Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff members from his Department that have been temporarily and or permanently redeployed to other Government Departments or agencies since 27 March 2009; the details of the grades and pay scales of same; the total amount of savings achieved in salary payments in respect of the persons concerned; the duration of assignments; the business reasons supporting the redeployment of staff; the details of sanction received from the Department of Finance and or Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47181/12]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff members that have been temporarily and or permanently redeployed to his Department from other Government Departments or agencies since 27 March 2009; the details of the grades and pay scales involved; the total increase in salary payments for his Department in respect of the persons concerned; the duration of assignments; the area to which each person was assigned; the business reasons supporting the redeployment of staff; the details of sanction received from the Department of Finance and or Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47196/12]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 45 and 46 together.

My Department’s current staffing levels are within the ceilings authorised under its Employment Control Framework. No staff have been redeployed with the exception of one Architect who recently took up a position in the Office of Public Works following a reduction in the Department’s Architectural Services capital budget. With the agreement of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, a number of officers have been permanently redeployed to this Department to fill specific vacancies. Details are outlined in the table below. In addition, 8 officers from other Government Departments and Offices have been temporarily seconded to the Department in connection with Ireland’s Presidency of the EU from January – June 2013. These officers will return to their parent organisations at the end of the EU Presidency.

Officers Deployed to the Department Since 27 March 2009