Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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787. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of his Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21109/15]

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy on recruitment of staff in 2014 is set out in the table below.

Recruitment in 2014

My Department engages Temporary Clerical Officers (TCOs) on fixed term contracts primarily to assist the Passport Service during the annual peak passport demand period.

Interns are also engaged on fixed term contracts and work in various areas of the Department including Human Rights, Conflict Resolution, Legal and Development Co-operation.

My Department also engages staff for my office and those of the three Ministers of State appointed to the Department, in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform “Instructions to Personnel Officers - Ministerial Appointments for the 31st Dáil”.