Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 November 2023
403. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE earth observation specialists employed by his Department in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [50934/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department uses workforce planning processes to identify the critical resource needs required to deliver its business goals. Workforce planning is a key tool in enabling my Department to forecast its current and future staffing needs. The Workforce Plan aims to ensure a long-term, proactive and strategic plan by which my Department aims to have the right people, with the right levels of talent and skills, in each location and Division, doing the right thing at the right time.
My Department operates in a rapidly changing environment and none more so than within the IT sector of the Department. Overall staffing levels and required skill sets are continually monitored to ensure business needs are met (subject to the limits of the annual estimates process, the usual budgetary constraints and approvals by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. To support the Department's business needs, a competition is currently underway to fill an Earth Observation Specialist post. The primary purpose of this role will be to support the Department in the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy Regulations. The table below provides further details on the numbers of Earth Observation Specialists employed by my Department during the years referenced by the Deputy.
|
Year |
Number Assigned to Earth Observation Specialist Posts |
Overall number serving in Earth Observation Specialist Posts |
|
2022 |
2 |
4 |
|
2023 (to 16/11/2023) |
0 |
3 |
