Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will request the Garda Commissioner to ensure that the detective inspector post at the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement is filled as a matter of urgency in view of the fact that this post has been vacant for the past 14 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47672/17]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the optimum use is made of these resources.

I am informed that by the Commissioner that a Detective Inspector has been assigned to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement on a temporary basis, following the retirement of the previously assigned Detective Inspector in October 2016. It is expected that this position will be filled on a permanent basis following the holding of a competition for Detective Inspectors in the near future.

In addition, as the Deputy will be aware, on 2 November the Government published a report outlining a range of measures to enhance Ireland's corporate, economic and regulatory framework and this includes a reconstitution of the ODCE, which will be led by the Tánaiste in her role as Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation.