John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of women and men, respectively, employed in his Department and the agencies under the remit of his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52056/18]

John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the various grades in which males and females are employed in his Department and the agencies under the remit of his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52073/18]

John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the ratio of males to females employed in his Department; the agencies under the remit of his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52090/18]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 126 to 128, inclusive, together.

On 30 November, the total number of permanent full-time equivalent staff in civil service grades in my Department was 1364.7, comprised of 760.4 females and 604.3 males. The grades of these officers and the proportion of female and male staff in each grade as a percentage of the overall total is in tabular form below.

My Department also employs 401.8 locally engaged staff in missions abroad, and temporary staff on a seasonal basis.

My Department is committed to advancing gender equality and ensuring that women are represented fully in our teams at home and abroad. Our Missions abroad and our senior management structures at home, need to be representative of the people of Ireland and better gender balance will help us achieve one element of that ambition.

My Department has an active Gender Equality Sub-Committee of the Management Board as well as two working groups focusing on gender equality and diversity issues. The work that we are doing, through the Department’s Gender Equality Action Plan, complements the wider work on gender equality being advanced through the Civil Service Renewal Process.

There are no agencies under the aegis of my Department.