Written answers
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Departmental Data
Paul Lawless (Mayo, Aontú)
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719. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide, in respect of each Department official who currently serves or has served as secretary, director or governance officer of organisations (details supplied) under Regulation (EU) 2016/1012; their Department grade, job title, division or section, remit relating to breeding programme approvals, official controls and policy; the date each official took up the governance role; whether they continue to hold it; and whether they had any role or advisory involvement in the design of CAP schemes including BEEP, SCEP or SIS where these schemes interact with systems. [65522/25]
Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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The officials in my Department who have served in governance or secretary roles in the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) and Sheep Ireland (SI) include the following:
Name | Job title | Dates served | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | |||
| John Malone | Secretary General | 2000 | 2004 | Director and Chair -ICBF |
| David Beehan | Chief Inspector | 2004 | 2016 | Director – ICBF |
| Bill Callanan | Chief Inspector | 2016 | date | Director - ICBF |
| Emer McGeogh | Assistant principal officer-LBPTD* | 2000 | 2012 | Secretary - ICBF |
| John Carty | Agricultural Inspector -LBPTD* | 2012 | 2022 | Secretary - ICBF |
| Sharon Walshe | Agricultural Inspector-LBPTD* | 2022 | date | Secretary - ICBF |
| Dermot Ryan | Deputy Chief Inspector | 2011 | 2016 | Director – Sheep Ireland |
| Ignatius Byrne | Senior Inspector-LBPTD* | 2008 | 2011 | Director – Sheep Ireland |
| Gerry Greally | Senior Inspector-LBPTD* | 2016 | 2022 | Director – Sheep Ireland |
| Tom Keating | Senior Inspector-LBPTD* | 2022 | date | Director – Sheep Ireland |
| John Carty | Agricultural Inspector-LBPTD* | 2008 | 2022 | Secretary -Sheep Ireland |
| Sharon Walshe | Agricultural Inspector-LBPTD* | 2022 | date | Secretary – Sheep Ireland |
*LBPTD : Livestock Breeding, Production and Trade Division
The assessment of a breeding programme and official controls are the responsibility of LBPTD. Officials of LBPTD, including those named, may contribute technical advice as required to the design of livestock CAP schemes as part of their official duties in my Department.
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