Based on information supplied by the local authorities, the numbers of staff employed by them, expressed in whole-time equivalents, on 31 December 2005 and the categories are set out in the following table:
Local Authority
|
Managerial/ Administrative/Clerical
|
Professional/ Technical
|
Outdoor
|
Other
|
Total
|
County Council’s including Town Council’s
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carlow
|
120
|
45
|
139
|
33
|
337.00
|
Cavan
|
180.6
|
69
|
215.5
|
30
|
495.10
|
Clare
|
279
|
113.5
|
433
|
172
|
997.50
|
Cork
|
783.52
|
359.35
|
1145.98
|
253
|
2541.85
|
Donegal
|
339.5
|
150.5
|
456
|
235
|
1,181.00
|
Dún Laoghaire/ Rathdown
|
454
|
227
|
564
|
59
|
1,304.00
|
Fingal
|
539
|
300
|
626
|
113
|
1,578.00
|
Galway
|
328.99
|
117.3
|
461.3
|
125.53
|
1,033.12
|
Kerry
|
407.2
|
1,51.4
|
512.88
|
151.22
|
1,222.70
|
Kildare
|
337.5
|
141
|
337.5
|
207.5
|
1,023.50
|
Kilkenny
|
167
|
84
|
301
|
59
|
611.00
|
Laois
|
166.9
|
70
|
155.2
|
15.5
|
407.60
|
Leitrim
|
125.25
|
51
|
116.75
|
30
|
323.00
|
Limerick
|
260
|
113
|
361
|
39.5
|
773.50
|
Longford
|
151.6
|
54
|
127.8
|
31
|
364.40
|
Louth
|
230.23
|
104.5
|
291.97
|
84.3
|
711.00
|
Mayo
|
288.4
|
145.2
|
629.6
|
137.8
|
1,201.00
|
Meath
|
253.7
|
107.4
|
247.56
|
139.34
|
748.00
|
Monaghan
|
162.8
|
67.6
|
177.78
|
34
|
442.18
|
Offaly
|
160
|
59.5
|
204
|
67.5
|
491.00
|
Roscommon
|
155.5
|
66.5
|
279
|
80
|
581.00
|
Sligo
|
206.66
|
76
|
219.03
|
57
|
558.69
|
South Dublin
|
670.8
|
127.8
|
527.5
|
44
|
1370.10
|
North Tipperary
|
168
|
58
|
204
|
83
|
513.00
|
South Tipperary
|
217.5
|
85
|
358
|
45
|
705.50
|
Waterford
|
170
|
63
|
288.5
|
63
|
584.50
|
Westmeath
|
183
|
66
|
220.5
|
109.5
|
579.00
|
Wexford
|
304.5
|
85
|
372.46
|
98.06
|
860.02
|
Wicklow
|
274.75
|
107
|
373.9
|
78.25
|
833.90
|
City Councils
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cork
|
371
|
154
|
894
|
92
|
1,511.00
|
Dublin
|
2,082.1
|
488.4
|
3,701.95
|
463
|
6,735.45
|
Galway
|
136.5
|
49.5
|
236.5
|
35
|
457.50
|
Limerick
|
159.8
|
40.3
|
295.5
|
59
|
554.60
|
Waterford
|
136
|
38
|
206
|
56
|
436.00
|