Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 681: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff in his Department, broken down by division and section, annually since 2007 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2170/10]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The following table below gives details of the number of staff in my Department in each of the years concerned.

The numbers above reflect the actual number of staff serving in my Department at Headquarters, and Departmental officers on temporary assignment abroad. They include those who work-share, but exclude approximately 300 locally-engaged staff of Irish Missions.

It is not possible to provide a comparative breakdown by Section of the number of staff for each of the years in question. The changing business needs of my Department, along with the nature of its core work, require frequent reassignment of staff. In addition, the moratorium on recruitment in the civil and public service means that staff and functions are continually being reallocated and reorganised. My Department does not maintain historical lists of staff assigned to individual Sections.