Departmental Agencies

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 May 2010

Tuesday, 18 May 2010

Ceisteanna (339)

Leo Varadkar

Ceist:

374 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of persons in Tourism Ireland, Fáilte Ireland, Irish Sports Council, the National Museum of Ireland, the Irish Film Board and any other agency under the remit of her Department in terms of whole time equivalents employed prior to the introduction of the moratorium; the estimated number currently employed; the target number at which point the moratorium will end; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20042/10]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport (Deputy Mary Hanafin)

The moratorium on staffing in the public service was introduced from 27 March 2008 to end 2010. The table below sets out the numbers, in terms of whole time equivalents, employed in the State bodies under the aegis of my Department as at 31 December 2008 and 31 December 2009.

Name of Agency	Number of staff serving at end 2008	Number of staff serving at end 2009
Arts Council	62.00	58.50
Irish Film Board	16.00	16.00
Chester Beatty Library	36.40	35.40
Failte Ireland	389.19	356.69
Irish Museum of Modern Art	94.00	93.00
Irish Sports Council	29.40	28.40
National Concert Hall	67.50	66.29
National Library of Ireland	123.15	104.05
National Museum of Ireland	180.92	175.51
National Sports Campus Development Authority	5.60	4.60
SFADCo. (Tourism)	30.50	30.50
Tourism Ireland Ltd.	161.50	159.00
Crawford Art Gallery	13.00	14.00
Total	1,209.16	1,141.94

The objective is to reduce the total number of staff, in terms of whole time equivalents, across all the agencies listed above to 1,118 by end 2010.