Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of staff in the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer per annum from 2013 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7949/17]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of persons who have held the position of Government Chief Information Officer per annum from 2013 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7950/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 185 and 186 together.

The position of Government Chief Information Officer was established in June 2013.  Following this appointment the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was established in July 2013. The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) replaced the previous Centre for Management and Organisation Development (CMOD).  Tim Duggan occupied the post of Head of CMOD/Chief Information Officer with CMOD up to 6 June 2013. 

Please see in the following table the names of the holders of Government Chief Information Officer with OGCIO since June 2013, including dates of employment and the dates the position was vacant.

Also provided in the following table, is the headcount of staff within the Office of the Government Chief Information Office as of 31 December for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017.