Barry Ward (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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1430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58485/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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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.

The table at the link below outlines the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form.