asked the Minister for the Environment the highest number of servants employed by each county council in June 1979, 1980 and 1981; and the number, if any, of lay-offs or short-time working in those months.
Written Answers. - County Council Employees.
420.
The recruitment, conditions of service and termination of the employment of employees in the servant category is entirely a matter for each employing local authority; information regarding the numbers employed by each county council and the number of lay-offs and employees on short-time in the months in question is not available in my Department. Annual returns of numbers employed as at 31 December each year are furnished by local authorities to my Department and the number of servants employed by each county council on 31 December 1979 and 31 December 1980 is set out in the attached table. Returns in respect of 1981 are not yet available.
|
County Council |
Number of Servants |
|
|
1979 |
1980 |
|
|
Carlow |
271 |
278 |
|
Cavan |
363 |
473 |
|
Clare |
651 |
660 |
|
Cork |
1,583 |
2,029 |
|
Donegal |
874 |
920 |
|
Dublin |
2,237 |
2,211 |
|
Galway |
864 |
870 |
|
Kerry |
550 |
732 |
|
Kildare |
430 |
607 |
|
Kilkenny |
409 |
479 |
|
Laois |
346 |
407 |
|
Leitrim |
327 |
269 |
|
Limerick |
771 |
682 |
|
Longford |
275 |
313 |
|
Louth |
184 |
215 |
|
Mayo |
704 |
796 |
|
Meath |
814 |
519 |
|
Monaghan |
329 |
333 |
|
Offaly |
222 |
287 |
|
Roscommon |
445 |
582 |
|
Sligo |
241 |
282 |
|
Tipperary N. R. |
428 |
469 |
|
Tipperary S. R. |
445 |
354 |
|
Waterford |
383 |
436 |
|
Westmeath |
375 |
380 |
|
Wexford |
471 |
436 |
|
Wicklow |
688 |
547 |