Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of temporary contracts in place for the public sector as a whole, including State agencies and other public bodies under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38822/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The total number of staff in my Department currently employed on temporary contracts is three. The provision of similar information in respect of State Bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the bodies themselves.

Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of contracts of indefinite duration that have been sought and the number that have been granted in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 in the public sector under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38833/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The number of staff currently serving in my Department who have been granted contracts of indefinite duration since 2007 is nine. The contracts were granted as follows: three in 2009; five in 2010, and one in 2013.

Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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81. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of temporary contracts in place for the public sector as a whole, including State agencies and other public bodies under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38826/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Defence Organisation includes civil servants, military personnel, and civilian employees attached to military installations. My Department has engaged two persons to act as civilian drivers to the Minister of State, and these appointments are to temporary unestablished positions in the Civil Service on a fixed term contract basis.

A total of 13 civilian employees of this Department attached to military installations are currently employed on temporary fixed-term contracts.

In addition, in line with the provisions of the section 2 (5) of the Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004, the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces was appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Government in 2012 to serve as Ombudsman for a fixed period of time.

Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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82. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of contracts of indefinite duration that have been sought and the number that have been granted in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 in the public sector under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38837/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I understand that the question relates to employees who received contracts of indefinite duration subsequent to holding one or more fixed-term contracts of employment. The Defence Organisation includes civil servants, military personnel and civilian employees attached to military installations.

In relation to the civilian employee workforce of this Department, a relatively small number of employees were engaged on fixed-term contracts of employment during the years in question in circumstances where there was a temporary requirement for their services. During this period, the number of civilian employees on fixed-term contracts of employment who received contracts of indefinite duration is as follows: