Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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151. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of conservation rangers employed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and the number of vacant conservation ranger posts that exist as of July 2016. [21727/16]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I am advised that there are 68 Conservation Rangers employed in the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department. Staffing levels across my Department are kept under regular review in line with emerging business needs and Government policy on public sector pay and staffing as advised by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. My Department is currently engaged with the Public Appointments Service with a view to holding an open competition in the Autumn to create a Conservation Ranger panel.