Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 April 2024
553. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, currently at his Department's Laboratory at Backweston; and the estimated timeframe for when each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [16412/24]
View answerMy Department is committed to ensuring that a skilled and motivated workforce is in place to meet its business needs and utilises workforce planning to identify and address these requirements for all our locations.
I am conscious of the need for a prompt and efficient delivery of services and, to that end, all critical staffing vacancies are considered in line with workforce planning processes with due recognition of budgetary constraints.
Recruitment opportunities for available posts are advertised either by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) or by my Department's Human Resources Division.
The Department’s Laboratories in Backweston currently has a total of 25 vacancies, as detailed in the table below:
|
Grade |
No of Vacancies |
|
Agricultural Inspector |
1 |
|
AAI (Nematologist) |
1 |
|
Executive Officer |
2 |
|
Laboratory Analyst |
8 |
|
Laboratory Attendant |
7 |
|
Senior Laboratory Analyst |
1 |
|
Serological Assistant |
2 |
|
Supervising Serological Assistant |
1 |
|
Research Officer |
1 |
|
Deputy Head of the Labs |
1 |
|
Total |
25 |
