Vol. 511 No. 6
225 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the number of permanent agricultural officers working with the district veterinary offices on a county by county basis; if he has satisfied himself that there are sufficient agricultural officers available to carry out the necessary work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25299/99]
The following shows the numbers of technical agricultural officers grades assigned to district veterinary office duties on a permanent basis.
The deployment of staff at all offices is kept under ongoing review with the aim of ensuring the best possible service to its farming clients.
Technical Agricultural Officers assigned to the District Vetrinary Offices of the Department of Agricultural, Food and Rural Development
|
DistrictSuperintendent |
SupervisoryAgriculturalofficer |
TechnicalAgriculturalofficer |
|
|
Carlow |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Cavan |
1 |
2 |
6 |
|
Clare |
1 |
1 |
7 |
|
Cork |
2 |
2 |
22 |
|
Donegal |
1 |
1 |
7 |
|
Dublin/Wicklow |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Galway |
1 |
1 |
8 |
|
Kerry |
1 |
1 |
11 |
|
Kildare |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Kilkenny |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Laois |
1 |
4 |
|
|
Limerick |
1 |
1 |
8 |
|
Longford |
1 |
5 |
|
|
Louth |
1 |
4 |
|
|
Mayo |
1 |
1 |
8 |
|
Meath |
1 |
3 |
|
|
Monaghan |
1 |
3 |
|
|
Offaly |
1 |
4 |
|
|
Roscommon |
1 |
1 |
5 |
|
Sligo/Leitrim |
1 |
1 |
8 |
|
Tipperary |
2 |
1 |
6 |
|
Waterford |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Westmeath |
1 |
3 |
|
|
Wexford |
1 |
4 |
|
|
Totals |
24 |
17 |
137 |
