Consumer watchdog short at least 60 staff despite hiring boost

Tender to provide recruitment services to the CCPC is worth €400,000, while positions are to be filled via internal redeployment or open public competition, tender document reveals

Isolde Goggin: said the CCPC was affected by staff shortages in recent years. Picture: Feargal Ward

The Irish consumer watchdog is short at least 60 full-time staff, despite a major hiring drive to boost the agency’s headcount in recent years.

The details about staff shortages at the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) was included in a recent tender document published by the state agency.

In a call for applicants to provide recruitment services to the CCPC, the watchdog said it “currently has in excess of 60 potential permanent vacancies and ...