Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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1278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in 2022 if 200 prison officers were recruited for the Prison Services. [1901/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that the estimated full year cost of employing 200 new Recruit Prison Officers in 2022 would be, as per the most recent PPC pay scales of 1st October 2021, €6,205,400.

The recruitment of Recruit Prison Officers by the Irish Prison Service has been ongoing since 2017 and has regard to such factors as service needs and exit levels from the organisation.

I can advise the Deputy that 133 Recruit Prison Officers were recruited in 2021 and it is envisaged that a further 139 will be recruited in 2022.