Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of full-time and part-time civil servants her Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of full-time and part-time civil servants her Department has lost due to retirement by grade in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41817/19]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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My Department, like all Government departments and agencies is required to operate within a staff ceiling figure and a commensurate administrative staffing budget, which for this Department has involved reductions in staff numbers.

The following tables detail the information requested. The first details the number of permanent full-time staff recruited through open competitions organised by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) or the Top Level Appointments Committee (TLAC). Those officers recruited through PAS competitions were not serving in a role in my Department immediately prior to their participation in the PAS competition. With the exception of the Medical Assessor grade, my Department does not recruit part-time staff through open competitions. In addition to these recruits, each year my Department recruits a number of Temporary Clerical Officers though PAS competitions to cover long term absences eg. maternity leave, carers leave, long term illness, the shorter working year scheme and short- term projects. 

The second table details the number of staff who have retired from my Department in each of the years requested and to the end of August in 2019.

Staff recruited through open competitions 2014 to August 2019

Retirements 2014 to end August 2019