Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 July 2016
406. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out in tabular form the number of staff employed in her Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date; her plans to expand this number; if there are protocol changes arising from changes to the National Archive Acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19610/16]
View answer408. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out in tabular form the number of staff employed in the National Archives in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19626/16]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 406 and 408 together.
The following table outlines the staffing figures for the National Archives since the establishment of my Department in June 2011. I intend to bring an implementation plan to Cabinet regarding a change to the 30-year rule for the making public of Departmental Records in the National Archives. Until that implementation plan has been finalised, however, it will not be possible to say what impact any changes might have on Departmental resources.
|
Year End |
Headcount |
WTE |
|
2011 |
47 |
45.5 |
|
2012 |
48 |
46.3 |
|
2013 |
48 |
46.3 |
|
2014 |
46 |
44.2 |
|
2015 |
44 |
42.4 |
|
2016 (end May ) |
47 |
45.8 |
