Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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1087. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full year cost to recruit three additional WTE agricultural inspectors and three additional WTE veterinary inspectors for his Department. [28907/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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The grade of Agricultural Inspector is remunerated with a salary commencing at €75,736 and increasing to €106,005 on a PPC salary scale inclusive of long service incremental credit. The grade of Veterinary Inspector starts on a salary of €68,683 which increases to €118,165, again on a PPC salary scale inclusive of long service incremental credit.

The full year cost to my Department to recruit three additional WTE Agricultural Inspectors and three additional WTE Veterinary Inspectors is therefore €433,257, assuming all would start at the first point of their respective scales.

My Department is committed to ensuring that a skilled and motivated workforce is in place to meet its business needs and utilises workforce planning to identify and address these requirements throughout the organisation.