Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has lost due to retirement by grade in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41810/19]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The attached table shows details of staff recruitments and staff retirements for my Department for the years in question.

The recruitments and retirement figures included in this table are defined in accordance with Civil Service norms. Officers appointed to positions through internal promotion competitions and those who remain within the Department (even if they are appointed on foot of an Interdepartmental or Open Competition) are not considered to be recruits.

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