Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 May 2026
737. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of additional staff employed or that will be employed by his Department directly or under contract for the purposes of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026 [37457/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department and I are committed to playing a full part in delivering a successful Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
My Department has hired an additional 8 staff through a specific competition for Presidency Policy Officers, with a further 4 Presidency Policy Officers to be onboarded in the coming weeks. In addition, 2 Graduate Policy Officers have been hired to work on Justice and Home Affairs matters in the Irish Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels.
This brings the total number of additional staff hired by my Department to work on the Presidency to 14. These officers have been hired on fixed term contracts until the end of Ireland’s Presidency.
My Department has also posted an additional 13 officers to the Irish Permanent Representation in Brussels to assist with work in the run up to and during the Irish Presidency while a further 21 staff have been transferred to areas of the Department that will be most impacted by increased workloads during the Presidency. These staff have been transferred to these duties from within existing Department staff numbers.
