Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 May 2024
151. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of vacant TAO and SAO positions; the breakdown of same across the divisions per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24369/24]
View answerMy Department is committed to ensuring that a skilled and motivated workforce is in place to meet its priority business needs. Workforce planning processes are utilised to identify our requirements across all our technical grade streams and locations, and to ensure a long-term, proactive and strategic plan through which current and future staffing needs are addressed.
Overall staffing levels and required skills are continually monitored and prioritised 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.
In consideration of above, we currently have no vacancies to be filled at this time for Supervisory Agricultural Officers and we have 1 Technical Agricultural Officer that is in final clearance prior to a formal offer, as of 28th May.
