Written answers
Tuesday, 16 June 2020
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Departmental Staff
Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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1020. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff by location and function in each office of her Department nationally. [11468/20]
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.
The staffing needs for all areas within the Department are continuously reviewed, taking account of workloads, management priorities and the on-going need to respond to new demands across a wide range of services. This is to ensure that the best use is made of available resources with a view to providing an efficient service to those who rely on the schemes operated by the Department.
The following table provides a breakdown of permanent staff in my Department by county location and function as at the end of May 2020. The figures provided are fulltime equivalents; this takes account of staff that avail of work-share options. In addition to these permanent staff, my Department has 390 Temporary Clerical Officers (TCOs) assigned to cover long term absences , carers leave, long term illness, the shorter working year scheme and to support the roll out of the Public Service Card and other projects. A number of these TCOs (87 in total) have been assigned to assist with my Department's response to the Covid pandemic.
| ACTIVATION, PLANNING & EMPLOYMENT POLICY | APPEALS OFFICE | CENTRALISED SCHEMES * | CONTROL | GENERAL REGISTRARS OFFICE | INTREO CENTRES | ISD DIVISION | SUPPORT AREAS ** | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 2.00 | 41.88 | ||||||
| Cavan | 1.00 | 44.13 | ||||||
| Clare | 2.00 | 69.70 | ||||||
| Cork | 5.00 | 10.30 | 277.51 | 1.00 | 43.53 | |||
| Donegal | 53.20 | 3.00 | 280.98 | 9.00 | 156.24 | 1.00 | ||
| Dublin | 210.70 | 56.15 | 210.61 | 50.50 | 5.80 | 807.87 | 219.83 | 310.59 |
| Galway | 2.75 | 9.00 | 147.34 | 3.00 | ||||
| Kerry | 1.00 | 2.00 | 115.28 | |||||
| Kildare | 2.00 | 88.50 | 0.80 | |||||
| Kilkenny | 3.00 | 45.60 | ||||||
| Laois | 2.00 | 33.38 | ||||||
| Leitrim | 44.57 | 121.16 | 34.90 | 8.50 | ||||
| Limerick | 6.00 | 7.50 | 169.52 | |||||
| Longford | 5.60 | 393.88 | 5.00 | 38.45 | ||||
| Louth | 1.00 | 4.00 | 138.46 | 2.70 | 73.87 | |||
| Mayo | 3.00 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 104.23 | ||||
| Meath | 1.00 | 42.90 | ||||||
| Monaghan | 22.48 | 17.40 | 0.80 | |||||
| Offaly | 14.50 | 3.00 | 54.91 | |||||
| Roscommon | 8.00 | 37.06 | 33.88 | |||||
| Sligo | 26.50 | 450.06 | 3.00 | 67.60 | 22.00 | 24.40 | ||
| Tipperary | 1.00 | 5.00 | 97.65 | 1.00 | ||||
| Waterford | 28.46 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 118.10 | ||||
| Westmeath | 6.00 | 85.87 | 1.00 | |||||
| Wexford | 2.00 | 85.69 | ||||||
| Wicklow | 3.60 | 64.05 | 0.60 | |||||
| Grand Total | 378.93 | 84.50 | 1336.53 | 293.54 | 42.86 | 2981.02 | 246.52 | 468.09 |
** Support Area includes: Minister's Office, HR, Facilities Management, Accounts, Data Protection/Business Information Security, Business Intelligence, Investment Analysis, Decision Advisory Office, FOI, Activation Case Management, Regional Process Improvement, Back Office Ops/Regional Support Unit, Internal Audit, Digital Services, Customer Communications & Services, Service Quality, Press Office and Business Architects Office.
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