Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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512. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff employed by Inland Fisheries Ireland to work in County Mayo; the number of staff working in each area of the county; the number of staff employed in County Mayo in each of the years from 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of staff employed to work in the areas of Carra, Lough Mask, Corrib and Cong, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50008/17]

Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The staff complement of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) at the beginning of 2012 was 341 (FTE), in overall terms; and by the end of quarter 3 of 2017, the IFI staff complement was 297.

In terms of fisheries management and operational efficiency, IFI do not deploy staff on an individual county basis.  Deployment is largely based on river catchments which very often are not confined to one county.  The Western River Basin District also encompasses County Galway.

However, the overall numbers of IFI staff stationed in bases located in County Mayo in the relevant years is summarised in the following table.

Within the IFI staffing complement in the Western River Basin District, the numbers of staff based on the Western Lakes over the six years are as set out in the following table.