Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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610. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of supernumerary positions in his Department and those agencies, organisations or bodies funded by his Department; the maximum period in each case that supernumerary positions have existed; the total cost in maintaining supernumerary positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34143/15]

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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My Department now operates under the delegated sanction arrangements which were granted in February 2015 to manage its staffing resources. We closely monitor staff numbers and the business needs of the Department in conjunction with our budget. Therefore, we currently have no supernumerary positions in the Department. There are no State agencies under the aegis of my Department.