PSEU Branch Notes

Revenue Group

Branch Representatives.

 

Contact details of your Branch Committee members are set out below. They are your first port of call when you need advice on an issue that affects you.

 

Jim Ryan (Branch Chair) Limerick

061/488347 jryan@revenue.ie

 

Fran  Grimes ( Vice – Chair) Ashtowngate

Dublin

01/8277361  fragrim@revenue.ie

 

Gerard Malone (Secretary) PSEU Head Office.

01/6767271 gmalone@pseu.ie

 

Brian McCarthy (Treasurer) Dundalk

042/9353857 brmccart@revenue.ie

 

Nora O’ Brien  (Equality Off.) Dublin

01/8894671 noobrien@revenue.ie

 

Paul Moyer Castle House

01/6748409 pmoyer@revenue.ie

 

Brendan Howard, Ashtowngate

01/8277630 bhoward@revenue.ie

 

Gerry Paley, Lansdowne House

01/6329632 gpaley@revenue.ie

 

Michael O’ Connell, Dublin Castle

01/6748569 mloconnl@revenue.ie

 

Brian Wray, O’ Connell Street

01/8655884 bwray@revenue.ie

 

Louie Glancy (E.C.) O’ Connell Street.

01/8894754 lglancy@revenue.ie

 

Tony O’ Gorman ( EC) New Custom House

01/8776357 togormn@revenue.ie

 

Eddie Confrey, Mount Street

01/6474044 econfrey@revenue.ie

 

Pearl Kelleher,(E.C)  Dublin Castle

01/6748137 pearl@revenue.ie

 

John J.O’Brien, New Custom House

086/0609819 jjobrien@revenue.ie

 

Noel Carey Nenagh

067/63474 ncarey@revenue.ie

 

Gerard Corcoran,  Limerick

061/488204 gmocorco@revenue.ie

 

John Rossiter (E.C.) Tullamore

086/8064174 jrossite@revenue.ie

 

Michael Garry, Ennis

065/6849148 mgarry@revenue.ie

 

Patricia Weir, Cork

021/4325448 ptrcweir@revenue.ie

 

Eamonn O’ Fearghail, Donegal

087/2448199 eofeargh@revenue.ie

 

Matt Waters, Monaghan

047/38012 mwaters@revenue.ie

 

Dermot Brown, Athy

087/1730660 dbrown@revenue.ie

 

Michael Hickey, Athlone E.C.

090/6421830 mhickey@revenue.ie

 

Frank Libreri, Waterford

051/862188  flibreri@revenue.ie

 

 

Sub- Branches.

Dublin No 1:

 

Ashtowngate, Tallaght,  Guinness, Santry, Dublin Airport, Blackrock, Dublin Port , State Warehouse and New Custom House.

Reps: Brendan Howard. GEC, Francis Grimes, GEC & Tony O’Gorman E.C.

Chairperson: Tony O’ Gorman. Secretary: Francis Grimes

 

Dublin No 2:

 

Apollo House, O’ Connell Street, Findlater House, Setanta, Mount Street, Merrion Square, Ardilaun, Shelbourne House, Hawkins House, Clanwilliam Court, Lansdowne House, D’Olier House.

Reps: Brian Wray, Eddie Confrey and Gerard Paley. GEC. & Louis Glancy EC

Chairperson: Brian Wray. Secretary: Louie Glancy

 

Dublin No 3:

 

Ship Street, Stamping, Dublin Castle, Castle View, Castle House, Wicklow House, John’s Road.

Reps: Mick O’ Connell, Paul Moyer GEC & Pearl Kelleher EC.

Chairperson: Sean Carabini. Secretary: Anne Carey

 

Meath/ Kildare/ Laois / Wicklow.

Rep: Dermot Brown. GEC

Chairperson:

Secretary:

 

Louth / Cavan/ Monaghan

Rep: Matt Waters.GEC

Chairperson: Matt Waters. Secretary: Gary Moneley.

 

Sligo/Leitrim/Donegal / Longford

Rep: Eamonn O’ Fearghail .GEC

Chairperson: Brian Redmond. Secretary.

 

Galway / Roscommon / Mayo/Westmeath/ Offaly

Reps: Michael Hickey GEC & John Rossiter E.C.

Chairperson: Fergus Burns. Secretary: Michael Hickey.

 

 

Cork

Reps:   Patricia Weir. GEC.

Chairperson: Jean Scully. Secretary: Ger Cunnigham.

 

Clare / Limerick / Kerry/ Nenagh

Reps: Michael Garry, Gerard Corcoran, & Noel Carey GEC

Chairperson: Jim Ryan. Secretary: Liam Galvin.

