Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation HR Unit Kildare St Dublin 2 Direct Dial 01 631 2244 E?mail: harm.lester@diei.ie Email Disclaimer S?anadh Riomhphoist: This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? heartaithe gur d?us?id an duine aonair no an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu a tit 36. Munar t1'1 an duine a be choir an riomhphost sec, 116 aon chuid de, a fhail, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a choipeail no a dhaileadh. Dean teagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis d?/di go bhfuair hi 6' tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirghniomhaioehta tri riomhphost calghdeanach a thu?iscint go bhfuil priacail 1 gceist agus. t1'1 sl?n a ta ann chun sonrai a ehur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair t1i riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fondta seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. Email Disclaimer S?anadh Riomhphoist: This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this office. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an rlomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?usaid an duine aonair no an aon?in amhain ar cuireadh chucu a tit Munar an duine a ba choir an seo, no aon chuid de, a fh?il, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadli, a ch?ipeail no a dhaileadh. D?an teagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis d?ldi go bhfuair tL'1 tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tu ag seachadadh faisn?isc pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan Slim 3 ta ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fonota seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. Email Disclaimer S?anadh Riomhphoist: This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?us?id an duine aonair n6 an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu a ta se?. Munar to an duine a ba choir an riomhphost seo, no aon chuid de, a fhail, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a ch?ipeail no a dhaileadh. Dean teagmhail leis an t? a choir chugat agus inis d?ldi go bhfuair til 6 lri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tL'l ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan slan a ta ann chun sonrai' a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tn' riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fonota seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. 20l 701 I9 Forensic Accountant Job Spec.docx Page i of 4 RE: DJEI Professional Accountant with tax experience ?rst; Niamh Sentry to: Mary.Culten@djei.ie 22/02/201 7 1 7:00 Hide Details From: Niamh Sentry To: History: This message has been forwarded. No problem at all Mary, that was Tara's Interpretation so I just wanted to double-check with you; I figured yourself and John and Harry woutd have realised it it was that role. I will pass this on to CRM and have the relevant role reinstated. Talk to you soon, l-liamh From: lrtary.01llen@djel.le rn tltozlvla .Cullent?td?eu Sent: 22 February 2017 t6152 To: Nlamh Sentry Cc: John.Hughes@djel.le; Harry.Lester@djel.le Subject: RE: Professional Accountant tax experience l-tl Niamh The forensic accountant was initiated to tilt speci?c posts in the ODCE (see key criteria - item 12; The tax specialisation relates to a separate area of the Department. That's not to say we wouldn't consider an appropriate candidate from the forensic applications for the tax area. but trom my memory the torens pane didn?t generate enough successlul candidates to tilt the torensi: posts let alone any others. We are happy to discuss further it need be Regards Mary Cullen Recruitment ASsignms-nh and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs. Enterprise. and inrmvolion Kitdoro Street, Dublin 2 D02 1030 email: morv.cutlen@d1ei.ie Tel: 0t?63I2466 Fr Narnh Sentry la- ?Magrgu?engnel to? ?Mar! gulls ?1th t- 3_ 2213212911 no r, FIE DJEI ?an L1: also hi Mary, was tooklng into this and not Sure ls itlust a but otcontus on over the title Tare seems to think We is the Forensic Accountant role that was on the DWI. booklet attached is it this role? Thanks a mill, Ntarnh From: rnatltort?ta . ullen d' Sent: 22 February 2017 16:38 To: Niamh Sentry Cc: JthJ-lughestii?jeijg; Michelle Noone (?th nun ail-h Q13 pyn-ar ant-n Ht Nlamh Just for your records re our original request requirements (as discussed at the meeting this week) Regards Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit learn/Fr 09/06/2017 Pogo 2 of 4 Room 203 Deponmenl oi Jobs. Enlerprise. and lnnovolion Kildore Street. Dublin 2 002 1030 email: Tel: 0t-63t2465 Forwarded or Mary Cu?ienicnlompon 22413217017 16 35 From: Michele Noam m: momma? ?Momma Date OTIIMOIB moo Subject. Re: Post moth-t9 Idiom Thanks Mary. On 7 06120l6, at I2235, "MmCullct?dich" wrote: Michelle Regarding the Prolesslonol Accountant Grade I [lost listed below. the lollowing would be uselul: 0 Business and enterprise experience 0 An understanding of business and enterprise po?cy Accountant with ?nance and tax expertise and experience at working on enterprise lox and policy matters. Regards. Mary Cullen Reanilment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unll Room 203 Department ol Jobs, Enterprise. and Innovation Ktldore Street. Dublin 2 002 T030 emoll: Tel: Cit-6312466 To: Cc. .cml-n lip. 