Michael D'Arcy (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 373: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff employed by his Department on 1 January 2009; and the number of staff employed on 10 December 2009. [47795/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The number of staff employed in my Department on 1st January, 2009, was 1429 (1332.58 whole time equivalent). The current number of staff employed in my Department is 1362 (1273.70 whole time equivalent). As well as all administrative staff, these figures include non-administrative/professional grades e.g. staff of the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) and of the Inspectorate. Further reductions to these numbers will occur due to the loss of staff through, inter alia, the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement, other retirements/resignations, the Incentivised Career Break Scheme, the levy to provide staff to the Department of Social and Family Affairs and the moratorium on recruitment.