Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff within his Department who are based and working with the European Union in Brussels; their present roles and responsibilities; the posts and responsibilities presently vacant; the corresponding figures on 23 June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16560/23]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The number of staff from the Department of Foreign Affairs serving at the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union at 23^rdJune 2016 and 30^thMarch 2023 is provided below in tabular form. 

In addition, the Department of Foreign Affairs also facilitates the secondment of officers from other Government Departments to the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union to serve in a variety of roles.

Further detail on the individual roles and functions of DFA staff and seconded staff serving in the Permanent Representation are available on my Department’s website www.dfa.ie/prep/brussels/staff.

Staffing levels at all of Ireland’s missions overseas are kept under continuous review.