Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 January 2024
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Social Insurance Fund 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 13 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 14 - Ex gratia Payments of €1.4 million to Social Welfare Branch Managers
Chapter 15 - Raising Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 16 - Recovery of Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 17 - Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund
9:30 am
Mr. John McKeon:
That is absolutely the case. I mentioned previously that it takes 12 to 18 weeks to get a new staff member. In some cases, it takes longer than that. To be honest, like a lot of employers we are finding it difficult to fill vacancies. We use our own services and the Public Appointments Service but there are vacancies. Where vacancies exist, we try to make sure they are not on the front line. We can move people into those offices and put in temporary staff. We have 400 to 500 temporary clerical officers at any point in time.
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