Details of the ceilings in the Government's Employment Control Framework for bodies under the aegis of my Department are provided in the attached table, together with details of the latest available staffing levels.
Department of Education and Skills
Employment Control Framework (ECF) for Aegis Bodies
|
Name of Body
|
ECF for end 2012
|
Staffing numbers at end March 2012*
|
|
Whole Time Equivalent
|
Whole Time Equivalent
|
FÁS
|
1,073
|
1,112
|
State Examinations Commission (excl temporary clerical staff)
|
153
|
142
|
National Council for Special Education
|
103
|
104
|
NQAI/FETAC/HETAC**
|
85
|
83
|
Higher Education Authority and Research Councils
|
58
|
60
|
Teaching Council
|
32
|
26
|
Residential Institutions Redress Board and Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse
|
28
|
28
|
National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
|
25
|
25
|
*Note — Staffing numbers at a particular point in time may include vacancies waiting to be filled. Numbers do not include staff on career breaks.
**Note — These three organisations will shortly be amalgamated to form the new Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland.