Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of vacancies at each grade in his Department. [4471/11]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Since the moratorium on recruitment was introduced in March 2009, the only method of filling vacancies in the Department is through the redeployment and lateral transfer of existing civil and public servants. When staff become available from other Government Departments critical posts, not currently occupied, are prioritised and staff are assigned to those posts.

The number of staff employed in the Department has risen in the last two years as outlined in the table.