Written answers

Tuesday, 7 March 2023

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Meteorological Services

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the staff and details of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11334/23]

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Met Éireann, Ireland’s National Meteorological Service, is a line division of my Department, and is the leading provider of weather information and related services in the State.

Its mission is to monitor, analyse and predict Ireland’s weather and climate and to provide a range of high quality meteorological and related information to the public and to specific customers in, for example, the aviation and agricultural sectors.

There were 218 staff (214.63 FTE) serving in Met Éireann at the end of January 2023. Details of the organisational structure along with the senior management team and their respective responsibilities is available on the Met Éireann website at: www.met.ie/about-us/met-eireanns-structure

The following table provides a breakdown by grade of the number of staff serving in each location.

Professional & Technical Staff Belmullet Casement Aerodrome Cork Airport Dublin Airport Glasnevin Hill Knock Airport Malin Head Shannon Airport Valentia Observatory Total
DIRECTOR METEORLOGICAL SERVICE 1 1
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MET SERVICE 1 1
SENIOR METEOROLOGIST 7 1 8
METEOROLOGIST 1 64 1 1 67
PRINCIPAL METEOROLOGICAL OFFICER 1 1 1 19 1 1 24
SENIOR METEOROLOGICAL OFFICER 1 3 1 27 8 2 42
METEOROLOGICAL OFFICER 2 5 3 7 16 2 6 5 46
POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER 1 1
Total Professional & Technical Staff 2 7 8 9 136 2 17 9 190
General Service staff
PRINCIPAL 1 1
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL 4 4
HIGHER EXECUTIVE OFFICER 3 3
EXECUTIVE OFFICER 3 1 4
CLERICAL OFFICER 10 1 11
SERVICES OFFICER 1 1
SERVICES ATTENDANT 1 1
CLEANER 1 1
CRAFT FOREPERSON 1 1
GENERAL OPERATIVE GRADE 1 1 1
Total General Service Staff 22 1 1 1 3 28
Grand Total 2 7 8 9 158 3 1 18 12 218

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