Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 504: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of public sector places made vacant by maternity or other leave that have not been filled since the implementation of the embargo on recruitment and overtime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4255/11]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Since the staffing embargo was introduced in March 2009, 115 staff at my Department have availed of leave schemes for varying periods of time, such as maternity leave, carers leave, shorter working leave year, career breaks etc. As it was not possible to fill these posts for the duration of the absence because of the embargo, the work of these officials was managed by re-prioritising work and streamlining business processes to achieve greater efficiencies.

Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 505: To ask the Minister for Defence the proportion between office administrators and frontline staff in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4268/11]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The personnel of the Defence Organisation comprise members of the Defence Forces, civilian employees and civil servants. The role of those personnel is to work together as an integrated team to provide the full a range of defence outputs as laid down by government. Given the wide variety of tasks performed by staff, it is not possible to categorise staff into two categories as requested.