Teagasc given more freedom to recruit within €63.2m salary bill

Agriculture and food development authority Teagasc has appointed 75 staff since the end of the moratorium on recruitment last year.

Most new appointees have replaced unfilled vacancies arising from the recruitment ban imposed during the recession years.

Teagasc now has more freedom to recruit to fill skills gaps in its evolving agri-food support role, once it stays within a €63.2m annual salary bill.