Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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404. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of requests that his Department received from the Comptroller and Auditor General seeking approval for the recruitment of additional staff during 2022; and of the number of requests received, the number that were approved. [1212/23]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy may be aware that in relation to recruitment the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) operates under a delegated sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER). This delegated sanction provides the C&AG with scope to manage recruitment up to and including Principal Officer Standard. For posts at Principal Officer Higher and above, the C&AG is required to request sanction from DPER. In 2022, no such requests were received by my Department.