Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 November 2019
599. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of additional staff appointed in her Department and agencies under her remit in 2019; the estimated cost of hiring the additional staff, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46701/19]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following table.
| Organisation | Number of additional staff appointed in 2019 | Estimated annualised payroll cost of additional staff appointed in 2019 €million |
| Department of Culture Heritage and the Gaeltacht | 33 | 1.22 |
| Arts Council | 5 | 0.244 |
| Crawford Art Gallery | 1 | 0.048 |
| National Concert Hall | 2 | 0.116 |
| National Gallery of Ireland | 13 | 0.435 |
| National Library of Ireland | 2 | 0.060 |
| National Museum of Ireland | 9 | 0.240 |
| Screen Ireland | 2 | 0.060 |
| Waterways Ireland | 12 | 0.402 |
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| Total | 79 | 2.825 |
I am informed that my Department, Waterways Ireland, the National Museum of Ireland and the National Gallery of Ireland all recruited a number of seasonal staff in 2019. As this is an annual occurrence to give additional cover for busy periods in public-facing sections such as the National Parks in my Department and does not give rise to a year-on-year increase in payroll, seasonal staff are not accounted for in the above figures.
