Written answers

Wednesday, 5 December 2018

Department of Finance

Departmental Staff Data

Photo of Niall CollinsNiall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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154. To ask the Minister for Finance 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. [50989/18]

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that there are currently 10 staff from this Department seconded to work in other EU member states' public sector. This is broken down as illustrated in the following table.

Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union - 6 staffSeconded National Expert in the EU Commission - 2 staffGerman Embassy, Berlin - 1 staffOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - 1 staff
1 Counsellor1 in Directorate General - Economic & Financial AffairsBerlin EmbassyEconomic & Finance Attaché Post
1 Brexit Attaché1 in Directorate General - Taxation & Customs Union
1 Fiscal Attaché
1 Budget Attaché
1 Fin. Services/DPER Attaché (jointly funded by the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform)
1 Fin. Services Attaché

All competitions for Permanent Representation, Embassy and OECD posts are advertised internally. Posts for the Commission are advertised by the Commission itself.

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