Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE veterinary inspectors, by grade, employed by his Department as of 1 July 2024; and if he will provide corresponding figures as of 1 July 2021, in tabular form. [28941/24]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is committed to ensuring that a skilled and motivated workforce is in place to meet its priority business needs. Workforce planning processes are utilised to identify our requirements across all our grade streams and locations, aiming to ensure a long-term, proactive and strategic plan by which current and future staffing needs are addressed. Overall staffing levels and required skills are continually monitored to ensure business needs are met within budgetary and organisational priorities.

Veterinary staff undertake a variety of roles within my Department including food safety, animal health and welfare, certification of exports and provision of laboratory services.

The tables below provide further information on a grade-by-grade basis and has been compiled from staff lists available to us on dates closest to the requested dates of 1 July 2024 and 1 July 2021

Details at 24th June 2024

Details at 28th June 2021