Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year cost of recruiting eight additional laboratory analysts for the State laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22702/19]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the State Laboratory that the estimated full year cost of recruiting eight additional laboratory analysts would be €289,890.16.

This calculation is based upon new entrants starting at the first point of the scale, and includes Employers' PRSI at 10.95%.

As set out in the 2019 Revised Estimates for Public Services, the State Laboratory's overall gross budget increased by 6% in 2019, and the budget allocation for Salaries, Wages and Allowances increased by 4%.