David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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386. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of new public sector workers in his Department hired to replace retiring staff and those who left the service in each of the years 2013 to 2015; the overall percentage of staff turnover this represents; the cost or savings on payroll and pensions accrued, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19512/16]

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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387. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of additional public sector staff hired in his Department, over and above those who had retired or who left the service, that is, new positions only as and from 31 December 2010, broken down for each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date and by Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19513/16]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 386 and 387 together.

My Department was established in July 2011 and I can confirm that at all times we operated within agreed employment control framework "ECF" numbers and within predetermined budgets.

All decisions to recruit, including replacement posts, are carefully considered as part of our Workforce Planning process.  We do not track retirement vacancies/replacements separately as these are considered in the overall resourcing needs of the Department.

It is not possible to provide the information requested on pensions accrued for 2013-2015 at this time and this information will follow as soon as possible.

In the meantime, as requested, please find information on retirements and turnover in the following table.