'Johnll be Mr Data: wronow 15:10 Sublacl Re: Post mating onions Frurru Michele Noona WE Harry, Many thanks for this. I have been offsitc the last few days but am meeting Tara in tlic moming to review everything so will revert tlicn. Michelle HS, -lurry.Lcsler@dici.ic" Email Disclaimer I Sianadh Rtomhphoist: This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. li'you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts ofit. yen should not disclose. copy or distribute any of its contents. Pieusc contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that tltere are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method ofsending data). Therefore. please do not send any personal or sensitive data by entail to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this entail message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear at agitaidh leis. rtinda, agus ta se beartaithe gur d't?tsaid an dnine aonair no an aon?in or cuireadh chucu a to se. Munar hi on duinc a be choir an see. no son cltuid de. a ihtiil, nlor choir duit non chuid de a noclttadlt. a cltoipenil no a dltailcadh. Dean teagmhail leis an id a chair eltugat agus inis deldi go blti?uair to 6 thimpistc. Ba choir d'einne a to ag d?nnamh eaigltdeanach a thuiscinl go bltfuil princeil i geeist agus tti ag settehadadh faisneise pcarsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht sco (mar nach ntodlt iomlan Slim a to son ehun senrat a char ar aghaidh). Mar sin, mt cuir sonrat pearsantn no logair tri chuig an oi?g sco. Deimhnlonn an fondta sco chomh ntaith gur scuabadh an rlomhphost seo cltun vlris rlonthaircachln a larg. Email Disclaimer S?anadit This email and any ?les transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use or the addressed individual or entity. lfyou are not the intended recipient of this email. or any parts of it. you should not disclose. copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard entail should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure of sending data}. Therefore. please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also confirms that this entail message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. To an see agus aon chonthad a chuirtcar er aghaidh leis, rt'tnda. ages to so beanaitlte gur d't?tsaid an duine aonair at: an aortain amhziin ar euireadh chucu a tti Munar to an duine a be chair an see, no son chuid de, a ihtiil. nior eh?ir duit aon chuid de a noelttadh, a chaipeait no a dhaileadh. D?an teagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis deldi go bhfuair 11': thintpiste. Ba choir d'?inne a tit ag d?nnunth caighde?naeh tituiscint go bltfuil i gceist agus tt?t ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no togair leis an teicneolalocltt see (mar naeh modh iomlen sl?n a to non chun sonrat a alter or agheidh). Mar sin. nit enir sonrat penrsanta no logair ehuig an oit'ig seo. Deimhnlonn an fondle seo chomh mnith gur scuabadh an seo chun viris riomhaircaehta a iorg. Email Disclaimer I S?anadh ltiomhphoist: leprc lr~t RARI~wohmn7 him HQ 7 Page 4 of 4 This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use ofthe addressed individual or entity. lfyou are not the intended recipient of this email. or any parts of it. you should not disclose, cepy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (E email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an rlomhphost seo agus aon ehomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, rt'tnda, agus 111 so heartaithe gur d'tisaid an duine aonair no on aonain amltain nr cuireadh chucu a tit 36. Munar It's an claim a be choir an rlomhphost see, no son chuid de, a mail, nlor choir duit non chuid de a nochtadh, a chdipe?il no a dhaileadh. Dean teagmhail leis an at a chuir chugat agus inis doldi go bhl?uair ti: 6 Ihimpiste. Ba chair d'einne ta ng deanamh rlomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil i gecist ages to ag seachadadh faisneise pearsanta no logair leis an teicneolaloeht seo (mar nach modh iomlan slim a tit ann chun sonral a chur ar aghaidlt). Mar sin, na cuir sonral pearsanta no logair rlomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnlonn an fondle sec chomh maith gur scuabadh an rlomhphost sco chun vlris rlomhaireaehtn a lorg. Email Disclaimer I SEanndh Riomhpholsl: This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. lfyou are not the intended recipient of this entail. or any parts of it. you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email shoald be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method ofsending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this office. This footnote also con?mis that this email message has been swept for the presence ofcomputer viruses. 