Public Service Benchmarking Website invites submissions from the Public

Any persons or organisations wishing to make submissions to the Public Service Benchmarking Body in connection with this review are asked to do so in writing by 7 July 2006. Submissions should refer to grades and/or issues which are relevant to the terms of reference of the Body.

Brendan Duffy, Secretary,
Public Service Benchmarking Body,
PO Box 10552,
Dublin 8.
Telephone: 01 6045460
Fax: 01 6045716
E-mail: info@benchmarking.gov.ie
* Website: [broken link removed]e

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Members of the Benchmarking Body

CHAIRPERSONMr Dan O’Keeffe SC BCL LL.B. A.C.A.
MEMBERSMr Billy Attley, former General Secretary of SIPTU.
Ms Olive Braiden, Arts Council; former Chair of Justice sector Performance Verification Group.
Mr John Malone, former Secretary General of the Department of Agriculture and Food.
Mr Tom McKevitt, former Deputy General Secretary of the Public Service Executive Union.
Mr Willie Slattery, Managing Director, State Street International (Ireland) Ltd.
Professor Brendan Walsh, Emeritus Professor of Economics, UCD.

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Groups to be Examined

Public Service Benchmarking Body
List of Grades/Groups to be examined by the Benchmarking Body​

Civil service:
Clerical Officer
Executive Officer,
Higher Executive Officer/Administrative Officer
Assistant Principal (standard scale)
Principal (standard scale)
Engineer Grades I, II and III
Prison Officer, Nurse Officer, Assistant Chief Officer, Chief Officer Class II and Class I, Assistant Governor, Deputy Governor and Governor (I, II and III)
District Inspector (Senior Clerk of Works)

Health sector:
Staff Nurse
Public Health Nurse
Clinical Nurse Manager II
Clinical Nurse Manager III
Assistant Director of Nursing (Non-Band 1 Hospitals)
Director of Nursing bands 1
Director of Nursing bands 3
Medical Scientist
Senior Medical Scientist
Chief Medical Scientist
Biochemist
Senior Biochemist
Principal Biochemist
Workshop Supervisor/Instructor in Specialist Agencies
Senior Workshop Supervisor/Instructor in Specialist Agencies
Workshop Manager in Specialist Agencies
Social Care Worker
Speech & Language Therapist
Senior Speech & Language Therapist
Speech & Language Therapist Manager
Ambulance Officer (Operational)
Chief Ambulance Officer
Emergency Medical Technician
Professionally Qualified Social Worker
Team Leader Social Worker
Principal Social Worker
Radiographer
Senior Radiographer
Radiographer Service Manager II
Senior Dental Surgeon
Principal Dental Surgeon (P&E)
Senior Chef
Chef II
Clerical Admin. Grade III, Grade V and Grade VII
General Manager/Functional Officer
Senior House Officer
Senior/Specialist Registrar
Principal Medical Officer

Education sector
Principal, Assistant Principal, and Teacher in the Primary and Post-Primary schools
Lecturer, Structured Lecturer and Senior Lecturer Grade III in the Institutes of Technology.
Assistant/Junior/Below Bar Lecturer, (College) Lecturer, Statutory/Senior Lecturer,
Associate Professor in the HEA sector (excluding Associate Professor, NUI Galway)
Secretary/Financial Controller, Registrar, Head of Development in Institutes of Technology
Technical Officer in the Institutes of Technology
Technician Grades in the HEA Sector
Special Needs Assistant
Adult Education Officer
Youthreach Co-ordinators

Local Authority sector:
Clerical/Admin Grades
· Administrative Officers (Grade VII)
· Staff Officers (Grade V)
· Clerical Officers (Grade III)
Senior Executive Officer
Engineer Grades
· Senior Engineer
· Senior Executive Engineer
· Executive Engineer
· Assistant Engineer
· Graduate Engineer

Garda Síochána
Garda, Sergeant, Inspector, Superintendent and Chief Superintendent.

Defence Forces
Private (3 Star), Sergeant Technician 5, Sergeant, Sergeant-Major, Captain, Captain (Dentist), Captain (Doctor), Commandant, Commandant (Eng.), Lieutenant-Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel (Dentist), Colonel (Director of Medical Corps).

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