Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 May 2015
517. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of recruitment to public sector bodies under the aegis of her Department since the partial lifting of the embargo on recruitment. [18250/15]
View answerNew arrangements for the restoration to my Department of delegated sanction for recruiting and promoting certain public sector staff are currently being finalised with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. These new arrangements are expected to be shortly finalised. In the meantime the existing arrangements continue to apply.
As part of this Government's commitment to protect front line services in schools, appointments of teaching staff have been exempted from the moratorium on recruitment applying across other areas. In this regard, additional teaching staff have continued to be provided to reflect increases in pupil numbers in schools. As part of Budget 2015 I gave a commitment to the recruitment of approximately 900 extra mainstream teachers and 480 Resource Teachers in schools for the 2015/16 school year. I also made provision in the Budget for the employment of extra Special Needs Assistants, with an increased ceiling of 11,330 posts for 2015.
