Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 November 2023
235. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of whole-time equivalent, WTE, qualified arborists employed by his Department as of 1 April 2022 and 3 November 2023, in tabular form. [49288/23]
View answerThe National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, is an executive agency within the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage with responsibility for, inter alia, the management of our National Parks. The NPWS does not employ staff as qualified arborists and does not have such a grade or title of position. While there may be staff who have such qualifications it is not an essential requirement for any role in the NPWS and therefore we would not hold a record of such qualifications.
