Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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91. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the details of average cuts paid by his Department and those under his 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. [42710/14]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Recruitment of staff to my Department is ordinarily conducted through the Public Appointments Service (PAS), and where relevant through the redeployment mechanism introduced by Government to manage the reduction of numbers employed in the public sector in recent times.

Across the Department and its Offices, the only instance of use of an employment agency relates to the provision to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) of legal secretarial services. The fee received by the agency in the period 2012 to date is approximately €28,000 plus VAT. This represents just under 21% of the total amount paid to the agency, the balance of which is paid to the worker concerned. The agency is responsible for all administration costs in respect of the worker including, for example, administration of payroll and any human resource costs arising. In addition, they would be responsible for discharging employers' PRSI liability amounting to some €4,000, in respect of the worker, out of this fee. The breakdown of fees paid each year, including VAT, is as follows:

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party)
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92. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an annual breakdown of the fees paid to recruitment and employment agencies by his Department and those under his aegis. [42724/14]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Recruitment of staff to my Department is ordinarily conducted through the Public Appointments Service (PAS), and where relevant through the redeployment mechanism introduced by Government to manage the reduction of numbers employed in the public sector in recent times.

Across the Department and its Offices, the only instance of use of an employment agency relates to the provision to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) of legal secretarial services. The fee received by the agency in the period 2012 to date is approximately €28,000 plus VAT. This represents just under 21% of the total amount paid to the agency, the balance of which is paid to the worker concerned. The agency is responsible for all administration costs in respect of the worker including, for example, administration of payroll and any human resource costs arising. In addition, they would be responsible for discharging employers' PRSI liability amounting to some €4,000, in respect of the worker, out of this fee. The breakdown of fees paid each year, including VAT, is as follows: