Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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506. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current average age of permanent staff employed in his Department and the agencies under his Department's remit; the way this varies from the end of 2008 and the end of 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29192/15]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The average age of civil servants in my Department is currently 46 years of age. My Department was established in June 2011 and at the end of that year the average age was 45 years of age.

The information requested in respect of the agencies under my aegis is not normally held in my Department and I have asked my officials to arrange for the Child and Family Agency, The Adoption Authority of Ireland, The Ombudsman for Children's Office and the Children Detention Schools to supply this information directly to the Deputy.