Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 304: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil servants within her Department at the grade of assistant principal or higher; the number of whom were recruited to those roles from outside of the Civil Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20674/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The number of civil servants in my Department at the grade of Assistant Principal and higher are as outlined in the table attached. Of the number at each grade one Assistant Principal was recruited from outside of the Civil Service in 2004. Since then and in accordance with the promotion sequence as determined by the Department of Finance, all vacancies in this Department to be filled from Interdepartmental and Open panels have been filled from the Decentralisation Central Applications Facility or the Dublin Surplus Arrangements. The Department has a number of other posts equivalent to some of the grades mentioned above i.e. Auditor, Professional Accountant, Legal Adviser and staff assigned to these posts were generally recruited by open competition.