Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 968: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number of school inspector posts that have not been filled since the introduction of the ban on recruitment; and the number of inspectors employed each year from 2007 to date in 2010. [15790/10]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The number of inspectors employed within the Inspectorate of the Department of Education and Science on the 31 December 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 is shown below. 31/12/07 - 166 31/12/08 - 154 31/12/09 - 133 20/04/10 - 133

Since the moratorium on recruitment and promotion in the Public Service was introduced on 27th March 2009 the number of inspectors in my Department has fallen from 154 to its current level of 133.