Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 November 2019
474. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full and part-time staff, respectively, employed in the forestry licensing section in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by grade . [47087/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department has three divisions tasked with all aspects of Forestry, two of which are directly involved in forestry licensing. These are (i) Forestry Policy Division, comprising administrative personnel and (ii) Forestry Inspectorate, comprising forestry inspectors and other technical personnel.
Forestry Division manages the administrative aspects of the forestry licensing process, scheme payments, policy, promotions and finances. The Division includes personnel at all grades from clerical to senior management. A significant proportion of administrative staff are involved in forestry licensing.
Forestry Inspectorate comprises forest inspectors, archaeological and ecological resources and senior management. Again, while forestry inspectors are involved in all aspects of forestry, a large portion of their time is involved in assessing forestry licence applications.
The data presented in the following table details the personnel by grade for each of these two divisions at 31st December in each year 2010 to 2018 and as of 11th November, 2019. The data has been further broken down to show full-time and part-time personnel. There are some caveats on ecology staff who are recorded on the system by their Forestry Grade. This is clarified in the footnote below the Table.
|
Division |
Grade |
Pattern |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
|
Forestry Division |
Administrative Officer |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Asst Principal |
Full Time |
5 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
|
|
Part-Time |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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|
Clerical Officer |
Full Time |
31 |
21 |
25 |
27 |
26 |
23 |
23 |
28 |
23 |
19 |
|
|
Part-Time |
11 |
13 |
12 |
11 |
12 |
11 |
11 |
12 |
14 |
16 |
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|
Executive Officer |
Full Time |
19 |
20 |
22 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
18 |
18 |
20 |
19 |
|
|
Part-Time |
7 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
6 |
8 |
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|
Higher Executive Officer |
Full Time |
9 |
8 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
|
|
Part-Time |
3 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
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|
Principal |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Forestry Inspectorate |
Clerical Officer |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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|
Engineer Grade 3 Civil |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
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|
Executive Officer |
Part-Time |
1 |
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|
Forestry Ecologist * |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Forestry Inspector Grade 1 |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
|
|
Part-Time |
1 |
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|
Forestry Inspector Grade 2 |
Full Time |
12 |
11 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
10 |
8 |
9 |
|
|
Forestry Inspector Grade 3 |
Full Time |
15 |
18 |
13 |
15 |
14 |
20 |
22 |
16 |
17 |
23 |
|
|
Part-Time |
3 |
1 |
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|
Principal |
Full Time |
1 |
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|
Senior Inspector |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Grand Total |
123 |
111 |
113 |
113 |
111 |
113 |
113 |
117 |
113 |
117 |
* 2010 - 2014: 1 ecologist (recorded as Forestry Inspector Grade 1 for the years 2012 -2014 due to promotion); 2015: 2 ecologists (Forestry Inspector Grade 1 and Ecologist Grade 3); 2016 -2018: 1 Ecologist Grade 3, and 2019: 2 ecologists (Forestry Inspector Grade 1 and Ecologist Grade 3).