1?s an rlomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar agliaidh leis. runda, agus til 56 beannithe gur d't?tsaid an duine aonnir no an aonain amhain nr euireadh cltucu a til 56. Manor tt?i an duine a be choir an rlomhphost see, no non chuid dc. fluiil. nlor choir duit aon chuid de a a choipettil no a dhtiileadh. Dean tengmhail leis en te a choir ehugat agus inis dbldi go bhfuair tt't Ba choir d'einne a to eg deanamh rlomhphost caighdetinach a thuiscinl go bhfuil priacail i gecist agus tt't ag seachadudh aisneisc pearsanta no logair leis an teicneolalocht sco (mar nach modh iomldn slan a [ti ann chun sonral a chur ar nghaidh). Mar sin, nit cuir sonrnl pearsanta no logair rlomhphost chuig an 0ng sea. Deimhnlonn an ondta sco chotnh maith gur scuabadh an rlomhphost seo chun vtris rlomhaireachtn a lorg. hers/m illenmlA him no 7 1r? ,gea first"? Fw: DJ El Professional Accounlant tax experience Mary Cullen to: John Hughes, Harry Lester 22/02/2017 17:06 John Harry FYI. Regards. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 002 TD30 email: Tel: 01-6312466 Forwarded by Mary Cullen/enlemp on 22/02/2017 17:05 From: Niamh Sanlry To: "Mary.Cullen@djei.ie" Dale: 22/02/2017 17:00 Subject: RE: Professional Accountant wilh lax experience No problem at all Mary, that was Tara?s interpretation so ljust wanted to double-check with you;l figured yourself and John and Harry would have realised if it was that role. I will pass this on to CRM and have the relevant role reinstated. Talk to you soon, Niamh From: Mary.Cullen@djei.ie Sent: 22 February 2017 16:52 To: Niamh Sentry Cc: John.Hughes@djel.ie; Harry.Lester@djei.ie Subject: RE: DJEI Professional Accountant with tax experienr 5: Hi Niamh The forensic accountant was initiated to fill specu?c posts in the ODCE (see key criteria - item 12). The an appropriate candidate from the forensic applications for the tax area. but from my memory the forensic panel didn?t generate enough suocessful candidates to ?ll the forensic posts let alone any others. We are happy to discuss further if need be. Regards Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 D02 TDSO email: mam.cuiien@diei.ie Tel: 01-6312466 From: Niamh Sentry To: "MamCullen?DdieIJg" .Cullen l.la>. Date: 2202/2017 16:44 Subject: RE: DJEI Professional Accountant with tax experience Hi Mary, was looking into this and not sure is it just a bit of confusion over the title Tara seems to think this is the Forensic Accountant role that was on the OVR, booklet attached. Is it this role? Thanks a mill, Niamh From: Mag.Cuilen@djei.ie Sent: 22 February 2017 16:38 To: Niamh Sentry Cc: Harry.Lester@diei.ie; John.Huqhes@diei.ie; Michelle Noone Subject: DJEI Professional Accountant with tax experience Hl Niamh Just for your records re our original request requirements (as discussed at the meeting this week). Regards Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs. Enterprise, and Innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 D02 TD30 email: ma .cullenad' Lie Tel: Oi-6312466 Forwarded by Mary Cullen/entemp on 22/02/2017 16:35 From: Michelle Noone To: . II .Cuilen d'el.l Dale: 07(1012016 17:06 Subject: Re: Post meeting acllons Thanks Mary. On 7 Oct 2016, at 12:35, "Maeruilen@diei.ie" wrote: Michelle Regarding the Protessionai Accountant Grade 1 (tax) listed below. the following would be useful: a Business and enterprise experience 0 An understanding of business and enterprise policy 0 Accountant with finance and tax expertise and experience of working on enterprise tax structure and policy matters. Regards. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation Kiidare Street. Dublin 2 D02 TD30 email: maycullen?di?ie Tel: 0i?63i 2466 From: Michelle Noone To: "HargiesteerieLie" Cc: Dale: 0511012016 15210 Subject: Re: Post meeting actions Harry, Many thanks for this. I have been off site the last few days but am meeting Tara in the morning to review everything so will revert then. Thanks, Michelle On 6 Oct 2016, at 11:15, "Harry.Lester@diei.ie" wrote: Hi Michelle. It was good to meet on Monday and update ourselves on where we are on recruitment priorities. See below the actions I took from the meeting. some of which are completed with forms attached. I will follow up in early course on the ones that are still to be progressed. 