Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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432. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of vacancies which exist within his Department for candidates who must display competence in the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5435/16]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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My Department is not currently carrying any vacancies for officers who must display competence in the Irish language. In fulfilment of our obligations under the Irish Language Scheme, my Department recently recruited an Executive Officer with Irish language skills. This officer is the Department’s dedicated Irish language officer. In addition, as part of our overall customer service commitments, two Clerical Officers from the Irish stream of the Clerical Officer panel have recently been recruited for our Passport Offices in Dublin and Cork.