Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Question 370: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide details of the number of civil servants in each Government Department who are currently e-working; his plans to increase the number of civil servants availing of e-working; if he will provide details of the numbers of civil servants he would hope to have e-working by end 2013 [38198/10]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Eleven officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs are currently e-working under a pilot e-working scheme introduced by the Department in 2006. The scheme provides for up to 15 officers to e-work, and was originally fully subscribed. In 2008 the scheme was extended for a further two years and a reserve list of 19 officers who expressed an interest in participating was created. It is hoped to return the number of officers e-working in the Department to 15 before the end of the year. The operation of the scheme will then be reviewed in 2011, in consultation with staff representatives, with a view to exploring the feasibility of increasing the number beyond that.