Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 331: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons employed in the Human Rights Commission, the Legal Aid Board, the National Disability Authority, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner and any other agency under the remit of his Department; the number of persons in terms of whole-time equivalents employed prior to the introduction of the moratorium; the estimated number currently employed; the target number at which point the moratorium will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20036/10]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 332: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in terms of whole-time equivalents employed prior to the introduction of the moratorium; the estimated number currently employed; the target point at which point the moratorium will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20058/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 331 and 332 together.

My Department is responsible for staffing its Head Office and a large number of agencies under its remit, including the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. Separately, the Human Rights Commission, Legal Aid Board, National Disability Authority, An Garda Síochána, Irish Prisons Service, Courts Service and Property Registration Authority recruit their own staff. The whole-time equivalent number of staff employed in these bodies prior to the Moratorium on recruitment and promotion, and currently, is as follows:

The question of the lifting of the Moratorium is a matter for the Department of Finance in the first instance.