Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE ecologists, wildlife inspectors and conservation rangers that were recruited by his Department in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [39100/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested is set out in the table below.

There is no specific grade of Ecologist in this Department, rather these posts are filled by the recruitment of Wildlife Inspector Grade 3 with the requisite qualifications.