Departmental Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2022

Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Questions (1069)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

1069. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff within her Department who availed of a secondment from January 2019 to date on the basis that it was not the intention of the staff member to return to his or her position within the Department. [20649/22]

Written answers

Minister for Social Protection

The Department of Social Protection operates secondments on the basis that they are temporary assignments where the secondee returns to the Department at the end of the secondment.  Any extension of the secondment would be a matter for agreement between the Department and the receiving organisation.