Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 November 2011
544 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names of agencies which provide staff for his Department and for bodies and agencies under its aegis; the services they provide; the numbers of staff they provide; the cost of those services; the way this compares with direct employment of staff in equivalent roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36220/11]
View answerMy Department, from time to time, employs staff from agencies to provide certain services when such proves to be more cost effective and Department staff are not available. Details are provided in the table. As to the Bodies and Agencies that fall under my Department's remit, the sourcing of services and engagement of agency staff is an operational matter for the State Bodies and Agencies themselves.
|
Name of Agency |
Service |
Cost of Service in 2010 |
Number of Staff (FTEs) |
|
Farm Relief Service |
Ancillary services to support Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Programme |
€2.28m |
84 operatives |
|
Farm Relief Services |
Cow Monitoring Scheme as part of the Brucellosis Eradication Scheme. This involves the blood sampling of culled cows in Meat Plants and assists in the detection of brucellosis reactors in a herd |
€0.524m |
24 operatives |
|
Techskills Resources, 2 Merrion Place, Dublin 2 |
Provision of security service to Cavan office |
€76,284 |
2 |
|
Techskills Resources, 2 Merrion Place, Dublin 2 |
General operative DVO Clonakilty |
€17,323 |
1 |
|
Backweston Laboratories Facilities management contract drawn up with OPW. Costs are apportioned between State Labs and DAFM labs in the ration 1:2 |
Facilities Management |
€593,824 |
25.33 |
