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Thursday, 6 July 2006

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Michael Ring

Question:

780 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the numbers employed by each local authority for the years 2002 to 2005; the category under which they were employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27648/06]

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Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. Roche)

Based on the information supplied by local authorities, the numbers of staff, expressed in whole time equivalents, employed by each local authority (including town councils) for the years 2002 to 2005 and the categories are set out in the following tables:

2002

Local Authority	Managerial/Admin./Clerical	Professional/Technical	Outdoor	Overall Total
County Councils 1
Carlow	114	47	216	377
Cavan	168.5	47.4	330	545.9
Clare	290	114	487	891
Cork	782	426	1,282	2,490
Donegal	358.5	201	706	1,265.5
Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown	507	238	670	1,415
Fingal	577	336	711	1,624
Galway	315	126	758	1,199
Kerry	416	173	660	1,249
Kildare	350	185	530	1,065
Kilkenny	199	72	346	617
Laois	167.5	66.5	255	489
Leitrim	137	59	208	404
Limerick	277	113	545	935
Longford	138	49	137	324
Louth	263	79	380	722
Mayo	301	89	916	1,306
Meath	273	113.5	339	725.5
Monaghan	172	63	121	356
Offaly	159.5	77	223	459.5
Roscommon	132	59.5	276	467.5
Sligo	228	85	278	591
South Dublin	663	160	619	1,442
North Tipperary	171	55	239	465
South Tipperary	228	97	459	784
Waterford	166	68	397.5	631.5
Westmeath	185.5	64.5	280	530
Wexford	334	94	357	785
Wicklow	288	114	523	925
City Councils
Cork	382	146	914	1,442
Dublin	2,752	*	3,906	6,658
Galway	149	53	269	471
Limerick	185	41	324	550
Waterford	174	48	256	478

*Dublin City figure for Man./Admin includes Prof./Tech.

1 includes urban authorities.

2003

Local Authority 1	Managerial/Admin/ Clerical	Professional/Technical	Outdoor	†Other	Overall Total
County Councils
Carlow	112	47	144	27	330
Cavan	160.6	56	215.5	17	449.1
Clare	279	111.5	428	144	962.5
Cork	744.74	360	1,172.91	130	2,407.65
Donegal	338	145	492.5	132	1,107.5
Dún Laoghaire/ Rathdown	471	232	584	102	1,389
Fingal	595	260	640	68	1,563
Galway	304.82	125.8	471.55	75.5	977.67
Kerry	378.5	136.4	533	144.6	1,192.5
Kildare	322	110	361	146.33	939.33
Kilkenny	167	76	312	38	593
Laois	167.5	71	153	20	411.5
Leitrim	113.5	47	126.5	22	309
Limerick	255	109	366	76	806
Longford	140.9	45	142.2	9	337.1
Louth	228.47	94.5	305.57	76	704.54
Mayo	229	167	613.5	176	1,185.5
Meath	206.5	109	269	143	727.5
Monaghan	157.4	63.6	179.63	24.1	424.73
Offaly	160	59.5	221	40	480.5
Roscommon	137	59	281	79	556
Sligo	200.66	78	218.03	30	526.69
South Dublin	620.9	144.8	522	43	1,330.7
North Tipperary	152	52	219	76	499
South Tipperary	216	85	372	27	700
Waterford	170	64	289	28	551
Westmeath	167.5	66	227	83.5	544
Wexford	299	80	363.45	92	834.45
Wicklow	258.5	114	373.5	69.83	815.83
City Councils
Cork	366	143	907	172	1,588
Dublin	1,958.4	509.8	3,866.5	233	6,567.7
Galway	126.5	52	244	33	455.5
Limerick	184.5	45.6	316	76	622.1
Waterford	141	39	201	34	415

†Includes certain contract posts, temporary & seasonal workers (not separately collected in 2002)

1 includes urban authorities

2004

Local Authority 1	Managerial/ Admin/ Clerical	Professional/ Technical	Outdoor	Other*	Overall Total
County Councils
Carlow	114	45	145	23	327.00
Cavan	165.6	59	215.5	27	467.10
Clare	279	113.5	428	144	964.50
Cork	764.89	359.4	1,145.27	193	2,462.56
Donegal	339	141	503	191	1,174.00
Dún Laoghaire/ Rathdown	475	232	581	100	1,388.00
Fingal	517	334	605	27	1,483.00
Galway	321.21	122.5	456.67	101.92	1,002.30
Kerry	403.2	149.4	519.66	145.04	1,217.30
Kildare	329	127	335.5	154	945.50
Kilkenny	169	77	295	45	586.00
Laois	160.1	66	158	19	403.10
Leitrim	118	48	125	20	311.00
Limerick	255	109	366	60.5	790.50
Longford	145	45	126.2	13	329.20
Louth	234.77	98.5	289.49	58.3	681.06
Mayo	229	164	613	209	1,215.00
Meath	237	117.1	273	73	700.10
Monaghan	161.2	62.6	177.63	43	444.43
Offaly	153.8	56	204	56	469.80
Roscommon	141	63	275	79	558.00
Sligo	198.16	78	221.97	51	549.13
South Dublin	662.46	143.6	527.5	32	1,365.50
North Tipperary	161	50	212	116	539.00
South Tipperary	221	89	372	21	703.00
Waterford	170	64	289	45	568.00
Westmeath	181	70	218.5	92.5	562.00
Wexford	294.5	80	370.35	87	831.85
Wicklow	274.75	112	377.9	91.3	855.95
City Councils
Cork	366	145	905	119	1,535.00
Dublin	1,993.8	445.1	3,841.15	314.25	6,594.30
Galway	131.5	53	254	18	456.50
Limerick	169.7	40.6	287	61	558.30
Waterford	139	38	198	56	431.00*

*Includes certain contract posts, temporary & seasonal workers (not separately collected in 2002).

1 includes urban authorities

2005

Local Authority 1	Managerial/ Administrative/ Clerical	Professional/ Technical	Outdoor	Other*	Total
County Councils
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	1,145.98	253	2,541.85
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	151.4	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	1,370.10
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	6735.45
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*

*Includes certain contract posts, temporary & seasonal workers (not separately collected in 2002).

1 Includes urban authorities