Departmental Staff Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 June 2016

Tuesday, 14 June 2016

Ceisteanna (88, 90)

Clare Daly

Ceist:

88. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach the number of staff working in his Department's human resources section. [15455/16]

Clare Daly

Ceist:

90. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach the changes in the numbers employed in his Department's human resources section following the introduction of PeoplePoint. [15487/16]

Freagraí scríofa

The Taoiseach

I propose to take Questions Nos. 88 and 90 together.

In 2011, when my Department began engaging with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the PeoplePoint Project, there were 11.58 whole time equivalent staff members working in Human Resources (HR) in my Department. My Department moved to streamline and optimise its HR function ahead of the transfer of responsibility for its transactional HR activities to PeoplePoint and there are now 7.85 whole time equivalent staff members working in HR. HR staff members who were formerly engaged in transactional HR have also shifted their focus to more strategic activities such as induction, probation, absence and performance management.