Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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Question 404: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the size in the reduction of the staff within his Department over the past three years; the total number of staff employed by his Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011 separately; the main areas within his Department which staff reductions were greatest during this time, and if he will make a statement o the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31979/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Staff numbers in my Department decreased by 672 FTE (full-time equivalents) from the beginning of 2009 to the end of September 2011.

The Department's staff are spread over various staffing streams, all of which have been affected by reducing staff numbers in the timescale referred to by the Deputy.