Teagasc sheds more than 400 staff since 2008, with another 140 to go

Teagasc will have shed 37% of its staff from 2008 to 2014, according to its presentation to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications.

Teagasc directors Prof Gerry Boyle and Dr Tom Kelly told the committee that the organisation has already shed more than 400 staff since 2008, with another 140 to go.

The Teagasc staff number has reduced from 1,574 in 2008 to 1,158 at the end of February 2012. It will be just 993 by the end of 2014.