Written answers
Tuesday, 20 March 2007
Department of Foreign Affairs
Departmental Staff
11:00 pm
Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 542: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on gender balance at each grade in his Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of his Department. [9853/07]
Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The table below sets out the breakdown by gender at each grade in my Department at the present time. There are four employees working for the Advisory Board for Irish Aid, which comes under the aegis of the Department of Foreign Affairs. These staff are also accounted for in the table below.
| Grade | Number of Female Officers | Number of Male Officers | % of Female Officers | % of Male Officers |
| Secretary General | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Assistant Secretary | 7 | 48 | 13 | 87 |
| Counsellor/Principal Officer | 13 | 66 | 16.5 | 83.5 |
| Specialists (Irish Aid) | 17 | 24 | 41.5 | 58.5 |
| First Secretary | 38 | 88 | 30 | 70 |
| Assistant Principal | 17 | 20 | 46 | 54 |
| Third Secretary/ Administrative Officer | 55 | 44 | 55.5 | 44.5 |
| Higher Executive Officer | 37 | 28 | 57 | 43 |
| Executive Officer | 72 | 34 | 68 | 32 |
| Staff Officer | 27 | 12 | 69 | 31 |
| Clerical Officer | 370 | 128 | 74 | 26 |
| Services Officer | 0 | 26 | 0 | 100 |
| Cleaning Staff | 17 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
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