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Dail Éireann — 2023-04-25
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Simon Coveney (FG), Cork South-Central

There are currently 11 staff within my Department who are working with the European Union in Brussels.  *In addition to these 11, there is 1 staff member - a seconded national expert - seconded to the European Commission, in Washington D.C.
I can also confirm there are currently no vacant posts.
The tables below set out the number of staff, their present roles, and responsibilities and also the corresponding figures on 23 June 2016.
Table 1 - Officers seconded to the Department of Foreign Affairs to work on behalf of my Department at the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union in Brussels:
Table 2 – Seconded to the European Commission, Brussels and Washington, to work as Seconded National Experts (SNEs).   There were no staff of my Department seconded to the European Commission, Brussels as SNEs in 2016:
Table 3 – On EU special leave to work in the European Commission, Brussels as per D/Finance Circular 33 of 1991:

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