Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs 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. [20680/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The following table details the number of staff within my Department at the grade of Assistant Principal and higher, and the number recruited from outside of the Civil Service.

Under the terms of Towards 2016 new arrangements are in place to increase open recruitment at Higher Executive Officer, Assistant Principal and Principal Officer across the civil service.