Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide full details of all appointments made at his Department since he took up office. [20575/11]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Since taking up office as Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, I have appointed the following staff to my Department.

85 Temporary Clerical Officers (for the Passport Service)

4 Personal Assistants

4 Civilian Drivers

4 Interns

3 Special Advisers

3 Personal Secretaries

1 Temporary Cleaner

In addition to the above, in April 2011, I appointed the members of the Emigrant Services Advisory Committee (ESAC), for a term to run until 31 December 2012. The primary role of the Emigrant Services Advisory Committee (ESAC) is to advise on the allocation of grants to Irish community organisations in Britain under the Emigrant Support Programme.

The Committee consists of thirteen members including two officers from our Embassy in London, who act as Chair and Secretary to the Committee. The additional eleven members of the committee serve in a voluntary capacity. After consultation with our Embassy in London and the Irish Abroad Unit in my Department, I made the following appointments to the Committee:

Mr. Michael Forde - Chairman of the Irish Diaspora Foundation (first appointed 1999).

Mr. Séamus McGarry - Member of the Ireland Fund of Great Britain; Board of Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith (appointed 2004).

Mr. Jim O'Hara - Vice Chair, Irish Youth Foundation UK, Chair of Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith (appointed 1996).

Cllr. Sally Mulready - Councillor in the London Borough of Hackney; Irish Elderly Advice Network (appointed 2008).

Tony Cusack - Manager of Irish Centre in Leicester (appointed 2008).

Breege McDaid - Chief Executive, Irish Community Care Merseyside (appointed 2008).

Tony Corcoran - Tyneside Irish Festival and Secretary of the Tyneside Irish Centre (appointed 2008).

Des Hurley - Chief Executive, Irish Arts Foundation (appointed 2008).

Bridie Nugent - Board Member of the Irish Welfare and Information Centre in Birmingham (appointed 2009).

John Gormley - Former President of the GAA in Britain (new appointment 2011).

Joe Brown - Chair of the Irish Travellers Movement (new appointment 2011).