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Departmental Agencies

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 May 2010

Tuesday, 18 May 2010

Ceisteanna (477)

Leo Varadkar

Ceist:

512 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in the State Examinations Commission, the Higher Education Authority, the National Education Welfare Board and any other agency under the remit of his 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. [20038/10]

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The details requested by the Deputy are set out in the following table. The issue of the duration of the staffing moratorium with regard to those agencies under the aegis of my Department is being addressed in the context of the employment control frameworks being put in place across the public service.

Agency Name

WTE No’s End 2008

WTE No’s Qtr 1 2010

Comment

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse

18.00

3.00

Residential Institutions Redress Board

29.00

27.00

Residential Institutions Review Committee

1.00

1.00

On Contract (Not public Sector employee)

An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (COGG)

4.00

3.00

EFB (Education Finance Board)

3.00

4.00

Two temps (on contract) & two secondments from VECs

FÁS (Foras Áiseanna Saothair)

2,272.14

2,027.25

2,075.25 is total number current staff in FÁS

FETAC (Further Education and Training Awards Council)

47.00

41.00

GDA (Grangegorman Development Agency)

6.00

4.00

HEA (Higher Education Authority)

63.00

56.00

HETAC (Higher Education and Training Awards Council)

32.00

32.00

IRCHSS (Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences)

7.00

5.00

IRCSET (Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology))

6.00

5.00

Leargas — The Exchange Bureau

41.10

38.70

Excluding the NCGE

NCCA (National Council for Curriculum and Assessment)

37.00

30.00

NCGE (National Centre for Guidance in Education)

8.00

7.00

The NCGE operates under the aegis of Léargas

NCSE (National Council for Special Education)

105.00

105.00

NCTE (National Centre for Technology in Education)

25.00

19.00

NEWB (National Educational Welfare Board)

100.00

102.00

NQAI (National Qualifications Authority of Ireland)

25.00

27.00

SEC (State Examinations Commission)

170.00

162.00

The Teaching Council

28.50

28.50

The Teaching Council has been self-financing since March 2008

Note 1: These figures are primarily based on quarterly returns provided by the agencies to my Department's Finance Unit.

Note 2: FÁS under aegis of my Department from May 2nd 2010.

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