Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 December 2023
379. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost of staffing for environmental planning in NPWS, and the full cost per post level in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and in Budget 2024, in tabular form. [54986/23]
View answerThe National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is an Executive Agency within my Department with responsibility for, inter alia, the management of our National Parks. The NPWS does not employ personnel as Environmental Planners and does not have such a grade or title of position. Divisional Ecologist and some regional staff in the NPWS addressing planning applications would carry out functions related to environmental planning as part of their role. However, as this is not their sole function, it is not possible to apportion costs for this aspect of their work.
