Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance the filling of posts by Department which he has been asked to sanction and those which he has sanctioned since the introduction of the embargo on the recruitment of public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19582/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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On 27 March 2009, I announced a moratorium on recruitment and promotion in the public service (with certain exceptions in the health and education sectors). Since then my Department has received 221 applications for the filling of posts comprehended by the moratorium. To date, I have sanctioned 55 (36 are for staff in the offices of recently appointed Ministers of State). The details are set out in the following table.

I am also allowing the recruitment of some seasonal summer staff (e.g. life guards, guides at heritage sites, cover for term time absences and analogous cases).