 

Waterford / Tipperary/ Wexford / Carlow/Kilkenny.

Rep: Frank Libreri  GEC.

Chairperson: Frank Libreri. Secretary. Angela Whelan.

 

 

PSEU Partnership Representatives:

 

 

Revenue Partnership Committee: Gerard Malone & Brian McCarthy.

 

Intensive Group on the New HR Agenda ( HRIG): Brendan Howard & Kevin Heffernan.

 

Intensive Group On Customer Services Standards: Pearl Kelleher

 

Sub – Group on Co – Option of Staff for partnership Groups: Gerard Malone.

 

Sub – Committee on Training for Partnership: Gerard Malone.

 

East South – East Region Local Partnership Group:  Frank Libreri. ( Chair of Group)

 

Collector – General’s Local Partnership Group:  Liam Galvin.

 

South West Region Local Partnership Group:  Ted McCarthy. ( Chair of Group)

 

Large Cases Division Local Partnership Group:  Tom McGrath.

 

Dublin Region Local Partnership Group: Brian Wray.

 

BMW Region Local Partnership Group: Brian Wray.

 

Revenue Steering Group on Training:  Mike Butler.

 

 

Finalisation of Integration:

The Integration Agreement of 2003 and the Memorandum of Understanding

 ( MOU) 2004 between Revenue and IMPACT (TOB) provided for a transition period of four years at the end of which all those remaining in the grades on Tax Officer and Higher Tax Officer would be regraded to the general service grades of CO and EO respectively. Re – certification for these grades took place on 1st July 2007.

 

The 2003 Agreement and the MOU 2004 also provided for the setting up of a review group (comprising of Revenue management and IMPACT TOB in January 2007 to consider the scope for, and possible mechanism whereby, a quantum of the staff remaining in the grade of TO and HTO could aspire to be regraded to EO and HEO. One of the final acts of the TOB was to conclude an agreement, which will see 30 Upgradings to EO and HEO over three years commencing in the autumn of 2007. All of these new posts will be assigned to Audit, Investigative and Compliance work.

 

As a result of this agreement this UNION has negotiated an agreement with Revenue, which will see an equivalent number (30) EO’s promoted to HEO over four years. In addition and as a consequence of separate negotiations by the AHCPS there will be an additional 9 Higher Scales for Higher Executive Officers over three years. First assignments of these additional posts will be backdated to 1st July 2007.  The Public Appointments Service (PAS) together with Revenue are currently developing an EOI system to be used for the promotional element of these packages.

 

 

EO’s and Audit:

Under the PCW, agreement was reached that allowed HTO’s to do some audit work. Clear parameters were set out to distinguish what HTO’s could be asked to do and what work remained proper to Inspectors. This distinction, at the time, was delineated on the basis of financial limits--income up to £15k. and turnover up to £100k, (in 1997 terms), and anything above this was proper to Inspectors.

Section 1.9 of the Integration Agreement states ' It is not the intention that this Agreement would be used as a basis to downgrade work i.e to assign work to a lower grade where such work is not appropriate to and within the duties of the grade involved.' This section also undertakes that 'Significant changes will be the subject of discussions with the relevant Unions in advance.'

Apparently, in May 2007 some members of Revenue Management declared that there was now '...no restriction or limitations on the type of audits to be initiated or conducted by HTO’s. In doing so, they cited the flexibility provisions in Section 2.21 of 'Towards 2016'.

It needs to be stated at the outset that we accept the principles set out in that Section. However, nowhere in that Section is there any agreement that previous agreements can be set aside without consultation. Indeed, the terms of that Section are very broad and open to a range of possible interpretations in any given case. We do not accept that anything in that Section, when applied to this issue, can be interpreted to mean that Revenue is entitled to cast aside previous agreements, which provide a clear basis to distinguish between the relevant grade levels. Both levels are now within the General Service and our interests are in securing high-level work for the HEO grade and protecting career outlets for our EO’s. We are not agreeable to the downgrading of HEO work. Discussions are ongoing with HRD.

 

State Warehouse:

The Board of the Revenue Commissioners gave approval late in 2006 to proceed with the outsourcing of the State Warehouse functions under section 28.9 (service delivery options) of Towards 2016. Requests for tenders were issued in July 2007 and 5 tenders were received ahead of the closing date in September. Management is now evaluating these tenders. Meetings took place between Management and the Unions during 2007 at which the Unions voiced their opposition to the outsourcing project. As agreement cannot be reached the matter is now being referred to the public service sub – group of the National Implementation Body. This Union, for its part is anxious to see the matter referred as soon as possible. Revenue has written to the Department of the Taoiseach requesting their assistance in the referral process.

 

 

Gerard Malone

gmalone@pseu.ie