Written answers

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Election Management System

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 431 of 20 November 2012 and 691 of 6 November 2012, if he will provide the total number of the persons employed in the following roles in the Children's Referendum who were immediately previously unemployed or on the live register, Special Presiding Officers, Presiding Officers, Supervisory Presiding Officers and Area Inspectors, Poll Clerks, Count Supervisors, Count Calculators and Counters. [11343/13]

Photo of Phil HoganPhil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Based on information provided to my Department by Returning Officers for 35 out of 43 constituencies, the total number of staff employed at the referendum in November 2012 was 11,654, of which 28.6% were unemployed. The details for the 35 constituencies are set out in the following table.

Positions
Total number of staff employed
Number of ‘unemployed’ persons employed

‘unemployed’ persons as a % of the total

Poll Clerks
4,524
1,780
39.35
Presiding Officers
4,527
1,120
24.74
Supervisory Presiding Officers
352
33
9.38
Special Presiding Officers
124
10
8.06
Emergency Presiding Officers
23
3
13.04
Count Supervisor
186
14
7.53
Calculator
110
6
5.45
Counter
1,603
321
20.02
Other Staff
205
41
20.00
Total
11,654
3,328
28.56

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