Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of staff in his Department's Audit Committee and the Evaluation and Audit Unit in 2010, 2011, 2012 and currently in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15584/13]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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The Audit Committee of my Department consists of six members who are fully independent of the Department and act in a voluntary capacity. Thus, there are no Departmental staff on the Department’s Audit Committee.

The Evaluation and Audit Unit is currently staffed with thirteen officers (including one part-time). This comprises of:

A Head of Unit

Five Accountant Auditors

Four Evaluators (one of whom is part-time)

Three support staff

The current complement contrasts with the three previous years when there were eleven full-time staff in 2010; eleven staff (including one part time) in 2011; and thirteen staff (including one part-time) in 2012.