Edward Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of staff resources in Naas regional veterinary office dedicated to the wildlife programme in each of the years from 2015 to date (details supplied); and the complement of farm relief service operatives available for the badger programme each year since 2015. [13538/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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The information available to my Department is set out in the table at the link below.

The table represents Veterinary, Technical and Farm Relief Service (FRS) staff and the estimated Full Time Equivalent (FTE) of technical staff who worked on wildlife duties in Naas RVO during the period 2015-2025.

My Department also provides considerable administrative support to Veterinary, Technical and FRS staff carrying out their work in wildlife duties. In the last 10 years there has been an average of 17 Administrative Staff providing support to Veterinary, Technical and FRS staff carrying out their work in wildlife duties as well as providing administration support across all the work areas of Naas RVO.

The assignment of staff to various duties varies from time to time reflecting changing business needs, seasonal variations in activities and disease situations.