Written answers
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
Department of Justice and Equality
Departmental Staff Recruitment
Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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271. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of recruitment under the aegis of her Department to the public sector since the partial lifting of the embargo on recruitment. [18255/15]
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Recruitment across the justice sector remains subject to specific sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. In that context the following recruitment has taken place since January 2015.
| Department (Including Irish Prison Service) | No. |
|---|---|
| Clerical Officers | 50 |
| Locum Probation Officers | 6 |
| Deputy Secretary | 1 |
| Assistant Secretaries | 2 |
| Deputy Director, Forensic Science Ireland | 2 |
| Prison Administration and Support Officer Grade III | 12 |
| Psychologist Grade III | 1 |
| Administrative Officer | 1 |
| Courts Service | |
| Clerical Officers | 8 |
| Judicial Assistants | 6 |
| Crier | 1 |
| Executive Legal Officer | 1 |
| County Registrar | 1 |
| Legal Aid Board | |
| Temporary Solicitor Grade III | 8 |
| Director of Legal Aid | 1 |
| Clerical Officer | 1 |
| Temporary Law Clerk | 1 |
| Managing Solicitor Grade II | 1 |
| An Garda Síochána | |
| Trainee Gardaí | 100 |
| Superintendent | 1 |
| Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission | |
| Intelligence Analyst (Higher Executive Officer grade) | 1 |
It should be noted that a number of these posts were existing vacancies which have now been filled.
In respect of the clerical officers recruited it should be noted that 45 of these appointments relate to Immigration Control Officers. These officers have been recruited as part of the civilianisation of immigration controls at Dublin Airport.
In addition to the above a number of staff joined the Department on transfer or through redeployment from other areas of the Civil and Public Service. Furthermore the Department employs a number of temporary clerical officers on short term contracts. These are, by definition, short term contracts designed to meet seasonal peaks and facilitate staff who avail of the Shorter Working Year Scheme.
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