Written answers

Thursday, 6 November 2014

Department of Social Protection

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Ruth CoppingerRuth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the details of average fees paid by her Department and those under her aegis to recruitment and temporary employment agencies, that is the proportion of the fee paid from State funding to such agencies received by the worker and the proportion by the agency. [42712/14]

Photo of Paul MurphyPaul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party)
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57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an annual breakdown of the fees paid to recruitment and employment agencies by her Department and those under her aegis. [42726/14]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 56 and 57 together.

The Department of Social Protection does not pay fees to recruitment or employment agencies because all department staff, both temporary and permanent are recruited and appointed through the Public Appointments Service

The agencies that operate under the aegis of the Department are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, and the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman. The Office of the Pensions Ombudsman did not engage recruitment agencies during the period in question.

The total amounts paid by the Citizens Information Board and the Pensions Authority to recruitment and employment agencies in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 are set out in tabular format.

Citizens Information Board

Year

Total amounts

Paid
Agency FeeSalary Inclusive of Employer PRSI  & Holidays 
2011€52,825€9,245€43,580
2012€20,899€3,659€17,241
2013€16,561€2,899€13,662
2014€31,872 €5,578€26,294


Pensions Authority
YearTotal amount PaidAgency FeeSalary inclusive of employer PRSI and holidays
2011€22,618€5,089€17,529
2012€8,646€1,945€6,701
2013€15,630€3,517€12,113
2014€0€0€0


In addition the Pensions Authority engaged recruitment agencies to recruit staff on their behalf. Once recruited they became employees of and were paid by the Authority. Amounts paid to the agencies in respect of this service are set out in tabular format below.



Pensions Authority
YearAgency Fee
2011€11,922
2012€7,056
2013€5,641
2014€14,760

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