Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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856. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent roles filled by her Department of posts at principal officer, assistant principal officer, higher executive officer, executive officer and clerical officer grades for the past five years; the cost to the Exchequer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35491/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Rural and Community Development was established in July 2017. Data on employees recruited since the establishment of the Department , at the grades of principal officer, assistant principal officer, higher executive officer, executive officer and clerical officer are set out for each year from 2017, in the tables below.

Table A, employee numbers in each grade at year end in December 2017:

Table B - employee numbers in each grade at year end, December 2018:

Table C - employee numbers in each grade as at 31^stDecember 2019:

Table D - Employee numbers in each grade as of 4^thNovember 2020:

The budget allocated each year for staffing requirements is as follows: