Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 364: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 15 November 2006 and No. 151 of 31 January 2007, if he has reached a decision on staffing levels at the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; his views on whether an agency that brings funds into the Exchequer far in excess of its annual budget should be refused necessary staffing increases; when he will allocate the additional staff requested by the Director of Corporate Enforcement; if he has requested additional Gardaí to be assigned to the ODCE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8604/07]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Eight additional staff will be assigned to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) this year. The issue of the assignment of additional gardaí to the ODCE is being progressed also.

Consideration of any request for additional staffing has to take account of the overall demands for staffing both within the Department and its Agencies and Offices.

The ODCE does not in itself generate directly significant funds for the Exchequer.