Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the names of agencies which provide staff to his Department; the services they provide; the cost to the State of those services, the numbers of staff they provide; and if he will break these details into tabular form. [35717/11]

Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the names of agencies which provide staff to his Department; the services they provide; the cost to the State of those services; the numbers of staff they provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35720/11]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 66 and 67 together.

My Department has some contracts in place for services such as IT, cleaning and security. However it does not employ agency staff in Ireland.

In addition, a small number of our Missions abroad engage agency staff for administrative roles. In the short time available, it is not possible to provide detailed information on these services.