0 Skills requirements for HEO's requested: Mary Cullen has followed up with Tara separately on this. The is not required at present Additional?SEE FORM BELOW Additional 4 E05 for Dublin SEE FORM BELOW Additional 1 HEO for Dublin SEE FORM BELOW Professional Accountant Grade 1 (tax) for Dublin SEE FORM BELOW. Further details of requirements to follow NB. please see attached a Form requesting two additional 00's for Carlow (which brings the total outstanding to five), 4 Additional EO's fr Dublin, 1 additional HEO for Dublin and 1 Professional Accountant Grade 1 (with tax skills) for Dublin 0 HEO required for assignment to ODCE. DJEI to con?rm whether the role (grade) has changed for this. In the interim. continue as discussed. PENDING WITH DJEI - DJEI to revert on Compliance manager (PO) requirement for assignment to ODCE. WITH PAS Forensic Accountants - PAS to rovide an update on this PENDING WITH PAS WITHDJEI AND PAS .- PENDNIG WITH DJEI PENDING WITH DJEI Next meeting - 7 November - 3.30pm Regards. Harry Lester Department of Jobs. Enterprise and Innovation Kildare St Dublin 2 Direct Dial 01 631 2244 E-mail: her .Iester d?ei.ie Email Disclaimer S?anadh Riomhphoist: This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. 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Ba choir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri rlomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan slan a ta ann chun somai a char ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fonota seo chomh maith gur seuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. Email Disclaimer S?anadh Riomhphoist: This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. 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Ba choir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tL'1 ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan slan a ta ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonrai pearsanta no togair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fon?ta seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. Email Disclaimer S?anadh Riomhphoist: This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of THF nr Irynu THF nT TITIQ nr ?Fly parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?us?id an duine aonair no an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu a ta Munar to an duine a ba choir an riomhphost seo, no aon chuid de, a fh?il, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a choipeail no a dh?ileadh. Dean teagmh?il leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis do/di go bhfuair to tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighde?nach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tu ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan slan a tit ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi? seo. 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Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?us?id an duine aonair no an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu e, a tit Munar tu an duine a ba choir an riomhphost seo, no aon chuid de, a th?il, nior choir duit aon agus inis do/di go bhfuair tu tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a tit ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tu ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh ioml?n slan a tit ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oiflg seo. Deimhnionn an fondta seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. 16 ,f I Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade 1) ODCE Niamh Sentry t- - 06/03/2017 12zi7 "Horry.Lesler@djei.ie" 3 ottochments lit-?5?. imogeOOlpng image002.png imogeDOSpng Hi Mary, Just wondering if you have decided if you want the above advertised in the Sunday Independent as per last time or just in the Irish Times as per the form received? Thanks, Niamh Niamh Santry Executive Search +353 1 858 7436 Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapachain Phoibli Chapter House, 26l30 Abbey Street Upper. 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This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d??said an duine aonair no an aonain amhain ar cuircadh chucu a ta se'. Munar tt'l an duine a ba choir an riomhphost see, no aon chuid de, a fhail, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a choipe?il no a dhaileadh. D?an teagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis d?/di go bhfuair hi 6 tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tu ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta nc') iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlz?m sle'm a tit ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, n? cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fon?ta seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost sco chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. 