Page 2032 - Week 05 - Thursday, 3 May 2012

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Ms Gallagher: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) The budget for Domestic Animal Services (DAS) for the years 2011-12 to 2014-15 is:

(2) Total expenditure by DAS for the years 2009-10 to 2010-11 was as follows:

(3) 10.5 staff are currently employed at DAS.

This includes one Registrar, one Deputy Registrar, two ranger supervisors, who also undertake general ranger duties, six general rangers who undertake pound and compliance duties, and a part time kennel master.

(4) The core business of DAS is impounding and caring for stray, roaming, injured or lost dogs and all expenditure is related to these tasks.

The total expenditure for DAS for the requested years is as provided under question (2).

(5) Total employee costs for the requested years are:

(6) Refer to answer to question (2) above.

(7) Refer to answer to question (5) above.

(8) The costs of facilitating the volunteer program form part of the DAS operating budget. This program is coordinated by an ASO 6 level employee, who spends 30% of employment time coordinating volunteers, producing pamphlets and other written material and inducting new volunteers on site. Advertising costs for recruiting volunteers are an additional cost incurred when required. This equates to $21,000 per annum.

(9) Total expenditure on capital repairs or works to the DAS site since 1 July 2009 is $75,004

(10) The average length of time that dogs were held at the pound were:

(11) At 10.00 am on 23 March 2012 a total of 40 dogs were impounded at the DAS facility.

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