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THE REVENUE COMMISSIONERS have hired 453 staff to date in preparation for Brexit.
According to new figures provide by Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe, 453 staff have been hired ahead of Brexit with 370 staff hired so far in 2019.
In a written Dáil reply to Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty, Minister Donohoe stated that since the start of 2019 over 600 staff have been appointed by Revenue across all areas.
He said however that “the majority of these have been assigned to customs roles or to backfill positions from which existing Revenue staff have been assigned to customs duties”.
He said: “As serving staff are taking up their new Brexit-related positions, Revenue is backfilling the vacancies created, from panels of candidates established in its general recruitment activity.”
The Minister explained: “In the period from 2017 to date, Revenue has assigned over 450 additional staff to customs related roles, deployed across a range of functions, with the majority assigned to import and export trade facilitation activities and policy and operational roles. Resources are deployed based on the evolving business needs and to tackle any risks as they emerge.
Minister Donohoe has confirmed that 281 staff have been assigned to Dublin in preparation for Brexit, including 213 in 2019.
In addition, 119 have been assigned in Munster including 104 this year with a further 40 assigned in Leinster, excluding Dublin and Louth.
In his written reply, Minister Donohoe stated that Revenue has determined that in a‘Central Case’ scenario – an orderly withdrawal of the UK from the EU, to include a transition period until the end of 2020 – an additional 600 Revenue staff would be required.
He said that in September 2018, the Government granted approval in principle for the phased recruitment of an additional 600 Revenue staff to meet the challenges posed by Brexit.
In Budget 2019, Revenue was provided with an additional €10 million pay provision, for 270 of the additional 600 staff to be recruited during 2019.
Following a Government decision in December 2018, it was agreed to accelerate Revenue’s recruitment programme in preparation for Brexit.
Minister Donohoe stated: “Revenue will continue to adjust its recruitment and training plans in response to business needs, including Brexit-related developments.”
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This job plan will be forgotten in 1 year time and the unemployment rate will be pretty much the same. To sell smoke at long term is a very typical strategy from politicians across Europe.
Will there be 100,000 people left in Ireland in 4 years?
we wont be here anyway!!
Looking like Me and family mat not be
Might be going that way myself.
Austerity = no growth = no jobs = emigration.
100000 jobs over 4 years where and even if there is no increase in unemployment it will still leave 350000 unemployed.
Howlin will be jumping up and down on his biscuit tin today lecturing us in that pandering condescending way with 5 pints of complan kenny by his side
Funny but I can feel a referendum in the air
If this government was serious about creating jobs they would tear up their last (anti-growth) budget and start again with a budget that favoured growth in the real economy rather than protecting the interests of the public sector & bank bondholders.
Attached: Why Government attempts to create employment do more harm than good.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204740904577197044156250870.html
“Government failure is always used as an excuse for government expansion. Government thrives on crisis and incompetence.”
— Jim Babka
Last week: TheJournal Commenters complain that the government isn’t doing enough for the unemployed to get them back into work.
This week: The government does something for the unemployed and commenters still aren’t happy.
As per usual everything the government does is wrong, yet if they don’t do anything that’s wrong too! Best thing is that none of ye have seen the plan yet and still are complaining about it. Forest of whinge comment from last week springs to mind!
Sounds very promising.Yet all their promises came to fuck all.Dont forget the usual smokescreens for the bondholder payouts.Another big payout soon.
What a joke and Another PR stunt! Every other policy being pursued by te government is causing job losses.. ie all the extra taxes and charges etc etc
this is another load of horse manure being told to us by this goverment.
Ah, the long awaited 5 point plan for jobs……
They wouldn’t know a 5 point plan if it hit them straight in the face.
That photograph says it all…..
100000 is a low ambition target. Half that amount will be lost due to closures during the same period. I would like to see Richard Bruton and co challenging themselves to set the target much higher. It is better to set high targets that may not be achieved rather than lower ones that have a good chance of being met.
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