Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 July 2012

Thursday, 19 July 2012

Ceisteanna (654)

Mary Lou McDonald

Ceist:

661 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost to the Exchequer for the provision of agency staff in his Department or State agencies under his aegis. [36661/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Deputy Simon Coveney)

My Department does not use agency staff. In relation to the twelve State bodies under the aegis of my Department, this is an operational matter for the Bodies themselves.