Sharon Finegan
From Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
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Responsibility at Head of Business Unit level for the Department’s role in relation to: Local Authority HR policies including the oversight of strategic work force planning in the local authority sector, assessing and granting staff sanction requests where appropriate, declaring qualifications in the sector to allow for ongoing recruitment. Providing support to Local Authorities for the appointment of Temporary Chief Executives as appropriate. Representing the Department in respect of discussions on Local Government industrial relations matters. Contribute, as required, to negotiations on a successor to the Building Momentum Public Service Agreement, with a view to ensuring that key productivity and reform measures for the sector are agreed. Issuing all HR and Pay related circulars for the LG Sector. Providing a pay and pensions policy function in respect of local authorities, including issuing all relevant pay and pensions circulars, dealing with legacy queries from local authorities in respect of the LG Single Scheme pension, continued implementation of a system of reimbursements of Single Pension Scheme liabilities incurred by local authorities. Processing Ministerial superannuation-related consent requests from Ervia and Uisce Éireann. The ongoing operation of the Outside Appointments Board for the Local Authority Sector. Supporting the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive. The processing of staff sanction requests in the non-commercial semi-state bodies.