47/ Fw: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade 1) ODCE ?1 Harry Lester - Mary Cullen 07/03/2017 l4:53 Mary. What is the usuat practice in this regard (see below)? Regards, Harry Lester Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation HR Unit Kildare St Dublin 2 Direct Dial Oi 631 2244 E-mail: harry.lesler@djei.ie Forwarded by Harry Lesler/entemp on 07/03/2017 t4153 From: Vicloria Farringlon To: "Harry.Lesier@djei.ie? Dal 07/03/2017 10:49 Subj t: FW: Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade l) ODCE Hi Harry Do you require the Forensic Accountant (Professional Accountant Grade 1) for the ODCE to be advertised in the Sunday Independent? Many thanks in advance, Victoria Kind Regards Victoria Farrington Client Relations Team +3531 858 7451 Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapachain Phoibli Chapter House, 26l30 Abbey Street Upper. 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Deimhnionn an fon?ta seo chomh maith gur seuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachla a lorg. i {t8 4' {7'1ij ODCE Accountant Advertisement $5 Mary Cullen in. John Hughes 07/03/2017 15:03 John Proposed advertisement for the above. Okay to issue for 2 accountants? Regards Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs. Enterprise, and Innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 D02 TD30 email: mary.cullen@djei.ie Tel: 01-63t2466 Fonvarded by Mary Cullen/enlemp on 07/03/20t 7 t5:0i From: Marese Phelan To: Date: 07/03/2017 14:51 Subject: Hi Mary tern attaching the proof of the advert for your approval nd Can you confirm that you have 2 vacancies. it you have will change the wording in the 2 paragraph from a?a vaca ncy" to "vacancies?. Our Marketing Unit needs clearance by 4.00050 I would appreciate if you could come back to me by that time. 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Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, rt?mda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?usaid an duine aonair no an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu a ta Munar tu an duine a ba choir an riomhphost see, no aon chuid de, a fhail, nior chdir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a choipeail no a dh?ileadh. Dean teagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis do/di go bh?iair tu tri thimpiste. 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Regards Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 [302 TDSO email: mary.cullen@djei.ie Tel: 01-6312466 Forwarded by Mary Culten/entemp on 07/03/2017 15:0l m: Marese Phelan To: "Mary.Cullen@djei.ie" Date: 07/03/2017 14:51 Subject: Hi Mary 1 am attaching the proof of the advert for your approval. Can you confirm that you have 2 vacancies. If you have i will change the wording in the 2? paragraph from a"a vacancy" to ?vaca ncies?. Our Marketing Unit needs clearance by 4.00p.so i would appreciate if you could come back to me by that time. Kind regards Marese Marese Phelan Professional and Technical Unit 1 +353 1 858 7437 Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapaehain Phoibli Chapter House. 26/30 Abbey Street Upper. Dublin 1, 001 CTWS publiclobsje gradpubilcjoste stateboardsJe Certi?ed by NSAI for Excellence Through People 2015 Winner Gradireiand Recruitment Awards - Best Graduate Recruitment Website 2015 Fairness 8. impartiality independence Value Customer Service innovation Collaboration [attachment "image001.png" deleted byJohn Hughes/entemp] [attachment "image002.png? deleted by John Hughes/entemp] [attachment "image003.png" deleted by John Hughes/entemp] [attachment 10 deleted by John Hughes/entemp] This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this teclmology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?usaid an duine aonair no an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu a ta Munar tu an duine a be choir an riomhphost see, no aon chuid de, a ?aail, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a ch?ipeail no a dhaileadh. Dean teagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis d?/di go bhfuair tt'i tri thimpiste. Ba ch?ir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tu ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan slan a ta ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri "embpeestchuigan eitig sec. Deimhnionn an fonota seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. 20 gins? a. like? Fw: ODCE Accountant Advertlsement 35%? Mary Culten tan Drennan 07/03/2017 15:43 tan Please see final check from PAS that the advertisement is okay to run? Regards. