Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of social workers employed by the State on both a temporary and permanent basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2020/11]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The Employment Control Framework 2011-2014 for the health sector gives effect to the Government policy on employment in the public sector, which includes the moratorium on recruitment and promotion. However, the Framework does allow for the filling of certain exempted grades, including social workers, and there are also grades/posts to which special provisions apply. In addition, the Health Service Executive can also make exceptions to the moratorium on recruitment under certain conditions.

The number of social workers employed in the public health service at the end of November 2010 (the latest data available), based on the categories of employment as recorded on the health service personnel census, is as follows: