Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 18 Feb 1997

Vol. 475 No. 1

Written Answers. - Departmental Staff.

Ivor Callely

Question:

246 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of permanent staff in his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; the number of temporary staff; the number of staff on contract; and if Government staffing-embargo guidelines are adhered to in his Department and each State agency in this regard. [4526/97]

Minister for Social Welfare (Proinsias De Rossa)

The information requested by the Deputy, which represents the position at 31 January 1977, is set out in the following table.

Where two staff are job-sharing a post, either in the Department or in one of the agencies, they are counted as one head of staff.

There are three agencies under the aegis of the Department of the Social Welfare i.e. the Pensions Board, The Combat Poverty Agency and The National Social Services Board. For the purposes of this reply, permanent staff in the agencies of the Department is taken to mean staff on long-term renewable contracts; temporary staff is taken to mean staff who are recruited, for very short periods, from employment agencies etc; and contract staff is taken to mean staff on fixed-term contracts.

The staffing of the Department and of the agencies under its aegis is determined by the needs of the work in accordance with Government policy on civil and public service numbers.

Department Staffing

Permanent	4241.5
Temporary	Nil
Contract	13
Total	*4254.5

Staffing of State Agencies under Aegis of Department

	Permanent	Temporary	Contract
Pension Board	17	1	0
C.P.A.	**19	2	1
N.S.S.B.	22.5	2	10
Total	*58.5	5	11

*Accounted for by uneven number of job-sharers.

**Includes two part-time permanent.

Ivor Callely

Question:

247 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade the number of permanent staff in his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; the number of temporary staff; the number of staff on contract; and if Government staffing/embargo guidelines are adhered to in his Department and each State agency in this regard. [4528/97]

Minister for Tourism and Trade (Mr. E. Kenny)

There are, at present, 112 permanent staff, including six job sharers, and 12 contract staff in the Department of Tourism and Trade.

As to the State-sponsored bodies reporting to the Department, the following is the situation:

	Permanent	Contract
An Bord Tráchtála	191	58
CERT	48	60
Bord Fáilte	202	29

In all cases the total figures are in line with the staffing-embargo Guidelines on Public Sector recruitment set by the Government in June 1995. In addition, Bord Fáilte and CERT regularly recruit, on a seasonal basis, additional staff to deal with seasonally peaked inquiry levels, demand for services etc. The numbers currently stand at 23 for Bord Fáilte and 64 for CERT, who are at present in their peak training period.