Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 100: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of staff employed directly in her Department in 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010; if she will provide details regarding the numbers in each civil service grade for the same years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8084/11]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, my Department in its current configuration was established in June 2002. The number of staff (whole time equivalents) employed directly in my Department on 31 December 2005 and 31 December 2010 are set out in the table below. It should be noted that the number of staff employed directly by my Department increased significantly in 2010 following the transfer to my Department of

- the Equality, Human Rights and Integration functions from the Department

of Justice and Equality; and

- the Social Inclusion and Family Policy functions from the Department of

Social Protection.

For completeness, I should clarify that the staff numbers reflected in the table below include civil servants employed by my Department and seconded to the Equality Authority, the Equality Tribunal, Oifig an Coimisinéir Teanga and the Office of the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland.