Written answers
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Department of Agriculture and Food
Departmental Staff
9:00 pm
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1278: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the breakdown of the number of staff employed by his Department; the units or areas of responsibility staff are deployed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47743/08]
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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At end December 2008 there were 4,162 full time equivalent (FTE) civil servants employed in my Department. The work of the Department is divided into 5 main Programme areas — the staff breakdown of which is given in the following table:
| Functional Area | FTE | |
| 1. | Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Policy, Trade and Development | 272 |
| 2. | Food, Animal, Plant Safety and Welfare and Consumer Protection | 1,898 |
| 3. | Rural Economy, Environment and Structural Change | 737 |
| 4. | Payment Delivery and Customer Service | 496 |
| 5. | Corporate Governance | 759 |
In addition to this number, the Department employs 83 FTE industrial staff.
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