Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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83. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of providing ten additional statistician and economist posts for the Revenue Commissioners. [53357/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by Revenue that recruitment of analytical staff, such as economists, statisticians or other data analysts, in Revenue is generally addressed through specialist recruitment. As well as direct recruitment or internal promotion of staff with relevant background or experience in these areas, Revenue also benefits from economist recruitment panels established by the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service and the secondment of Statisticians from the Central Statistics Office.

Through these channels, economists, statisticians and analysts are recruited by Revenue at a mix of grades, primarily at Administrative Officer and Assistant Principal levels.

Statisticians may be recruited at two levels in the civil service: 1. Administrative Officer (AO) equivalent, the average annual cost for a Statistician, AO equivalent, is estimated at €81,710; 2. Assistant Principal (AP) equivalent, the average annual cost for a Statistician, AP equivalent is estimated at €117,587.

Economists may be recruited at two levels in the civil service: 1. Administrative Officer (AO) equivalent, the average annual cost for an Economist, AO equivalent, is estimated at €67,979; 2. Assistant Principal (AP) equivalent, the average annual cost for an Economist, AP equivalent is estimated at €107,190.

The required grade mix is dependent on the nature of the work to be undertaken. Therefore it is not possible to provide an estimate for the cost of 10 additional staff as this would first require an assessment of the work for such staff to determine the appropriate staffing mix.