Questions

563. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE staff, by job title from his Department that are based at Shannon Airport as of 20 February 2025; and if he will provide same figures as of 20 February 2022, in tabular form. [9182/25]

591. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department plans to re-open recruitment and establish a new agricultural officer technical panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9812/25]

594. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5846/25]

880. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department, or any body under its aegis, currently directly employs cleaners and/or service officers; if so, the number of staff employed in each role; the value and length of any related contract, by body, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3208/25]

882. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list the composition of his private office, inclusive of the grade and increment of each civil servant assigned to the office; whether they are located in the private or constituency office; the value of any allowance paid to those individuals and the purpose of each allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3262/25]

889. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to encourage civil servants in his Department to take or avail of special leave or career breaks, or other forms of leave to encourage and facilitate Ireland's 2026 EU presidency, the Government "Career for EU" jobs strategy, and the Department's Gaeilge/Irish-language policy and promoti…

1068. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department ran new technical agricultural officer competitions in 2024, when there were existing candidates on the 2023 panel who had not been offered a position; and whether, when a new competition is launched in this way, candidates who have previously been placed on a panel receive consideration. [46182/24]

1069. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of civil servants in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, who were on career break in 2023 or 2024, by month and grade, and by length of career break; the number of civil servants in his Department and in agencies under the aegis of his Department who were on career break for longer than f…

1070. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacancies, by month and by grade, in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46202/24]

1071. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an assurance that no civil servant has had their career break extended beyond five years where there is a suitable vacancy in their home Department or agency; to provide an assurance that, where a civil servant has had their career break extended beyond five years on account of there being no suitable vacancy in their …

1074. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated WTE costs to recruit two additional senior archaeologists grade 1 to his Department. [46295/24]

1077. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff employed by his Department at each grade of executive officer and above, by gender, in tabular form. [46402/24]