Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 204: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of former employees who have been brought back to work on contract, or others employed on contract to do work which has traditionally been done in-house among her Department and the agencies under her authority; and the way in which this practice fits with the intention of an embargo on recruitment. [36461/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently no former employees of my Department brought back to work on contract to do work traditionally undertaken by my Department's staff. A number of retired Department of Agriculture and Food veterinary staff are contracted by my Department as temporary veterinary inspectors to provide veterinary inspection services to augment my Department's existing authorised complement of veterinary staff or to provide temporary cover where necessary. The engagement of temporary veterinary inspectors does not impact on my Department's authorised staffing level of full-time veterinary inspectors.