Question - Domestic Animal Services

(1)          How many rangers are currently employed by Domestic Animal Services (DAS).

(2)          How many rangers were employed in the (a) 2019-20, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2016-17 and (e) 2015-16 financial years.

(3)          How many rangers were employed at DAS (a) full-time, (b) part-time and (c) casually in the (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2018-19, (iii) 2017-18, (v) 2016-17 and (vi) 2015-16 financial years.

(4)          What are the types of staff employed by DAS which undertake duties other than being rangers.

(5)          How many of the staff referred to in part (4) were employed in the (a) 2019-20, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2016-17 and (e) 2015-16 financial years.

(6)          Why do MLAs continue to receive complaints from constituents that the number of rangers employed is not sufficient to service their complaints.

(7)          What plans are in place to ensure that DAS’s resourcing is sufficient to ensure the safety of the community.

(8)          What communication does DAS have with Queanbeyan Palerang Regional Council and how are dangerous animals managed that are being transported over the border from Queanbeyan.

(9)          What protocols does DAS have in place to ensure that complaints involving parties outside the ACT have a satisfactory outcome.