The following table outlines the breakdown of staffing levels (whole-time equivalents) in my Department from end December 2002 to end October 2010.
|
Year
|
Numbers Serving
|
|
December 2002
|
622.52
|
|
December 2003
|
600.81
|
|
December 2004
|
587.39
|
|
December 2005
|
587.09
|
|
December 2006
|
622.43
|
|
December 2007
|
628.70
|
|
December 2008
|
612.91
|
|
December 2009
|
560.78
|
|
October 2010
|
541.76
|
In respect of my Department over the period in question, 31 people have been retained either by contract or secondment from other organisations to provide a range of services to address specific specialist needs in banking, economics and financial areas.
With regard to the Central Bank and Financial Regulators Office, I can confirm that the end year staff numbers since 2002 are as follows:
|
Year
|
CB/SS*
|
FR*
|
Total
|
|
2002
|
607.0
|
211.0
|
818.0
|
|
2003
|
657.5
|
280.5
|
938.0
|
|
2004
|
655.0
|
298.5
|
953.5
|
|
2005
|
645.5
|
318.0
|
963.5
|
|
2006
|
648.0
|
329.0
|
977.0
|
|
2007
|
647.5
|
343.5
|
991.0
|
|
2008
|
653.5
|
369.0
|
1,022.5
|
|
2009
|
666.5
|
377.2
|
1,043.7
|
*CB/SS = Central banking/Shared services.
*FR = Financial regulation.
When offering contracts of employment, consideration is given to the expected future nature of the role, resulting in a combination of fixed term and permanent contracts being offered. The Central Bank of Ireland has a policy of recruiting on the open market when particular skill-sets are not readily available within the organisation e.g. approval was granted for 20 fixed term contracts for the Government Guarantee Scheme in late 2008.
