Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 October 2014
70. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 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. [38831/14]
View answerMy Department has no public sector workers employed on temporary contracts. There are four statutory posts where the current incumbents would have fixed term contracts with the Department. These are the Chairperson of the Labour Court, the Chief Executive of the Labour Relations Commission, the Director of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, and the Controller of Patents in the Patents Office.
In replying, I have excluded those staff whose assignments in the Department are directly linked to my term of office as Minister, or the term of office of the two Ministers of State assigned to the Department.
I have asked all Agencies under the aegis of my Department to advise me of the number of public sector workers employed on temporary or non-permanent contracts, and I will communicate that information to the Deputy as soon as it is available.
