Written Answers - Departmental Staff Thursday, 8 July 2010

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  598.  Deputy Ruairí Quinn      asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food      the number of staff employed in his Department in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the grades at which they are employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31256/10]

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Deputy Brendan Smith):    The full-time equivalent staff numbers in my Department from 2008 to 31st May 2010 are as follows:

31st December 2008 — 4,245;

31st December 2009 — 3,881;

31st May 2010 — 3,710.

The Grades in which they are employed are outlined below:

	2008	2009	2010
Acting Harbour Master	2	2	2
Advisory Counsel Grade 3	1	1	1
Agricultural Inspector	94	85	80
Administrative Officer	25	24	24
Area Superintendent	20	15	15
Assistant Agricultural Inspector Agriculture	106	104	102
Assistant Principal	144	137	129
Assistant Secretary	10	7	8
Chargehand	1	1	1
Chemist	3	3	3
Chief Analyst	1	1	1
Chief Inspector Agriculture	1	1	1
Chief Veterinary Officer	1	1	1
Civilian Driver	4	4	2
Cleaner	18	18	17
Cleaner Part- Time	9	10	9
Clerical Officer	1,061	992	916
Clerical Officer Temporary	29	14	11
Craftsman	8	6	7
Dairy Produce Officer	9	6	6
Deputy Chief Analyst	4	3	2
Deputy Chief Inspector	0	1	1
Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer	3	2	2
Director Of Laboratories	1	1	1
District Superintendent	122	104	104
Driver Tester	5	2	4
Engineer Grade 1 Civil	7	5	4
Engineer Grade 2 Civil	5	5	6
Engineer Grade 3 Civil	11	8	4
Executive Officer	498	465	441
Farm Foreman	4	4	4
Farm Worker	6	6	6
First Assistant Solicitor Agriculture	2	2	2
Forestry Inspector Grade 1	5	5	5
Forestry Inspector Grade 2	13	13	14
Forestry Inspector Grade 3	16	17	17
General Operative	39	35	29
Handyman	1	0	0
Harbour Constable	2	2	2
Harbour Master Engineer 2	2	1	0
Harbour Master	2	2	2
Head Laboratory Attendant	1	1	1
Head of Agriculture Labs	1	1	1
Head Services Officer	1	1	1
Higher Executive Officer	292	273	257
Higher Seed Analyst	3	3	3
Industrial Foreman	5	5	5
Inspector & Engineer Fishery	2	2	1
Inspector Grade 1	1	1	1
Inspector Grade 2	12	10	8
Laboratory Analyst	66	59	58
Laboratory Attendant	32	32	30
Librarian	1	1	1
Lorry Driver	3	2	2
Poultry Officer	6	5	5
Principal	39	35	35
Professional Accountant Grade 1	1	1	1
Research Officer	23	22	22
Seconded Staff	5	3	3
Secretarial Assistant (Non Contract)	2	2	2
Secretary General Agriculture	1	1	1
Seed Analyst	13	13	12
Senior Auditor	1	1	1
Senior Dairy Produce Officer	4	3	3
Senior Inspector	15	11	11
Senior Laboratory Analyst Class 1	1	0	0
Senior Laboratory Analyst	46	45	45
Senior Legal Clerk	1	1	0
Senior Research Officer	16	15	15
Senior Seed Analyst	1	1	1
Senior Serological Assistant	2	2	2
Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspector	10	10	10
Senior Surveyor	1	1	1
Serological Assistant	30	30	30
Services Attendant	8	6	6
Services Officer	39	40	39
Staff Officer	119	92	81
Stockman	1	1	1
Storekeeper	1	0	0
Superintending Senior Research Officer	5	4	3
Superintendent Surveyor	1	1	1
Superintending Veterinary Inspector	55	52	49
Supervising Poultry Officer	1	0	0
Supervising Serological Assistant	11	10	10
Supervisory Agricultural Officer	284	255	252
Temporary Assistant Harbour Master	1	1	1
Technical Agricultural Officer	547	488	488
Technical Grades	6	6	6
Tractor Driver	9	10	10
Veterinary Inspector	224	207	208
Total	4,245	3,881	3,710

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