Mr. John D. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland including staff transferred from the former Fair Employment Agency, how many members of the Fair Employment Commission staff have been appointed since Mr. Harry Goodman was appointed chief executive of the commission; how many of these staff members are Roman Catholics; and if he will make a statement about Mr. Goodman's previous experience of industry and personnel management prior to his appointment as chief executive of the Commission.
§ Mr. NeedhamThirty one members of the Fair Employment Commission staff have been appointed since Mr. Harry Goodman was appointed chief executive of the commission, of whom 18 are Protestant and 13 are Roman Catholic.
Mr. Harry Goodman's career began in the Northern Ireland civil service. Prior to leaving the NICS in 1978, he had been a senior manpower adviser on personnel and industrial relations matters, work which necessitated extensive contact with both sides of industry at the highest levels of both management and trade unions.
On leaving the civil service, Mr. Goodman became assistant chief executive and chief officer (advisory services) of the Labour Relations Agency where his work included the development of a range of advisory services to industry on industrial relations and employment and personnel matters, as well as the management of finance and personnel within the organisation. He also had responsibility for the conciliation services associated with individual complaints.
Mr. Goodman is an economics graduate of Queen's university Belfast and a fellow of the Institute of Personnel Management.
§ Mr. TrimbleTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will state the number of persons whose perceived religious affiliation was Protestant and Roman Catholic and(a) operational staff and (b) other staff of (i) the Fair Employment Agency at the time of its dissolution, (ii) the Fair Employment Commission at the time of its creation and (iii) the Fair Employment Commission at the present time.
§ Mr. NeedhamAs the Fair Employment Agency became the Fair Employment Commission on 1 January 1990, the number of staff at the time of the agency's dissolution is the same as the number of commission staff at the time of its creation.
The commission has declared its intention to make monitoring information available on a yearly basis. To make such information available more frequently and 596W covering shorter periods could infringe the confidentiality requirements of the Fair Employment Acts by disclosing the religious beliefs of identifiable individuals. Accordingly, details are provided in relation to support and operational staff as at 1 January 1991.
1 January 1990 Protestant Roman Catholic Operational staff 1 15 Support staff 7 4
1 January 1991 Protestant Roman Catholic Operational staff 18 19 Support staff 12 8