Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in his Department and in bodies under his aegis appointed to principal officer or counsellor grade arising from internal competitions since 7 July 2015, by year. [41863/18]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The number of staff in my Department appointed to Principal Officer and Counsellor grade arising from internal competitions since 7 July 2015 are as detailed in the following table.

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons appointed from the panels arising from the 2015 open competition and the 2017 open competition for principal officer and counsellor run by the Public Appointments Service by year; and if a table (details supplied) will be completed. [41864/18]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The following table details the number of persons appointed from the relevant panels in my Department as requested.

I would like to bring to the attention of the Deputy that there was no Counsellor element in the 2015 Open Principal Officer competition (Campaign ID 1512210) from which to assign candidates for that role in my Department.

My Department continues to assign candidates to the role of Counsellor from the 2017 Open Principal Officer Competition (Campaign ID 17101202) which came into effect from 23/11/2017.

I would also like to note that my Department assigned one Principal Officer from the Senior Human Resources Management Opportunities Panel (Campaign ID 17185009) in 2018.