David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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613. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of additional public sector staff hired in his Department over and above those who had retired or 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, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20138/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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In determining resource requirements, my Department engages in on-going assessment of our business needs with particular emphasis on examining our work practices with the objective of driving efficiencies. With efficiencies arising across the Department particularly from investment in enhanced IT systems and new work areas coming on stream, my Department avails of Workforce Planning processes to forecast current and future staffing needs. As set out in the following table, 171 new staff were hired by my Department between 2011 and to date in 2016 and further recruitment is taking place to meet our on-going resource needs within the parameters of our payroll threshold.

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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614. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of new public sector workers in his Department hired to replace retiring staff and those who left the Department in each of the years 2013 to 2015; the overall percentage of staff turnover this represents; the cost or savings in payroll and pensions accrued, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20147/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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In determining resource requirements, my Department engages in on-going assessment of our business needs with particular emphasis on examining our work practices with the objective of driving efficiencies. With efficiencies arising across the Department particularly from investment in enhanced IT systems and new work areas coming on stream, my Department avails of Workforce Planning processes to forecast current and future staffing needs. As there may be no direct correlation between the staff exiting my Department and new hires, and different salaries and pension arrangements apply, it is not possible to assess associated costs and savings.