I propose to take Questions Nos. 197 and 201 together.
The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table:
Grade
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Position Held
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Duration
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Estimated Cost of Conract in 2012 €
|
1 Assistant Secretary
|
Assistant Secretary — Head of Task Force in connection with Ireland’s Chairmanship of the OSCE, 2012
|
Contract from 7 January 2011 to 31 December 2012
|
70,835
|
1 Deputy Secretary
|
Tánaiste’s Special Representative in connection with Ireland’s Chairmanship of the OSCE, 2012
|
Contract for a maximum of 30 weeks spread over the twelve months of 2012
|
62,450
|
1 Assistant Secretary
|
Passport Appeals Officer
|
3-year contract from 20 January 2012
|
Subject to number of appeals
|
1 Assistant Secretary
|
Assistant Secretary — to assist in the preparation of files for the National Archives
|
Contract for a maximum of 10 weeks spread over the twelve months of 2012
|
16,246
|
1 Development Specialist
|
Development Specialist — review of certain development cooperation projects
|
Contract for a maximum of 38 days from April 2010 to June 2012
|
2,100
|
1 Assistant Secretary
|
Chair of the Point 7 Constituency of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
|
3-year contract for a maximum of 175 days from 31 December 2010
|
21,000
|
There are no State agencies under the aegis of my Department.