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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 22 June 2017

Thursday, 22 June 2017

Ceisteanna (56)

Bríd Smith

Ceist:

56. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of her Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff, disciplinary procedures and workplace related issues such as allegations of bullying and so on or dignity at work issues in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [29341/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

During the years 2015 and 2016 my Department, as an employer, did not engage external resources to undertake or support investigations in the area of human resources and industrial relations. 

In addition, as the Public Appointments Service provides my Department with its externally sourced/recruited staff and my Department manages its own internal recruitment processes itself without recourse to external agencies or consultancy, no monetary costs arise, per se.