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Tuesday, 25 November 2025

Questions (719)

Paul Lawless

Question:

719. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide, in respect of each Department official who currently serves or has served as secretary, director or governance officer of organisations (details supplied) under Regulation (EU) 2016/1012; their Department grade, job title, division or section, remit relating to breeding programme approvals, official controls and policy; the date each official took up the governance role; whether they continue to hold it; and whether they had any role or advisory involvement in the design of CAP schemes including BEEP, SCEP or SIS where these schemes interact with systems. [65522/25]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The officials in my Department who have served in governance or secretary roles in the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) and Sheep Ireland (SI) include the following:

Name	Job title	Dates served	Position
		From	To
John Malone	Secretary General	2000	2004	Director and Chair -ICBF
David Beehan	Chief Inspector	2004	2016	Director – ICBF
Bill Callanan	Chief Inspector	2016	date	Director - ICBF
Emer McGeogh	Assistant principal officer-LBPTD*	2000	2012	Secretary - ICBF
John Carty	Agricultural Inspector -LBPTD*	2012	2022	Secretary - ICBF
Sharon Walshe	Agricultural Inspector-LBPTD*	2022	date	Secretary - ICBF
Dermot Ryan	Deputy Chief Inspector	2011	2016	Director – Sheep Ireland
Ignatius Byrne	Senior Inspector-LBPTD*	2008	2011	Director – Sheep Ireland
Gerry Greally	Senior Inspector-LBPTD*	2016	2022	Director – Sheep Ireland
Tom Keating	Senior Inspector-LBPTD*	2022	date	Director – Sheep Ireland
John Carty	Agricultural Inspector-LBPTD*	2008	2022	Secretary -Sheep Ireland
Sharon Walshe	Agricultural Inspector-LBPTD*	2022	date	Secretary – Sheep Ireland

*LBPTD : Livestock Breeding, Production and Trade Division

The assessment of a breeding programme and official controls are the responsibility of LBPTD. Officials of LBPTD, including those named, may contribute technical advice as required to the design of livestock CAP schemes as part of their official duties in my Department.

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