Written answers
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Departmental Staff
Brendan Kenneally (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Question 371: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people currently employed in social welfare offices throughout County Waterford; the breakdown of these numbers by office; the number employed per year over the past five years; and if there are plans to increase the number of staff employed in Waterford. [28153/09]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently 93 people employed on a permanent basis in Social Welfare Offices in County Waterford. As a number of these avail of family-friendly work arrangements and are consequently employed on a less than full-time basis, the total employment in these offices equates to some 85 full time equivalent posts.
The following table gives a breakdown by office of permanent staff. TABLE A
Posts | People | |
Waterford | ||
Social Welfare Local Office | 62.68 | 69 |
Regional/Investigative | 21.70 | 23 |
Dungarvan | ||
Regional/Investigative | 1 | 1 |
Total | 85.38 | 93 |
In addition, there are currently 4 Temporary Clerical Officers employed in the Social Welfare Local Office in Waterford City, pending the assignment of permanent staff. 9 extra staff members have been assigned to Waterford Local Office since June 2008 to deal with the significant increase in the Live Register.
Table B details the number of permanent staff in the Social Welfare Local Office and Regional/Investigative offices in the past 5 years. TABLE B
Waterford | Dungarvan | Total | |||
SW Local Office | Regional/Investigative | Region/Investigative | |||
01-Jan-04 | |||||
Posts | 47.8 | 20 | 1 | 68.8 | |
People | 55 | 23 | 1 | 79 | |
01-Jan-05 | |||||
Posts | 49 | 21 | 1 | 71 | |
People | 57 | 24 | 1 | 82 | |
01-Jan-06 | |||||
Posts | 51 | 21 | 1 | 73 | |
People | 59 | 24 | 1 | 84 | |
01-Jan-07 | |||||
Posts | 51.7 | 22.5 | 1 | 75.2 | |
People | 59 | 25 | 1 | 85 | |
01-Jan-08 | |||||
Posts | 52 | 23.5 | 1 | 76.5 | |
People | 60 | 26 | 1 | 87 | |
01-Jul-09 | |||||
Posts | 62.7 | 21.7 | 1 | 85.4 | |
People | 69 | 23 | 1 | 93 |
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