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Tuesday, 14 June 2022

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Farm Inspections

Photo of John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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1984. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Department inspectors permanently employed to carry out farm inspections relative to the schemes operated by his Department; the number of persons contracted by his Department to carry out the same type of work; the number of permanent employees and persons on contract attached to the special investigation unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30603/22]

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Department currently has a total of 305 staff in Veterinary grade roles, 658 staff in Technical grade roles and 309 staff in Inspectorate grade roles. These staff undertake a variety of duties, including food safety and public health functions, farm inspections, and to implement the range of Department schemes which support the continuing development of the agri-food industry in Ireland. Farm inspectors can cover many different schemes during the course of their duties and for that reason, it is not possible to attribute numbers of inspectors to any particular scheme.

There are no contract staff engaged by my Department to conduct farm inspections and my Department’s Investigations Division currently has a complement of 10 staff, all of whom are employees.

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