Paul Donnelly (Dublin West, Sinn Fein)
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1798. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE qualified entomologist working within the Department in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [46726/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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My Department engages in workforce planning to assess its current and future recruitment needs. The educational qualifications required and the relevant selection criteria are reviewed and updated on an ongoing basis to ensure that they meet these needs. Tailored to specific grades, my Departments recruitment campaigns may invite candidates who hold qualifications in a variety of areas including for example, horticulture, plant health, animal health, animal welfare and food safety.