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise. and Innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 D02 TD30 email: mary.cullen@djei.ie Tel: 01-6312466 Forwarded by Mary Cullen/entemp on 07/03/2017 1342 - From: Mary Cullen/enternp To: John Date: 07f03/2017 15:03 Subject: ODCE Accountant Advertisement John Proposed advertisement for the above. Okay to issue tor 2 accountants? Regards Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation Kildare Street. Dublin 2 D02 T030 email: mary.cullen@diei.ie Tel: 01?6312466 Forwarded by Mary Cullen/enlemp on 07/03/20l 7 15:0] warn: Marese Pheian to: "Mary.Culten@djei.ie" Date. 07/03/20l7 14:5] Subieci: Hi Mary i am attaching the proof of the advert for your approval. ad Can you confirm that you have 2 vacancies. lfyou have lwill change the wording in the 2 paragraph from a"a vacancy" to "vacancies". Our Marketing Unit needs clearance by 4.00p.so I would appreciate ifyou could come back to me by that time. Kind regards Marese Marese Phelan Professional and Technical Unit 1 +353 1 858 7437 Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapachain Phoibli Chapter House, 26130 Abbey Street Upper, Dublln 1. D01 C7W6 gradpublicjobs.le stateboards.ie Certi?ed by NSAI for Excellence Through People 2015 Winner Gradlretand Recruitment Awards - Best Graduate Recruitment Website 2015 Fairness 8. lmpartiality Independence Value Customer Service innovation Collaboration lmogeOOl.png image002.png imogeOOBpng This email and any ?les transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, rt'mda, agus til 56 beartaithe gur d?usaid an duine aonair no an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu a ta sechuid a nochtadh, a choipeail no a dhaileadh. Dean teagmhail leis an t? a chair chugat agus inis do/di go bhfuair tn 6 tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a ta ag de'anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tn ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh ioml?n slan a ta ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonrat? pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. - - -o-u-u - '3101 a sum Ltnqo oas1soqdqtuogl ue qpeqenos .1113 meu qtuoqo ogs 819(10} ma [moguqtugaq Fw: Sunday lndependenl 31-3-1 Men; Cullen Harry Lesler Harry Further question from PAS re the Mory Cullen Recruiimeni Assignmenis and Pay Section HR Unii Room 203 Department of Jobs, Enlerprise, ond lnnovoiion Kildore Sireei, Dublin 2 002 T030 emoil: mory.culien @djeiie Tel: 01-63] 2466 Forworded by Mon; Cullenfeniemp \n 09/03/20} 7 10:30 From: Morese Phelon To: ?Mory.Cuiien@diei.ie To: "mary.cullcn@djei.ie" Cc: 'john.hughes@djei.ie" Marese Phelan Subject: Forensic Accountant OCDE Hi Mary Information Booklet and application form for Forensic Accountant attached for approval. Under structure and current resources on page 3 of the information booklet, it states that the budget for 2015 is ?5m. Is there up to date information on this? I would appreciate if you could come back to me by 1pm today in order for the documents to be finalised for publication on our website Kind regards Anne Park Professlonal and Techncial Recruitment +353 1 858 7651 Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapachain Phoibli HDUQF Lbid? FADUFY 151111531 [.11111'1 publicioste gradgubliciobg?e stateboardsJe Certi?ed by MSAI for Excellence Through People 2015 Winner Gradtreland Recruitment Awards - Best Graduate Recrurtmenl Websrte 2015 Fairness 8. impartiality Independence Value Customer Service Innovation Collaboration This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, runda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d??said an duine aonair no an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu a tit 56. Munar tu an duine a ba choir an riomhphost seo, no aon chuid de, a fhail, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a choipeail no a dhaileadh. D?an teagmhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis d?/di go bhfuair ti: 6 tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tn ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan sl?n a ta ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, n? cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fon?ta seo chornh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riornhaireachta a lorg. 2&9 it?; FW: Sunday Independent Marc-5e Pheldn Io: Mory.Cullen@djei.ie 09/03/2017 10:23 History: This message hos been forwarded. 3 attachments imogeOinng imoge002.png imoge003png Hi Mary Are ODEC willing to pay this cost? Marese Marese Phelan Professional and Technical Unit 1 +3531858 7437 Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapach?in Phoibli Chapter House. 