Vol. 547 No. 1
357 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development his plans to appoint additional staff to the farm development office in Castlebar, County Mayo to deal with the backlog of REP scheme applications. [2597/02]
There is a vacancy at supervisory agricultural officer level in the farm development service office, Castlebar at the present time. My Department has made arrangements for the filling of this vacancy and it is proposed to assign an officer to that office with effect from Monday, 4 February 2002. There is also a vacancy at assistant agricultural inspector level in the Castlebar office and my Department is currently in the process of recruiting an officer to fill that vacancy.
