Frank Feighan (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of public servants working at Government offices in Drumshanbo, County Leitrim (currently the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine); the full capacity of personnel at the offices; and the plans, if any, he has to place more public servants at this modern Government office ideally located in the heart of the north west region. [23764/24]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine currently has public servants based in the two Drumshanbo locations (Main Street, Drumshanbo and in the regional Veterinary Office, Derryhallagh, Drumshanbo). The past five years has seen a slight rise in the number of Department of Agriculture public servants in both locations.

The number of public servants working in Main Street Drumshanbo has risen from one officer in 2020 to three in 2024 and the number of public servants working in the Regional Veterinary Office Drumshanbo has risen from 46 in 2020 to 56 in 2024.

My Department currently has no reported vacancies for Drumshanbo.

On foot of the Local Office Reorganisation, the Drumshanbo Regional Office Administrative Area (Drumshanbo ROAA) took over responsibility for the Leitrim, Sligo and Longford areas with Drumshanbo being the retained office and the operational hub for this region i.e. Drumshanbo became one of the 16 retained Regional Offices.

All new staff being assigned to the Drumshanbo region are now assigned headquarters in the Drumshanbo office (Sligo and Longford offices closed to the public and became hot desk locations only).

The Office of Public Works (OPW) will be best placed to respond to your query in relation to the full capacity of personnel at these offices and they should be referred to directly.