Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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190. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent roles filled by his 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [35483/20]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The tables below set out the numbers of staff in post in each grade at the end of each year as follows:

Table 1 - The overall numbers of staff in the relevant grades and grade equivalents at each year end for the past five years.

Table 2 - Provides further breakdown of the overall totals for each year by grade to those in post in a full-time capacity.

Table 3 - Provides further breakdown of the overall totals for each year by grade to those in post in a part-time or work-sharing capacity.

The year-end totals provide number of filled posts by my Department and they do not include vacancies at that point in time.

Insofar as the cost to the exchequer is concerned, the table below sets out the total pay expenditure for the Department, as per the published Appropriation Accounts from 2015-2019. The complexity of recruitment and staff turnover does not allow for a further breakdown in the manner sought by the Deputy. Nevertheless, the table includes the cost to the Exchequer of all full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent filled posts in the Department at principal officer, assistant principal officer, higher executive officer, executive officer and clerical officer grades. The table also includes the pay costs of other filled posts, including Secretary General, Assistance Secretary, technical grades and services grades which it is not possible to separate out.

The expenditure in the table includes the expenditure of pay by the Department and its Offices including, the Workplace Relations Commission, the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland, the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, and the Companies Registration Office.Additionally, the 2015 and 2016 expenditure includes pay costs of the Low Pay Commission which was part of the Department’s Vote during those years. Also reflected is expenditure arising from the cost of certain severance payments during the period in question.

Department Total Pay (Appropriation Account)

*The totals listed include other payroll costs to the exchequer such as pension payments to former members of Labour Court, the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (now known as the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission). Total pay includes administration pay and the pay elements of the Offices of the Department – Workplace Relations Commission, Intellectual Property Office Ireland, Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, Companies Registration Office and the Low Pay Commission - 2015 and 2016 only before its transfer to the DEASP. The 2020 exchequer figures are not yet available.