Written answers
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Departmental Appointments
Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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1232. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of new appointments made in his Department and those under his remit since March 2011 to date in 2014, with a breakdown of the grade to which they were appointed during the period. [35122/14]
Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below.
New appointments in the Department during the period March - December 2011
Number of staff | Grade |
|---|---|
17 | Ministerial Appointee |
1 | Professional Accountant |
6 | Clerical Officer |
| TOTAL24 |
Number of staff | Grade |
|---|---|
2 | Principal Officer |
2 | Ministerial Appointee |
2 | Assistant Principal |
1 | Accountant |
| TOTAL7 |
Number of staff | Grade |
|---|---|
1 | Assistant Legal Advisor |
4 | Ministerial Appointee |
3 | Development Specialist |
2 | Assistant Principal |
1 | Accountant |
1 | Third Secretary |
1 | Staff Officer |
2 | Clerical Officer |
1 | Higher Executive Officer |
| TOTAL16 |
Number of staff | Grade |
|---|---|
21 | Ministerial Appointee |
2 | Second Secretary General |
1 | Chief Finance Officer |
2 | Development Specialist |
26 | Third Secretary |
1 | Administrative Officer |
| TOTAL53 |
The table does not include Temporary Clerical Officers (TCOs) who are engaged annually on fixed- term contracts primarily to assist the Passport Service during the annual peak passport demand period or temporary staff recruited for the lead up to and the duration of Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union in 2013.
Also not included are a number of Interns who are also recruited on fixed-term contracts to assist mainly in the sections dealing with Human Rights, Legal, Middle East, Disarmament and Irish Aid issues.
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