Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of public sector staff from his Department seconded to work in the public sector in other EU member states; the schemes available for such secondments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50990/18]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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While we have seconded individual members of staff to other EU member states’ public sectors in the past, I can confirm that no officer of my Department is currently seconded to the public sector of any other EU Member State.

I can also confirm that there are currently no formal schemes in place in my Department for the secondment of officers to the public sector of any other EU Member State.