Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 October 2014
262. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of contracts of indefinite duration that have been sought and the number that have been granted in the years 2007 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014 in the public sector under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38839/14]
View answerMy Department first collected information in relation to the numbers of staff entitled to contracts of indefinite duration in local authorities in 2008. The table sets out the information on a cumulative and a whole time equivalent basis (wte) and includes the most recent data available for 2014. The number of staff who sought contracts of indefinite duration is not collected by my Department.
|
Local Authority Sector |
Total WTE |
|
December 2008 |
184.3 |
|
December 2009 |
357.48 |
|
December 2010 |
447.2 |
|
December 2011 |
584.51 |
|
December 2012 |
721.33 |
|
December 2013 |
785.26 |
|
June 2014 |
876.58 |
There is one staff member with a contract of indefinite duration in my Department since September 2012.
The information requested in respect of State agencies is not collected by my Department.
