Written answers
Wednesday, 5 October 2005
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Local Authority Staff
9:00 pm
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of veterinarians employed by each local authority for each of the past five years; and the job specification of a veterinarian within a local authority. [27046/05]
Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Details of the number of full-time and part-time veterinarians employed by each local authority at 31 December in each of the past five years have been provided by local authorities and are set out in the following table. The terms and conditions of the employment of veterinarians are matters for the Minister for Agriculture and Food.
| Local Authority Veterinarians 2000-2004 | |||||
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |
| County Councils | |||||
| Carlow | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Cavan | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Clare | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Cork | 4 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 16 |
| Donegal | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Fingal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Galway | 8 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Kerry | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| Kildare | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Kilkenny | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Laois | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Leitrim | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Limerick | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Longford | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Louth | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Mayo | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Meath | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Monaghan | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Offaly | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Roscommon | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Sligo | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| South Dublin | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Tipperary North | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tipperary South | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Waterford | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Westmeath | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Wexford | 0 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| Wicklow | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| City Councils | |||||
| Cork | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Dublin | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Galway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Waterford | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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