Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 358: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of people working in his Department; the number earning below €50,000 per annum; the number earning between €50,001 and €60,000 per annum; the number earning between €60,001 and €70,000 per annum; the number earning between €70,001 and €80,000 per annum; the number earning between €80,001 and €90,000 per annum; the number earning between €90,001 and €100,000 per annum; the number earning over €100,001 per annum; the number in each staff category (details supplied) for each income band. [47018/08]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The core staffing number approved by the Department of Finance for my Department is 1,576 (on a full-time equivalent basis). This figure includes approximately 300 locally recruited staff employed at missions abroad. The following table sets out the number of staff on the Department's payroll, excluding those who are locally recruited abroad, broken down by grade and the relevant salary scales for the grades in question.

Personal Pension Contribution (PPC) scales apply where officers were employed since 6 April 1995, pay class A rate of PRSI and make a personal pension contribution.

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 359: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civil and public servants working in or under the aegis of his Department for each year from 2002 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47033/08]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The core staffing number approved by the Department of Finance for my Department is 1,576. This includes 320 permanent staff who are working in the Passports Offices in Ireland and approximately 300 local staff currently employed at missions abroad.

The number of staff currently serving as of 1 December is 1,557. The shortfall of 19 is accounted for by vacancies for which replacements have not yet been appointed.

The table below provides details of the number of civil servants in my Department for each of the years from 2002 to 2008. It does not include the local staff employed at missions abroad. It should also be noted that the figures for 2002 and 2003 include a total of 19 staff who were employed by the Agency for Personal Services Overseas (APSO), a body under the aegis of my Department until it was fully integrated into it in 2004.

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 360: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of locations where civil and public servants working in or under the aegis of his Department are located; the locations of same; the number, and the number in each category (details supplied) of staff at each location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47048/08]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The core staffing number approved by the Department of Finance for my Department is 1,576.

The number of staff currently serving as of 1 December is 1,557. Of this total, 927 staff are based in six offices located in Ireland. The remaining 630 staff, of whom 300 are locally recruited, are based in Missions abroad. The following table provides a breakdown by grade of the staff serving in the six Irish locations.