Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 May 2026
255. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of staff that are currently inactively employed by his Department or any organisation with responsibility to his Department. [32313/26]
View answerThe Deputy may be aware that my Department contacted his office to seek a definition of the term “staff that are currently inactively employed” in the context of this Question. As it has not been possible to obtain such a clarification, for the purposes of this reply the term has been taken to mean staff who are currently on a career break. This information in respect of my Department and the bodies under its aegis, as of 5 May 2026, is set out in the table below.
|
Public Body |
Number of staff currently on career break |
|
Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation |
24 |
|
Office of Public Works (State Industrial Staff) |
20 |
|
Office of Public Works (Established Staff) |
9 |
|
State Laboratory |
3 |
|
publicjobs |
6 |
|
Office of the Ombudsman |
5 |
|
National Shared Services Office |
8 |
|
Office of the Regulator of the National Lottery |
0 |
