Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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1019. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of persons employed by her Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of her Department. [24458/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Rural and Community Developmentwas established on ¹⁹July 2017 to provide a renewed and consolidated focus on rural and community development in Ireland.

I can confirm that as of 06/05/2021 there are 166 persons employed by my Department.

My Department has a pay allocation budget in 2021 of €10,579,000 which covers the salaries of those 166 persons.