Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE conservation rangers attached to the National Parks and Wildlife Service as of 6 February 2024; and if he will provide the same figures as of 1 February 2021, in tabular form. [6226/24]

Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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The information requested is provided in the table below as of the 31 January 2024, the latest date for which the information is available. There has been a sustained increase in the number of Conservation Rangers employed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service in recent years and I am committed to reaching the recommended number of 120 Rangers for the Service in the course of the current year.