Departmental Staff Redeployment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 June 2013

Thursday, 27 June 2013

Questions (86)

Andrew Doyle

Question:

86. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of officials that have been seconded from his Department, including Irish Aid, to other Government Departments, EU institutions and bodies, international organisations, NGOs, other nation states and any other body; the level, grade and rank of each official that is on secondment; the name of each body an official is currently with; the length of each secondment, detailing time seconded to date and expected secondment remaining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31335/13]

Written answers

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

The following table sets out details by grade and institution or body of staff currently on secondment from my Department. The durations of staff secondments to other Government Departments vary as they may be terminated at relatively short notice, or extended, by agreement with the other Department and the staff member concerned. Secondments to international organisations are approved under the terms of Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 33/1991. In such cases, unless waived by that Department in exceptional cases, the maximum durations are 10 years in the case of EU institutions and 5 years in all other cases.

Grade	Number of officers	Organisation
Counsellor	2	Department of the Taoiseach
First Secretary	5	Department of the Taoiseach
Third Secretary	4	Department of the Taoiseach
Counsellor	1	Department of Finance
Third Secretary	1	Department of Finance
Third Secretary	1	Houses of the Oireachtas
Clerical Officer	1	Áras an Uachtaráin
Principal Officer	1	European External Action Service
Development Specialist	1	European External Action Service
First Secretary	2	European External Action Service
Third Secretary	2	European External Action Service
Accountant	1	European External Action Service
First Secretary	1	European Parliament
Clerical Officer	1	European Parliament
First Secretary	1	European Commission
Legal Adviser	1	United Nations Legal Service
Counsellor	1	United Nations Legal Service
Development Specialist	1	UN World Food Programme
Third Secretary	1	UN Office for Project Services
First Secretary	1	Maritime Affairs Attaché post in the Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels; co-funded by several other Government Departments
Senior Development Specialist	1	Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
First Secretary	1	International Atomic Agency
Clerical Officer	1	World Bank
Clerical Officer	1	Sportslink