Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 25 Sep 1996

Vol. 469 No. 1

Written Answers. - Fisheries Officers.

Rory O'Hanlon

Ceist:

673 Dr. O'Hanlon asked the Minister for the Marine the number of development officers, protection officers and administrative officers employed in a permanent and in a temporary capacity by the Central Fisheries Board and each Regional Fisheries Board in each of the yeas 1990 to date. [16299/96]

Minister for the Marine (Mr. Barrett)

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:

Central Fisheries Board

Category	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp
Development	19	8	19	8	18	8	19	23	18	23	18	18	18	18
Protection	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	5	0	5	0	5	0	5
Administration	9	0	7	2	8	3	9	4	9	5	9	5	9	5
Research	12	0	12	0	9	1	9	1	9	1	9	1	9	1
EU Projects	0	2.5	0	3	0	4.5	0	4.5	0	4.5	0	11	0	14
Total	40	12.5	38	15	35	18.5	37	37.5	36	38.5	36	40	36	43

Eastern Reginal Fisheries Board

Category	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996 to date
	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp
Development	8	1	8	1	8	5	8	5	8	7	6	4	7	4
Protection	20	7	20	9	19	11	18	9	22	17	24	6	23	5
Administration	3	0	3	0	3	1	3	1	4	1	4	1	4	1
EU Projects	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	31	8	31	10	30	17	29	15	34	25	34	11	34	10

Southern Regional Fisheries Board

Category	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996 to date
	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp
Development	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	3	0
Protection	25	3	23	3	23	3	23	3	25	2	25	0	25	4
Administration	3	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	4	0	4	1	4	1
EU Projects	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	29	5	27	3	27	3	27	3	32	2	32	1	32	5

South-Western Regional Board

Category	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996 to date
	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp
Development	3	1	3	1	3	3	3	4	4	1	3	0	3	1
Protection	23	13	26	11	23	10	22	11	25	15	24	14	24	8
Administration	3	1	3	1	3	1	3	1	4	1	4	0	4	0
EU Projects	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	29	15	32	13	29	14	28	16	33	17	31	14	31	12

Shannon Regional Fisheries Board

Category	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996 to date
	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp
Development	33	0	32	0	33	0	33	0	37	0	37	0	37	1
Protection	11	5	11	5	11	5	11	5	12.5	5	10.5	4	10	8
Administration	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	2
EU Projects	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	46	7	45	7	46	7	46	7	52.5	7	50.5	6	50	11

Western Regional Fisheries Board

Category	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996 to date
	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp
Development	19	2	19	2	20	2	20	2	20	2	20	8	20	2
Protection	16	12	16	8	16	8	16	9	16	10	18	8	18	7
Administration	4	0	4	0	4	0	4	0	5	0	4	1	4	1
EU Projects	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	8
Total	39	14	39	10	40	10	40	11	41	12	42	20	42	18

North-Western Regional Fisheries Board

Category	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp
Development	9	8	9	1	9	5	9	15	10	5	9	7	9	10
Protection	20	7	22	6	21	9	20	9	24	11	23	10	23	8
Administration	3	1	3	2	3	1	3	2	4	2	4	1	4	1
EU Projects	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	8
Total	32	16	34	9	33	15	32	26	38	18	36	25	36	27

Northern Regional Fisheries Board

Category	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp
Development	10	0	9	2	9	4	10	4	10	3	11	3	11	1
Protection	24	5	24	3	24	8	26	8	27	8	25	10	25	10
Administration	3	1	4	1	4	3	4	3	4	1	4	1	4	1
EU Projects	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
Total	37	6	37	6	37	15	40	15	41	12	40	17	40	15

* N.B. Temporary staff numbers are for total numbers employed, apart from EU Projects which give whole-time equivalent numbers.

Grand Total All Boards

Category	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp	Perm	Temp
Total	283	83.5	283	73	277	99.5	279	130.5	307.5	131.5	301.5	134	301	141