The table set out below sets out the numbers of professional staff employed in the planning department of each planning authority as of 30 June 2004.
General purpose grants are provided annually to local authorities. The grants are not allocated for specific administrative sections or departments of the authorities. The allocation of general purpose grants is a matter for the individual local authorities and is not overseen by my Department.
The amounts expended by each planning authority on administering the planning system are published in the annual planning statistics which are published by my Department. They are available in the Oireachtas Library for 2002 and will shortly be published for 2003.
|
Planning Authority
|
Authorised Planners (Permanent)
|
Authorised Planners (Temporary)
|
Vacancies (Permanent)
|
Vacancies (Temporary)
|
Engineers
|
Technicians
|
Other Professionals
|
Total
|
|
County Council
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carlow
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
9
|
|
Cavan
|
13
|
0
|
-3
|
-1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
13
|
|
Clare
|
16
|
0
|
-2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
20
|
|
Cork
|
55
|
0
|
-6
|
0
|
1
|
6
|
3
|
59
|
|
Donegal
|
19
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
2
|
34
|
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
|
23
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
3
|
33
|
|
Fingal
|
30
|
2
|
-4
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
4
|
43
|
|
Galway
|
20
|
1
|
-3
|
-1
|
6
|
8
|
3
|
34
|
|
Kerry
|
12
|
0
|
-2
|
0
|
5
|
9
|
0
|
24
|
|
Kildare
|
16
|
4
|
-3
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
24
|
|
Kilkenny
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
16
|
|
Laois
|
8
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
12
|
|
Leitrim
|
6
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
8
|
|
Limerick
|
13
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
6
|
2
|
23
|
|
Longford
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
|
Louth
|
9
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
15
|
|
Mayo
|
11
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
16
|
|
Meath
|
15
|
1
|
-2
|
-2
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
17
|
|
Monaghan
|
10
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
Offaly
|
5
|
3
|
0
|
-3
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
8
|
|
Roscommon
|
6
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
13
|
|
Sligo
|
10
|
0
|
-2
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
14
|
|
South Dublin
|
25
|
2
|
-3
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
2
|
32
|
|
Tipperary NR
|
7
|
0
|
-2
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
11
|
|
Tipperary SR
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
6
|
1
|
15
|
|
Waterford
|
4
|
1
|
-1
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
10
|
|
Westmeath
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
14
|
|
Wexford
|
14
|
3
|
-2
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
23
|
|
Wicklow
|
10
|
3
|
-3
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
15
|
|
Sub Total
|
386
|
35
|
-41
|
-7
|
40
|
127
|
30
|
570
|
|
County Boroughs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cork
|
14
|
0
|
-2
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
19
|
|
Dublin
|
60
|
0
|
-6
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
2
|
68
|
|
Galway
|
8
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
13
|
|
Limerick
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
|
Waterford
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
|
Sub Total
|
90
|
0
|
-9
|
0
|
1
|
26
|
5
|
113
|
|
Total
|
476
|
35
|
-50
|
-7
|
41
|
153
|
35
|
683
|
