AQW 2281/10


Mrs Naomi Long
Alliance Party
East Belfast


Tabled Date: 02/11/2009
Answered On Date: 11/11/2009
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel to outline which categories of public sector employees within his remit currently have professional registration fees paid, and which do not.


Answer:
The attached table illustrates the categories of public sector employees within my remit that have professional fees paid by my department and those that do not.
Legal professional fees are only paid where necessary for the execution of the work in which they are involved. For this reason some solicitors and barristers have their professional fees paid whilst others do not.
Fees Paid by Department
Fees Not Paid by Department
Architects
Auditors
Accountants
Accounting Technicians
Barristers
Barristers
Construction Professionals
Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply -CIPS
Mechanical & Electrical Engineers
Solicitors
Solicitors
Surveyors
Textile Institute
Trainers
Valuers