26130 Abbey Street Upper, Dublin 1. D01 CYWB publicjobsje gradpublicjoste stateboards.ie Certi?ed by for Excellence Through People 2015 Winner Gradlreland Recruitment Awards - Best Graduate Recrurlmenl Websne 2015 Fairness impartiality independence Value Customer Service innovation Collaboration From: +Marketing Mailbox Sent: 09 March 2017 09:56 To: Marese Phelan Subject: Sunday Independent Hi Marese, The costing for the Forensic Accountant (ODCE) in the Sunday Independent is below. is the client happy to proceed? Sunday Independent 2,703.15 regards, UiiVia Olivia McMahon Marketing and Communications +353 1 358 7423 Public: Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapachain Phoibli Chapter House, 26:30 Abbey Street Upper. Dublln 1. 001 CTWB public]obs.ie gradpublicjoste stateboardsie Certi?ed by NSAI for Excellence Through People 2015 Winner Gradlreland Recruitment Awards - Best Graduale Recruitment Websrle 2015 Fairness 8. lmpartiality Independence Value Customer Servlce lnnovalion Collaboration This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, r?nda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?L?isaid an duine aonair n6 an aonain amhain ar cuireadh chucu a ta Munar an duine a be choir an riomhphost see, no aon chuid de, a ?i?il, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a choipeail no a dhaileadh. Dean teagmhail leis an t? a choir chugat agus inis d?/di g0 bhfuair to tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a tit ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tu ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh ioml?n slan a ta ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oifig seo. Deimhnionn an fon?ta seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. 2? Fw: Forensic Accountant OCDE - PAS DRAFT Mary Cullen l3. Ian Drennan 09/03/20l7 10:27 Joan Howley, Colm Forde, Harry Lester Please respond by 09/03/2017 Ian Please see attached query received this morning from PAS re the competition booklet text update query. Many thanks. Mary Cullen Recruitment Assignments and Pay Section HR Unit Room 203 Department of Jobs. Enterprise. and Innovation Kildare Street, Dublin 2 002 TD30 email: mary.cullen@djel.u.- Tel: Ol-63i2466 From: "Anne Park" To: Cc: "iohnhughcs?i?leiic" "Marcsc Phelan Subject: Forensic Accountant OCDE Hr Mary Information Booklet and application form for Forensic Accountant attached for approval. Under structure and current resources on page 3 of the information booklet, it states that the budget for 2015 is ?5m. Is there up to date information on this? I would appreciate if you could come back to me by 1pm today in order for the documents to be finalised for publication on our website. Kind regards Anne Park Professional and Recruitment +353 1 858 7651 Public Appointments Service An tSeirbhis um Cheapach?in Phoibli Chapter House, 26130 Abbey Street Upper. Dublin 1, i301 Qubliciobsje gradgublicioste stateboards.ia Certified by NSAI for Excellence Through People 2015 Winner Gradlreland Recruitment Awards - Best Graduale Recruitment Website 201 '1 Falrness&lmpartlality Independence Value Customer Service Innovation Collaboration This email and any ?les transmitted with it are con?dential and intended solely for the use of the addressed individual or entity. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, or any parts of it, you should not disclose, copy or distribute any of its contents. Please contact the sender and notify them that you have received it in error. Anyone interacting by standard email should be aware that there are risks involved in transmitting personal or sensitive information using this technology (as email generally is not a fully secure method of sending data). Therefore, please do not send any personal or sensitive data by email to this of?ce. This footnote also con?rms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Ta an riomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a chuirtear ar aghaidh leis, rt?mda, agus ta s? beartaithe gur d?usaid an duine aonair no an aon?in amhain ar cuireadh chucu a ta Munar tt'r an duine a ba choir an riomhphost seo, no aon chuid de, a fhail, nior choir duit aon chuid de a nochtadh, a ch?ipeail no a dhaileadh. D?an teagrnhail leis an t? a chuir chugat agus inis do/di go bhfuair til (5 tri thimpiste. Ba choir d??inne a ta ag d?anamh idirghniomhaiochta tri riomhphost caighdeanach a thuiscint go bhfuil priacail i gceist agus tu ag seachadadh faisn?ise pearsanta no iogair leis an teicneolaiocht seo (mar nach modh iomlan slain a tit ann chun sonrai a chur ar aghaidh). Mar sin, na cuir sonrai pearsanta no iogair tri riomhphost chuig an oi?g seo. Deimhnionn an fon?ta seo chomh maith gur scuabadh an riomhphost seo chun viris riomhaireachta a lorg. '1 a Information Bookletdoc 174150! Deloiledpdf