Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 July 2021
231. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the staffing levels at each INTREO public offices operated by her Department in County Kildare in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by location in tabular form. [38263/21]
View answerMy Department, like all Government departments and agencies is required to operate within a staff ceiling figure and a commensurate administrative staffing budget.
The staffing needs for all areas within the Department are continuously reviewed, taking account of workloads, management priorities and the ongoing need to respond to new demands across a wide range of services. This is to ensure that the best use is made of available resources with a view to providing an efficient service to those who rely on the schemes operated by the Department.
The following table details the numbers working in each of the Intreo public offices in Kildare. My Department’s offices in Celbridge were closed in 2019. The work is now covered by the office in Maynooth. These figures are fulltime equivalents which take account of staff that avail of work-sharing.
|
Location |
Dec-19 |
Dec-20 |
Jun- 21 |
|
Athy |
5.00 |
5.00 |
6.00 |
|
Newbridge |
69.3 |
68.50 |
68.00 |
|
Maynooth |
9.00 |
8.20 |
9.00 |
|
Naas |
3.00 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
|
TOTAL |
86.30 |
82.70 |
85.00 |
