Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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435. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full-year costs to recruit four additional WTE hydrometeorologists for Met Eireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5814/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Based on the first point of the Meteorologist scale, with the addition of Employer’s PRSI, the full-year cost of salaries of 4 recruited Hydrometeorologists is €174,319. Where the nature of a particular post requires assignment to an operational roster, a shift allowance is paid, in addition to the officer’s basic salary.