Written answers

Thursday, 6 November 2014

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Ruth CoppingerRuth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the details of average amounts paid by his Department and those bodies under its aegis to recruitment and temporary employment agencies, that is, the proportion of the fee paid from State funding to such agencies which is received by the worker and the proportion by the agency. [42701/14]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department’s recruitment is done through the Public Service Appointment Service (PAS), apart from two current contracts in respect of the provision of security staff in one of the Department’s Regional Offices. Details of the fees paid to agencies in respect of the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 are outlined in the following table.

Agency Techskills FRS Farm Relief Service
2011 €77,713 Nil
2012 €69,555 €5,366
2013 €52,876 €27,959
2014 to date €32,328 € 32,067


The use of recruitment and employment agencies by the State Bodies under my Department’s aegis is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves.

Photo of Paul MurphyPaul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party)
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109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an annual breakdown of the fees paid to recruitment and employment agencies by his Department and those agencies under its aegis. [42714/14]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department’s recruitment is done through the Public Service Appointment Service (PAS), apart from two current contracts in respect of the provision of security staff in one of the Department’s Regional Offices. The details requested by the Deputy are outlined in the following table.

Agency Techskills FRS Farm Relief Service
2011 €77,713 Nil
2012 €69,555 €5,366
2013 €52,876 €27,959
2014 to date €32,328 €32,067


The use of recruitment and employment agencies by the State Bodies under my Department’s aegis is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves.

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