Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names of each staff member within his Department that has been rehired since March 2011 and the cost involved in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47287/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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One Assistant Secretary General was re-engaged by my Department on a part-time contract basis. The cost from March 2011 to date is €127,708.96. A Principal Officer has been re-engaged for a limited period to work on specific matters related to the Irish Presidency of the EU. The cost from October 2012 to date is €1,392.12. One Superintending Senior Research Officer and one Senior Research Officer were engaged on a contract for services basis for a limited period. The cost to my Department to date is €15,969.90. These contracts have now expired. One Senior Research Officer is currently engaged on a contract for services basis for a limited period. His contract is due to expire on 1 March 2013. The cost to my Department to date is €21,708.60. Normal pension abatement rules have been applied in these cases.