Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of individual contractors employed by the IDA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27543/18]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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There are eight externally contracted people currently employed by IDA Ireland.  This figure includes six people engaged via recruitment agencies and two freelancers/sole traders.

The Enterprise agencies under my remit are provided with an overall pay ceiling within which they have some flexibility to align their staffing resources to manage their overall operations and priorities.  Staffing resources are reviewed as an ongoing priority to ensure my Department’s continued ability to facilitate the wide mission and volume of work in a range of challenging policy areas.

When responding to individual key strategic priorities and individual workforce planning exercises, each Agency including IDA Ireland works with my Department to ensure they remain within agreed pay-budget limits.