Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 May 2021
393. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of civil servant posts that were filled through open and internal panels, since April 2020, in his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department, by county and by month in tabular form. [27594/21]
View answerThe Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine utilises Workforce Planning processes to identify all critical resource requirements to deliver its business goals. Workforce planning is a key tool to facilitate management of Department’s staffing needs, subject to the limits of the annual estimates process, budgetary constraints and approvals by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
The Workforce Plan ensures a long-term, proactive and strategic plan by which my Department places the right people, with the right skills, in each location and Division. The attached document provides the assignment data as requested by the Deputy.
The question of staffing levels in the State Agencies under the aegis of the Department is an operational matter, generally delegated to the Agencies themselves and I will ask the Agencies to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.
