Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 October 2014
261. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of temporary contracts in place for the public sector as a whole, including State agencies and other public bodies under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38828/14]
View answerMy Department gathers quarterly data on staff numbers in the local authority sector and in the State agencies under my Department’s remit. The most recent quarterly data on the numbers of temporary contract staff collected at the end of June 2014 on a whole time equivalent basis (WTE), was 1,320.91 WTE (local authority sector) and 19.5 WTE ( State agencies). My Department has two officers engaged on temporary contracts and arrangements are currently being finalised in relation to contract appointments in my office and the office of my colleague, Minister of State Coffey, under the normal arrangements for the staffing of such officers.
