Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 May 2015
615. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of recruitment, under the aegis of her Department, to the public sector since the partial lifting of the embargo on recruitment. [18248/15]
View answerThe Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform announced the partial lifting of the embargo on recruitment to the public service as part of Budget 2015. Details of the operation of revised arrangements are being finalised between officials of my Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. In the interim, my Department and bodies under its aegis have continued to progress the filling of certain key posts on the basis of specific sanction obtained from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. In the period 1st January to 30th April, a total of 14 such appointments have been made by bodies under the aegis of my Department, including the Arts Council, the Crawford Art Gallery, Foras na Gaeilge, the National Library and the National Gallery, while a recruitment process in relation to a further 13 positions is ongoing.
