Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 June 2021
272. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff from the Passport Office that are on secondment to or otherwise assisting the Department of Health by grade and month since January 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34429/21]
View answerTo assist with the wider State response to COVID-19, 166 Passport Service personnel have been redeployed, at the request of different Departments, into other, essential public service roles, such as contact tracing for the HSE, assisting the Department of Social Protection to facilitate the processing of COVID-19 related benefits, providing consular assistance to Irish citizens overseas and assisting the Public Appointments Service.
Since 17 May the Passport Service has redeployed 8 staff to the Department of Health to assist in the provision of the Mandatory Health Quarantine Information Line. The number by grade can be found in the table below.
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- |
No |
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HEO |
1 |
|
EO |
1 |
|
CO |
6 |
