Mary Lou McDonald
Question:473. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of men and women, respectively, in his Department that hold posts (details supplied). [37083/17]
View answerMonday, 11 September 2017
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The number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in named grades and their equivalent grades particular to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 30 June 2017 is detailed in the following table broken down by gender:
|
Grade |
FTEs |
|
|
Men |
Women |
|
|
Secretary General |
1 |
|
|
Second Secretary General |
4 |
1 |
|
Deputy Secretary General |
2 |
1 |
|
Assistant Secretary |
16 |
5 |
|
Principal Officer and equivalent grades including Counsellor and Principal Development Specialist |
63 |
28.1 |
|
Assistant Principal Officer and equivalent grades including First Secretary, Development Specialist and Assistant Legal Adviser |
125.8 |
124.4 |
This Department has faced its own challenges in advancing gender equality and ensuring that women are represented fully in our senior management teams at home and abroad. My Management Board leads initiatives in this regard and a number of actions have been implemented which have seen great progress in the recent period, particularly at senior levels.
The Department has an active Management Board Gender Equality Sub-Committee, which feeds into Management Board deliberations. There is also a Gender Equality Action Plan Working Group, tasked with progressing the Gender Equality Action Plan, and an Equality and Diversity Working Group, tasked with addressing broader equality and diversity issues in the Department.
The work that we are doing, through the Gender Equality Action Plan, will be complemented by the wider work on gender being driven through the Civil Service Renewal Process.
We want our Missions abroad, and our senior management structures at home, to be representative of the people of Ireland and better gender balance will help us achieve one element of that ambition.