Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 285: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grade and job description and role of the environmental economist employed by his Department and who works as part of the team to provide advice on climate change. [9240/07]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The approved environmental economist post in my Department is at middle management level with a salary equivalent to an Assistant Principal Officer. The principal duty of the economist is to provide economic and environmental analysis to support development and implementation of the national climate change agenda.