Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 334: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of civil servants within his 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [20668/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Of the 10 Assistant Secretaries, 40 Principal Officers and 158 Assistant Principal Officers in my Department, one has been recruited from outside the Civil Service.

These figures do not include general service equivalent grades in the professional and technical streams within my Department.