Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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104. To ask the Taoiseach the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has lost due to retirement by grade in the same period. [41825/19]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy regarding to the number of recruitments and retirements from 2014 to date, is set out in the following tables.

My Department uses workforce planning and succession planning to ensure that there are sufficient staffing resources in place to deliver the Department's strategic goals. In the main, staff are recruited to my Department through the Public Appointments Service (PAS) by way of competition.

Vacancies are also filled by way of mobility through the Civil Service Mobility Scheme, internal promotions and secondments from other Government Departments and the public service, which are not reflected in the tables.

Table 1 - Recruitment

** Staff numbers reflect headcount rather than whole time equivalent.

Table 2 - Retirements

** Staff numbers reflect headcount rather than whole time equivalent.