Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 467: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff in each general service and department grade in his Department who have been exempt for a period in excess of six months from attending meetings, dealing with correspondence, dealing with telephone queries, home or foreign travel, using computers or other duties by virtue of a medical certificate; if such long-term exemptions from normal duties are fair to other staff who must pick up the extra work; if they provide the taxpayer with good value for money; if such exemptions or certificates have been reviewed by the chief medical officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29429/05]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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No such cases have arisen in the Department of Foreign Affairs in recent years.