Gerard Murphy (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 271: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of people on the payroll of his Department who are not working in his Department for one reason or another; if the results will be categorised with as much detail as possible. [8123/06]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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A total of 25 people on my Department's payroll are not working for the Department. Of these, 16 are former departmental staff who are seconded to the Marine Institute, two are seconded to the Aquaculture Licence Appeals Board, two are seconded to the Office of the Communications Regulator, one is seconded to the Central Fisheries Board, one is seconded to the Marine Casualty Investigations Board, one is seconded to the Residential Institutions Redress Board, one is seconded to the Office of the Taoiseach and the Harbour Master in Dingle is also on the Department's payroll.

The salaries of all of these staff are recouped from the respective bodies.