Agri-Business
‘Agreement in principle’ on national veterinary service for abattoirs
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has confirmed that a national veterinary service to oversee abattoirs...
Veterinary Inspectors
Agri-Business
DAFM seeks temporary veterinary inspectors for meat plants
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is currently seeking temporary veterinary inspectors (TVIs) for meat plants around...
Agri-Business
DAFM recruiting veterinary inspectors
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has launched a recruitment drive for veterinary inspectors. The department said...
Agri-Business
FSAI seeks to extend local authority veterinary service contract
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) is to seek a further extension of its service contract with local authorities...
Agri Politics
'Lack of certainty' remains over abattoir inspection funding - TD
A Co. Cork-based TD has warned that there remains a “lack of certainty” over the future of local council funding...
Beef
Funding dispute threatening butchers and small abattoirs resolved
A dispute over the funding of food safety controls including veterinary inspection, which had threatened to shut 120 butchers and...
Beef
Butchers: 120 businesses 'will have to close' due to authority funding dispute
120 businesses will have to close due to a lack of veterinary inspection if a funding dispute is not resolved...
Agri-Business
Department calls on vets to take up Brexit inspector roles
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is now inviting private veterinary practitioners to consider taking up positions as...
Agri Politics
Department preparations for Brexit called into question
Fianna Fail spokesperson on agriculture, Charlie McConalogue, has claimed that there has been an “astonishing lack” of planning by the...
Agri-Business
Brexit veterinary positions to be advertised in coming weeks
A spokesperson for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed to AgriLand that the recruitment process for veterinary personnel...
Agri Politics
Dublin and Rosslare ports 'prime focus' for extra Brexit staffing
Dublin and Rosslare ports are understood to be the prime focus for potential additional veterinary inspectors under contingency planning for...