Written answers
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
Departmental Agencies
9:00 am
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 374: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of persons in Tourism Ireland, Fáilte Ireland, Irish Sports Council, the National Museum of Ireland, the Irish Film Board and any other agency under the remit of her Department 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [20042/10]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The moratorium on staffing in the public service was introduced from 27 March 2008 to end 2010. The table below sets out the numbers, in terms of whole time equivalents, employed in the State bodies under the aegis of my Department as at 31 December 2008 and 31 December 2009.
Name of Agency | Number of staff serving at end 2008 | Number of staff serving at end 2009 |
Arts Council | 62 | 58.50 |
Irish Film Board | 16 | 16 |
Chester Beatty Library | 36.4 | 35.4 |
Failte Ireland | 389.19 | 356.69 |
Irish Museum of Modern Art | 94 | 93 |
Irish Sports Council | 29.4 | 28.4 |
National Concert Hall | 67.5 | 66.29 |
National Library of Ireland | 123.15 | 104.05 |
National Museum of Ireland | 180.92 | 175.51 |
National Sports Campus Development Authority | 5.6 | 4.6 |
SFADCo. (Tourism) | 30.5 | 30.5 |
Tourism Ireland Ltd. | 161.5 | 159 |
Crawford Art Gallery | 13 | 14 |
Total | 1209.16 | 1141.94 |
The objective is to reduce the total number of staff, in terms of whole time equivalents, across all the agencies listed above to 1118 by end 2010.
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