Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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289. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of temporary contracts in place for the public sector as a whole, including State agencies and other public bodies under the remit of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38823/14]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As at 30th September 2014 there were 50 staff employed in my Department on fixed term contracts. This figure includes 33 seasonal employees of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. On the same date a total of 58 staff were employed on the basis of fixed term contracts in the bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group. This figure includes 23 seasonal employees in Waterways Ireland.

Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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290. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of contracts of indefinite duration that have been sought and the number that have been granted in the years from 2007 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014 in the public sector under the remit of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38834/14]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department was established on 2 June 2011. The number of contracts of indefinite duration sought and granted in bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group over the period since that date is set out in the table below.