Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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832. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent roles filled by his Department of posts at principal officer, assistant principal officer, higher executive officer, executive officer and clerical officer grades for the past five years; the cost to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35479/20]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department uses workforce planning processes to identify and address critical resource needs required to deliver its business goals. Workforce planning is a key tool in enabling my Department to forecast its current and future staffing gaps (subject to the limits of the annual estimates process, the usual budgetary constraints and approvals by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform). The Workforce Plan ensures a long-term strategic plan by which my Department can assign the right people, with the right levels of talent and skills, in each location and Division across its range of functions.

My Department operates in a rapidly changing environment and its structure must be flexible in order to deploy resources to priority work, as the need arises. Overall staffing levels within Divisions are continually monitored and staff transfer in and out of Divisions as the workload dictates.

Staffing Full Time Equivalent (FTE) and associated salary data for staff recruited to the specified grades are as follow;