Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 January 2022
2020. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time equivalent staff available within the forestry unit by function, role and week from December 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2474/22]
View answerI have provided in the attached table the current level of full time equivalent (FTE) permanent staff of the three forestry divisions in my Department. This includes one additional appointment (HEO) since the end of 2021.
Please note that the number of ecologists refers only to those employed directly by the Department at the end of 2021. The Department also contracts in ecology services from external service providers and we currently have 27 FTE ecologists working on forestry files.
In addition to the staff listed in the table below, we have also appointed a Director of Forestry who was appointed to the position on 15th November 2021.
|
Role/Grade |
Forestry Admin Division |
Forestry Inspectorate Division |
Forest Sector Development Division |
|
Principal Officer |
1 |
|
|
|
Assistant Principal |
3 |
|
1 |
|
Higher Executive Officer |
10 |
|
1 |
|
Executive Officer |
25 |
4 |
1 |
|
Clerical Officer |
37 |
|
|
|
Senior Inspector |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Forest Inspector Grade 1 |
|
9 |
3 |
|
Forest Inspector Grade 2 |
|
10 |
|
|
Forest Inspector Grade 3 |
|
31 |
3 |
|
Ecologist |
|
8 |
|
