asked the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry if employment agencies are being used by his Department to recruit workers on a full-time or part-time basis; if his Department or any semi-State Body under the aegis of his Department have used agency staff in the past 12 months and for what grade of worker, i.e. manual, clerical, technical; and if he will state in respect of such staff over the last 12 months (a) the name of the agencies, (b) the number of staff hired, (c) the cost per head to the State and (d) the total amount paid by his Department.
Written Answers. - Staff Recruitment.
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I presume the question refers to commercial employment agencies rather than the Civil Service Commission or the National Manpower Service.
No staff have been recruited either by my Department or semi-State bodies under the aegis of my Department through commercial agencies.