Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of temporary veterinary inspectors employed in each of the years 2012 to 2018. [2383/19]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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My Department engages Temporary Veterinary Inspectors (TVIs) for the purpose of providing meat inspection services at meat plants and a small number of portal duties throughout the country. TVIs are engaged as and when required to assist permanent Veterinary staff and are selected from panels for duties at some point during the year in question.

The numbers engaged for the periods in question are listed in the table below: