I propose to take Questions Nos. 198 and 200 together.
Information in respect of the numbers of contract/agency staff employed in bodies/agencies funded from my Department's Vote Group in 2012 is set out in the table below. There has been no change to these numbers thus far in 2013. As the Deputies will be aware, my Department and the bodies under its aegis (other than North South Implementation Bodies) are subject to the moratorium on public sector recruitment and have been directed to achieve a progressive reduction in payroll costs staffing numbers through the implementation of an Employment Control Framework (ECF) over the period 2010-2015. Progress in this regard is subject to regular review in consultation with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
Body
|
Staff engaged on fixed term contracts as at 31/12/2012
|
Agency staff numbers as at 31/12/2012
|
Agency staff employed during 2012
|
Cost of agency
staff in 2012
|
Arts Council
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
€180,129
|
Ulster-Scots Agency*
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Irish Film Board
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
€ 43,320
|
Chester Beatty Library
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Crawford Art Gallery
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Foras na Gaeilge*
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Heritage Council
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Irish Museum of Modern Art
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
National Concert Hall
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
€ 30,376
|
National Library of Ireland
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
€ 29,487
|
National Museum of Ireland
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
€ 38,216
|
Údarás na Gaeltachta
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Waterways Ireland*
|
1
|
4
|
25
|
€517,171
|
National Gallery of Ireland
|
16
|
1
|
2
|
€ 46,810
|
Total
|
46
|
12
|
38
|
€885,509
|
*North South Implementation Bodies are not subject to the moratorium on recruitment or the ECF framework.