Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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173. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide information on the number of persons of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds currently working in his Department and in other public service organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20437/16]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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Information in relation to the number of persons of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds currently working in the Department is not recorded. However, there are 322 local staff working in the 80 missions of the Department’s network world-wide, all of whom are recruited locally and are drawn from a broad range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

The Department is an equal opportunities employer.