Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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2020. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time equivalent staff available within the forestry unit by function, role and week from December 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2474/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I have provided in the attached table the current level of  full time equivalent (FTE) permanent staff  of the three forestry divisions in my Department. This includes one additional appointment (HEO) since the end of 2021.

Please note that the number of ecologists refers only to those employed directly by the Department at the end of 2021. The Department also contracts in ecology services from external service providers and we currently have 27 FTE ecologists working on forestry files. 

In addition to the staff listed in the table below, we have also appointed a Director of Forestry who was appointed to the position on 15th November 2021.