Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 February 2024
236. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of full-time senior arts collection registrars and arts collection registrars employed by the OPW in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [7846/24]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
|
Year |
Full Time Employees |
|
2022 |
1 Full Time - Senior Art Collections Registrar 1 Full Time - Historic Collections Registrar |
|
2023 |
Vacancy - Senior Art Collections Registrar 1 Full Time - Historic Collections Registrar |
|
2024 |
Vacancy (PAS Competition January 2024) - Senior Art Collections Registrar 1 Full Time - Historic Collections Registrar |
There are two Senior Collection Registrar positions in the OPW:
1. The Historic Collection Registrar assigned to our National Historic Properties Section.
2. The Senior Art Collection Registrar assigned to our Art Management Office. The post was vacated in Q3 2022 and an external competition is now underway with the Public Appointment Service to fill the vacancy.
The OPW have also engaged the services of three contractors to provide art registration services to the Art Management Office in the above years.
The OPW continually assess recruitment demands throughout the organisation and is in the process of reviewing the requirements of the Art Management Office in this regard.
