Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of WTE solicitors employed by his Department in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [45177/24]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs does not recruit for the civil service grade of Solicitor.

However, in order to work as a Legal Adviser or Assistant Legal Adviser in the Department of Foreign Affairs, officers are required to have been called to the Bar of Ireland and be enrolled as a barrister in the State or have been admitted and be enrolled as a solicitor in the State.

There are 14 officers working in the grades of Legal Adviser, Legal Counsellor and Assistant Legal Adviser in the Department at present.