Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is additional so the number will increase from 60 to 70. The WRC is staffed by 200 civil servants. There has been a 25% increase in staffing since October 2015. Total funding for 2022 is €15.7 million with an additional €500,000 to allow for additional inspectors to be hired. The total number of WRC inspectors will increase, therefore, from the current sanction of 60 to 70 over the coming years. That is a net increase of ten. We will need to build on that in the years ahead because there is a backlog of work to be done.