Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

229. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of civil servant posts that were filled through open and internal panels, since April 2020, in her Department and the bodies under the aegis of her Department, by county and by month in tabular form. [27604/21]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media was formed in its current configuration following the transfer of the Departments functions on 30th September 2020. My Department does not hold records in the detail requested by the Deputy, relating to appointments prior to September 2020 which relate to those functions which transferred to other Government Departments.I am informed that 57 civil servant posts were filled through open and internal panels in my Department since that date, a significant portion of which was to fill vacancies or for temporary posts. Details are provided in the tables below.

Additionally, nine staff were recruited through open competitions to work in the European institutions in Brussels and Luxembourg.

There are sixteen State Agencies that come within the scope of this response.Employees of these State Agencies are classified as Public Servants rather than Civil Servants. Below is an overview of appointments which have been made in these State Agencies between 01 April 2020 and 14 May 2021. The Deputy will note, there has been 189 appointments during this period. 77% of which were by way of open competition. Given the majority of the State Agencies are located in Dublin, a high percentage (83%) were appointed to positions in Dublin.