Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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177. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of job vacancies in the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and InterTradeIreland respectively. [28168/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Enterprise Ireland currently has 45 Ireland-based vacancies and 36 vacancies across the organisation’s overseas network.

IDA Ireland is actively recruiting to fill 24 vacancies.

InterTrade Ireland has no vacancies.

Vacancies in Agencies such as EI, IDA etc, generally arise on an ongoing basis due to natural attrition (retirements, resignation and death-in-service), as well as the allocation of additional posts in response to Brexit and the nature of each Agency’s resourcing model.

The majority of roles in the overseas network are filled on a fixed term contract basis and therefore at any given time, due to the expiry of contracts, a number of posts may be vacant. This model is required to ensure we retain the flexibility to adequately resource our overseas markets to match the market opportunities for our clients.

An intensive recruitment programme is underway to fill the vacancies with the most appropriate candidates, bringing the relevant specialist skill sets and experience as required for these critical roles.