Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of the number of staff by grade who are assigned on a full-time basis to liaise and provide support to the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in order for that Department to fulfil its areas of responsibility in respect of providing for the needs of those seeking international protection and persons categorised by virtue of the temporary protection directive by the European Union; and if he will provide a schedule of the services that his Department provides to the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in that regard. [50447/22]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The table below sets out the details of staff of my Department, by grade, who are assigned on a full-time basis to provide support to the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in order for that Department to fulfil its areas of responsibility in respect of providing for the need of those seeking international protection and persons categorised by the virtue of the temporary protection directive by the European Union.

In addition to the staff listed above, one Clerical Officer, seconded to Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on 16 May 2022, returned from secondment on 16 September, 2022.

In respect of the schedule of services that my Department provides to the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, the secondment of the above staff, whose salaries are paid for by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment for the duration of their secondment, is the service provided by my Department in this regard.