Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 May 2026
1257. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of staff that are currently inactively employed by his Department or any organisation with responsibility to his Department. [32309/26]
View answerThe number of staff currently inactively employed by my Department at the end of March 2026 is 9. The number includes staff who are on long sick leave and career break. This figure excludes staff who are on maternity leave.
Information in respect of bodies under the aegis of my Department, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by the Department. Contact details for these bodies are set out in the attached document, should the Deputy wish to contact them directly with this query.
