Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed in his Department, Central Bank and Financial Regulator's office in each individual year since 2002; if he will indicate in respect of each body the number of those staff who were full-time public or civil servants and the number or proportion of staff in each body who were contracted to provide specialist services; the nature of the services which were contracted into each of these bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44370/10]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The following table outlines the breakdown of staffing levels (whole-time equivalents) in my Department from end December 2002 to end October 2010.

In respect of my Department over the period in question, 31 people have been retained either by contract or secondment from other organisations to provide a range of services to address specific specialist needs in banking, economics and financial areas.

With regard to the Central Bank and Financial Regulators Office, I can confirm that the end year staff numbers since 2002 are as follows:

When offering contracts of employment, consideration is given to the expected future nature of the role, resulting in a combination of fixed term and permanent contracts being offered. The Central Bank of Ireland has a policy of recruiting on the open market when particular skill-sets are not readily available within the organisation e.g. approval was granted for 20 fixed term contracts for the Government Guarantee Scheme in late 2008.

*CB/SS = Central banking/Shared services

* FR = Financial regulation