Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30402/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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My Department has staff on secondment or on loan from other agencies within the health group who are not direct employees of the Department. In addition there are also a number of staff on fixed term (pensionable) contracts including advisors, civilian drivers and other staff engaged by Ministers in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines for ministerial appointments whose employment contracts are coterminous with the Ministers holding Office. The Department has no other public sector workers on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment.