Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the details of average cuts 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. [42711/14]

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party)
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135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an annual breakdown of the fees paid to recruitment and employment agencies by her Department and those under her aegis. [42725/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 134 and 135 together.

As the Deputies have not specified the time frame of interest to them, the information provided below relates to 2013 and 2014. The Deputies should note that my Department and the Agencies under its remit use the services of the State's independent recruitment office, the Public Appointments Service, to the maximum extent possible. Where appropriate, that Service seeks reimbursement from its clients of certain costs which arise including advertising and interview board member expenses.

I am advised that my Department and Agencies under its remit do not ordinarily use the services of external recruitment or employment agencies. However, in respect of 2013 and 2014 the table below sets out the relevant expenditure as requested by the Deputies.