Written answers
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Departmental Staff Data
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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358. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff from his Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service per annum from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36966/16]
Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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There are currently 12 staff on secondment from my Department to other Departments or agencies, within the timeframe requested. The details are outlined in the table. In addition my Department also has a number of officers who are serving as Seconded National Experts with the European Institutions.
| Number | Grade | Body | Year of start of secondment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Counsellor | D/Taoiseach | 2013 |
| 1 1 | Counsellor Third Secretary | D/Taoiseach D/Finance | 2014 |
| 1 2 1 | Counsellor First Secretary Clerical Officer | D/Finance D/Taoiseach President’s Office | 2015 |
| 1 1 1 1 1 | Counsellor Assistant Principal Third Secretary HEO Clerical Officer | D/PER D/PER IDA Ireland Government Press Office President’s Office | 2016 |
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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359. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff from his Department who have appealed against secondment per annum from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form; the appeals mechanism involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36982/16]
Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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There were no such cases in my Department.
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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360. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff from his Department currently seconded to a firm in the private sector per annum from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form; the details of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36998/16]
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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361. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff from his Department currently seconded from a firm in the private sector per annum from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form; the details of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37014/16]
Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 360 and 361 together.
My Department actively facilities staff who wish to undertake secondments in other relevant organisations, including in other Government Departments and the Oireachtas, as well as the UN and EU institutions. In recent years, we have also operated an exchange scheme with the IDA. In keeping with this policy, and in line with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s Staff Exchange Scheme between the Civil Service and the private sector, my Department last year agreed to a temporary exchange of personnel with a private sector organisation, Avolon Holdings, a leading global aviation firm. An experienced officer from my Department and an official from Avolon Holdings were selected to participate in this staff exchange scheme for a six-month period in 2015.
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