Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 195: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff members in the Department who are working in regulation, inspection, transposition of directives, policy enforcement, health and safety and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38212/10]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. The breakdown of staff has been provided across the policy divisions, central divisions e.g. finance, human resources, corporate services and the natural resources area. Given the remit of the Department, the majority of staff in the Department are involved in one or more of the areas of regulation, inspections, transposition of directives, drafting and implementing policy but it is not possible to give a precise breakdown in this regard. The central divisions provide corporate support to the policy/regulatory divisions of the Department, including health and safety. The following is a breakdown of staff numbers by area within the Department: