The National Treasury Management Agency have advised me regarding the issues raised in the Deputy's question and have supplied the table below showing the number of staff employed by functional area, staffing levels as at end 2015, 2016 and 2017, the number of vacancies and the average length of time that these vacancies have been open:
Summary
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as at 31/12/2015
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as at 31/12/2016
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as at 30/11/2017
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Current Open Positions
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Average No of Weeks Open
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State Claims Agency
|
109
|
128
|
136
|
5
|
7
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NDFA
|
60
|
61
|
66
|
3
|
3
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ISIF
|
36
|
41
|
44
|
1
|
24
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Funding & Debt Management
|
21
|
20
|
24
|
|
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NewERA
|
19
|
19
|
22
|
|
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Finance, Technology and Operations
|
121
|
125
|
141
|
1
|
3
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Corporate Services
|
53
|
57
|
64
|
1
|
18
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NTMA Staff Assigned to NAMA, SBCI & Dept of Finance
|
362
|
331
|
293
|
3
|
9
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Headcount
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781
|
782
|
790
|
14
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