Ulick Burke (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 101: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil servants in his Department that have been dismissed from 2004 to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18698/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Fourteen members of staff in my Department were dismissed from 2004 to date in 2009.

Ulick Burke (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 102: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civil servants in his Department that have been dismissed from 2004 to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18694/09]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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No civil servants were dismissed from my Department during the period in question. However, the Deputy may wish to note that, during this period, the Department initiated disciplinary proceedings in a very small number of cases where serious misconduct was alleged. In the cases concerned, the relevant officers resigned from the Civil Service before the disciplinary process was completed.