Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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Question 375: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of full-time employees in the National Gallery of Ireland. [21155/05]

Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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Question 376: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of persons who have been recruited from the live register since 2000 to work in the National Gallery of Ireland; and if there is a policy of recruiting some workers from the local community. [21156/05]

Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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Question 377: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the way in which temporary jobs for the summer months in the National Gallery of Ireland are filled. [21157/05]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 376 to 378, inclusive, together.

The National Gallery of Ireland is an equal opportunities employer operating an open recruitment policy fully in accordance with Government policy and, as such, does not inquire as to whether a potential employee is on the live register. The institution has provided employment to more than twenty people from the local community over the past 20 years.

The gallery has established a panel to fill temporary positions that may become available during the year. The panel is comprised of applicants who responded to public advertisements and from unsolicited inquiries. These positions are filled in accordance with the gallery's recruitment policies and procedures. There are 125 full-time employees in the National Gallery of Ireland.