Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 26 Oct 1989

Vol. 392 No. 3

Written Answers. - Agricultural Services Staff.

37.

Mr. Ferris

asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of categories of staff in each county administrative area engaged in the agricultural advisory and educational service for each year from 1983 to 1989 inclusive.

Minister for Agriculture and Food (Mr. O'Kennedy)

Details of the total numbers employed in each county administrative area are included in the tabular statement which I propose to circulate in the Official Report.

Table: Professional staff engaged in the agricultural advisory and education service.

County	Year
1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Number
Carlow	14	12	10	10	9	7	8
Cavan	23	19	19	19	20	13	11
Clare	25	23	22	22	22	18	18
Cork East	39	43	42	41	41	34	32
Cork West	29	30	30	30	30	23	21
Donegal	24	24	25	24	23	13	13
Dublin	15	13	14	14	14	9	9
Galway	41	42	39	40	38	36	32
Kerry	38	35	32	32	30	26	23
Kildare	19	17	16	15	15	13	12
Kilkenny	26	20	20	20	20	18	17
Laois	18	17	16	15	16	12	11
Leitrim	13	11	10	10	8	6	4
Limerick	33	32	28	28	27	20	20
Longford	12	10	9	9	9	6	5
Louth	15	13	11	10	11	7	5
Mayo	43	39	35	35	33	25	22
Meath	27	27	24	24	22	14	13
Monaghan	18	18	18	18	16	12	7
Offaly	18	18	17	17	16	13	12
Roscommon	25	22	20	20	20	17	14
Sligo	19	16	15	15	15	12	9
Tipperary NR	19	17	17	17	17	17	14
Tipperary SR	25	23	23	23	22	27	15
Waterford	20	18	15	16	15	12	10
Westmeath	18	16	14	14	13	10	9
Wexford	31	31	28	28	28	23	23
Wicklow	21	16	14	15	15	11	9

Table: Administrative staff engaged in the agricultural advisory and education service.

County	Year
1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Number
Carlow	4	3	4	4	4	3	3
Cavan	6	5	5	5	5	4	4
Clare	7	7	7	6	6	6	5
Cork East	13	12	10	11	9	8	7
Cork West	3	6	6	6	6	5	5
Donegal	5	4	4	5	5	5	4
Dublin	3	3	3	3	3	1	1
Galway	9	10	9	9	9	9	6
Kerry	8	8	8	8	8	6	5
Kildare	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Kilkenny	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
Laois	4	5	4	4	3	3	2
Leitrim	5	5	5	3	3	2	1
Limerick	7	7	7	7	6	6	2
Longford	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Louth	4	4	4	4	3	4	2
Mayo	13	12	12	11	10	8	5
Meath	5	6	6	6	6	4	4
Monaghan	5	4	4	4	4	3	1
Offaly	4	5	5	5	5	3	3
Roscommon	4	4	5	5	6	5	4
Sligo	5	4	4	4	4	4	2
Tipperary NR	5	5	5	5	5	4	3
Tipperary SR	6	3	5	6	6	5	5
Waterford	6	6	6	5	4	3	2
Westmeath	4	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wexford	6	6	7	8	6	5	4
Wicklow	5	5	5	5	5	4	4