Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of hiring an additional ten health and safety (HSA) inspectors, in terms of first-year cost and full-year cost, in tabular form. [22204/23]

Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

The staff of the Health and Safety Authority is made up of those in administration and inspector grades. The inspector grades comprise of Grade I (senior inspectors) as well as Grade II and Grade III inspectors. Inspectors operate across all our mandates which include occupational health and safety, chemicals, accreditation, and market surveillance of products.

The majority of the Health and Safety Authority’s inspectors are at Grade III level which is the grade for new entrants. The cost of employing ten additional inspectors at Grade III, including employer PRSI, recruitment and onboarding costs is approximately €542,500 in their first year.

The costs for employing a Health and Safety Inspector is dependent on the grade, outlined below are the relevant costs for each inspector grade.

Assumptions;

1. Figures based on starting point of the relevant grade for all positions

2. Provision included for Employer PRSI calculated at 11.05%

3. Recruitment and onboarding cost of €15k for Inspector positions based on batch recruitment.