The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following table.
Organisation
|
Number of additional staff appointed in 2019
|
Estimated annualised payroll cost of additional staff appointed in 2019
€million
|
Department of Culture Heritage and the Gaeltacht
|
33
|
1.22
|
Arts Council
|
5
|
0.244
|
Crawford Art Gallery
|
1
|
0.048
|
National Concert Hall
|
2
|
0.116
|
National Gallery of Ireland
|
13
|
0.435
|
National Library of Ireland
|
2
|
0.060
|
National Museum of Ireland
|
9
|
0.240
|
Screen Ireland
|
2
|
0.060
|
Waterways Ireland
|
12
|
0.402
|
|
|
|
Total
|
79
|
2.825
|
I am informed that my Department, Waterways Ireland, the National Museum of Ireland and the National Gallery of Ireland all recruited a number of seasonal staff in 2019. As this is an annual occurrence to give additional cover for busy periods in public-facing sections such as the National Parks in my Department and does not give rise to a year-on-year increase in payroll, seasonal staff are not accounted for in the above figures.