Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There are a few. There are fixed-term contracts. For example, of the 3,446 posts that are currently filled, 2,680 are permanent, 520 are fixed-term contracts and 246 are specified-purpose contracts. There are actual vacant posts and then there are posts which are filled by temporary contracts or agency staff. What I want, and what I think we all want, is full-time people in those posts.