Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 544: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names of agencies which provide staff for his Department and for bodies and agencies under its aegis; the services they provide; the numbers of staff they provide; the cost of those services; the way this compares with direct employment of staff in equivalent roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36220/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department, from time to time, employs staff from agencies to provide certain services when such proves to be more cost effective and Department staff are not available. Details are provided in the table. As to the Bodies and Agencies that fall under my Department's remit, the sourcing of services and engagement of agency staff is an operational matter for the State Bodies and Agencies themselves.