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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 June 2004

Thursday, 17 June 2004

Questions (90, 91, 92, 93)

Billy Timmins

Question:

90 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position on the 1/97 agreement which provided for supervisory agricultural officers in potato, poultry and eggs and seed production to be upgraded to district superintendent; if any other supervisory agricultural officer outside these groups was upgraded to district superintendent level under the agreement; the basis of such upgrade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18213/04]

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A group in ERAD, who were supervisory agricultural officers with an allowance, was upgraded to district superintendent under the terms of the 1/97 agreement. No other supervisory agricultural officer, outside of the groups listed in the question, was upgraded to district superintendent level under the agreement.

Billy Timmins

Question:

91 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of district superintendent officers who had been upgraded from supervisory agricultural officer level under the 1/97 agreement and who retired between 1 September 1996 and 1 May 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18214/04]

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One of the district superintendents who had been upgraded under the 1/97 agreement retired between 1 September 1996 and 1 May 1998.

Billy Timmins

Question:

92 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position on the monitoring group comprising union and management representatives which oversaw the implementation of the 1/97 C and A agreement; the names and rank of the officers comprising the monitoring group on both sides, union and management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18215/04]

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The names and rank of the officers comprising the monitoring group on both sides, union and management were, initially Mr. Kevin Callinane, assistant general secretary, IMPACT; Mr. Kieran Sheehan, branch secretary, IMPACT; Mr. John McDermott, branch chairperson; Mr. Peter Roche, area superintendent; Mr. Frank Reidy, technical agricultural officer; Mr. Richard Molloy, supervisory agricultural officer; Mr. John Gillespie, assistant secretary; Mr. William Shanahan, deputy chief inspector; Mr. Albert Costello, deputy chief veterinary officer; Mr. Joseph Shortall, principal officer; Mr. John McCarthy, assistant principal; and Mr. Noel Molloy, executive officer.

Since 1997 the names and ranks of the officers on both the union and management sides have changed on a number of occasions.

Billy Timmins

Question:

93 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position on two supervisory agricultural officers, one in Galway city and one in Ballinasloe, County Galway, serving in the seed potato group who were upgraded under the 1/97 C and A agreement; the headquarters to which the latter was appointed; the length of time the appointment lasted at the initial headquarters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18216/04]

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The headquarters of the officer who lived in Galway city was Galway city at the time of his upgrading and remained at Galway city after the upgrading took place. The headquarters of the officer who lived in Ballinasloe was Carlow at the time of his upgrading. The officer's headquarters remained at Carlow from November 1996 until September 1997.

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