Departmental Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 October 2022

Wednesday, 12 October 2022

Ceisteanna (230)

Catherine Murphy

Ceist:

230. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule of the number of staff by grade who are assigned on a full-time basis to liaise with and provide support to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in order for that Department to fulfil its areas of responsibility in respect of providing for the needs of those seeking international protection and persons categorised by virtue of the temporary protection directive by the European Union; and if she will provide a schedule of the services that her Department provides to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in that regard. [50456/22]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Rural and Community Development

My Department is working across Government and with stakeholders to support, in particular, the community response to people arriving from Ukraine.

As regards the provision of specific staff, the Department of Rural and Community Development has one staff member, at Assistant Secretary General grade, who is seconded on a full-time, temporary basis to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to support it in fulfilling its responsibilities in respect of providing for the needs of those seeking international protection and those persons categorised by virtue of the temporary protection directive by the European Union.