Brexit Staff

Tuesday, 2 October 2018

Questions (314)

Billy Kelleher

Question:

314. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 552 of 7 September 2018, when this information will be collated and available. [39937/18]

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Written answers

Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation

I have been advised by my Office that the response issued to the Questions Office on 25 September 2018 for onward transmission to the Deputy.

The following deferred reply was forwarded to the Deputy under Standing Order 42A

The Deputy recently asked the following PQ, PQ36911 for which it was not possible to gather all the information requested in the time available.

The information has now been collated in respect of the Agencies under my Department’s remit.

The number of staff hired by Agency is broken down as follows:

Agency	New Hire	Replacement Staff	Total
Enterprise Ireland *	237	161	398
LEO’s	0	0	0
IntertradeIreland	10	8	18
IDA**	23	84	107

* With regard to the figures provided by Enterprise Ireland, the new staff hire figure of 237 includes:

· 49 new hires to Enterprise Ireland’s two-year International Graduate Programme

· 38 new hires to Enterprise Ireland’s two-year National Graduate Programme

· 37 Brexit Posts in 2017

· 8 Brexit Posts in 2018

The remaining new hires related to the filling of vacancies which arose across overseas and domestic locations. Some of these were vacancies that existed prior to June 2016. It should also be noted that many of the local posts are based on two-year contracts.

NB. When replying to a similar question you raised in May of this year, Enterprise Ireland provided figures. They have now advised however that those figures did not reflect the new hires for the filling of vacancies that existed prior to June 2016. The above figures now include all new hires since June 2016 regardless of when the vacancy arose. This has significantly increased the numbers.

** In relation to the figures provided by IDA Ireland, I have been informed that the figures provided by the IDA in the May response were slightly miscategorised. I understand that they misunderstood the definition of “replacement” and “new hire” which resulted in a miscalculation of posts (some replacement staff were categorised as new hires). The figures above are now reflected in the appropriate columns.